Mumbai: In the midst of the accusation of “fixes” and deviations, the BMC remained committee on Wednesday cleaned the trimmed contract to install more oxygen plants at the Jumbo Covid-19 Center in the city.
From the previous plan to provide work worth around Rs 320 Crore, BMC will now give a contract around Rs 205 Crore to install the Oxygen Generation Factory.
TimesViewpite Some accusations, BMC allows work to be given to polluted companies.
The company failed to provide on time.
At least now, BMC must be clean on all charges of polluted companies take part in the contract to establish oxygen plants and ensure that work is given to competent companies transparently.
Actions must be taken for all delays and irregularities must be investigated with their previous contractors, highway construction companies, facing delays in delays in previous oxygen plants, BMC has decided to provide most new plants to new contractors, GSN Associates.
Of the total work, almost two-thirds of the contract have been given to GSN Associates while highway construction companies have been chosen for part of work.
BMC has made a notification last month that imposes a penalty in road construction, which was given a contract RS 84 Crore to install 16 oxygen generation factories in a civil hospital, because it failed to complete the work on time.
The company, who has faced Shoddy’s allegations working in the past and punished in the BMC Penguin enclosure contract, should complete factory installations in one month.
Officials said that working on almost all plants had approached the completion and that all plants would operate in a few days.
Officials said that according to tender conditions, the company will face a penalty of 0.5% from the total number of late per week.
Officials said while several sites were handed over to the company on June 16, some were submitted on June 25 and that they would count the right number of penalties for the location where oxygen plants did not operate in 30 days.
In the past, Mumbai City Guardian Minister Aslam Shaikh had accused “improving matches” in the BMC oxygen plant contract that was worth around Rs 320 Crore.
Supplementary city commissioner (project) P Velatan does not reply to the question from TOI.