MUMBAI: Raising a stink, the BMC has doubled its estimated cost to gather and shipping garbage at 4 wards to compare the rates quoted via contractors and awarded them Rs 600-crore paintings. The gentle used to be first of all for round Rs 300 crore.
Despite many corporators protesting the move, the proposal used to be handed within the status committee on Thursday with the Shiv Sena joining arms with the Congress.
Hinting at yet any other scam, the corporators identified that as a substitute of inviting a recent gentle on revised estimates, the BMC awarded the contracts via assembly the contractors’ calls for. A former corporator has written to the civic leader difficult a probe.
The BMC administration justified the revision, saying its preliminary estimate used to be a mistake because it had now not calculated labour cost at prevailing rates.
It claimed that its estimate used to be for interior intake and bidders have been unaware till the contractors have been finalized. However, insiders stated the contractors knew in regards to the estimate when they bid.
The tenders have been for the BMC experiment at 4 wards to grant all garbage-related paintings of 1 ward to a unmarried contractor to rule out the chance of passing the greenback in case of lapses.
The BJP opposed the proposal within the status committee, however Sena and Congress made certain it used to be handed. “Instead of inviting new tenders on the revised estimates, the administration merely increased the contract to the next rate as quoted via contractors, which raises suspicion. They did it to favour selected contractors. They are meant to take the opinion of IIT experts on revised estimates sooner than reaching a conclusion,” stated status committee member and BJP corporator Prabhakar Shinde. He added that suspicion used to be further raised as wards away from the garbage sell off had quoted not up to those nearer to the sell off.
Civic officers justified their move, saying their preliminary estimate used to be based on a calculation of Rs 300 for labourers for an eight-hour shift. But the contractors quoted Rs 842 as the standard, which the BMC is paying different wards. The officers found that rates for such projects have been identical in New Delhi and Navi Mumbai. “We when put next our revised estimated cost and came to know that it’s similar to these two cities. So we don't seem to be paying more to the contractor,” stated a senior civic reputable.
Former Congress corporator Pravin Chheda has written to the municipal commissioner difficult an inquiry. “The contract used to be fastened. It used to be made up our minds among the contractors who would bid from which space and the quantity they are going to quote. I had warned a senior reputable about it. The BMC has now not given an opportunity to more competition and awarded the contract to its favoured contractors,” he stated.
His birthday celebration colleague Ravi Raja disagreed and sponsored the contracts. “We toughen the contract. His (Chheda) opinion will have to be his private view.”
Despite many corporators protesting the move, the proposal used to be handed within the status committee on Thursday with the Shiv Sena joining arms with the Congress.
Hinting at yet any other scam, the corporators identified that as a substitute of inviting a recent gentle on revised estimates, the BMC awarded the contracts via assembly the contractors’ calls for. A former corporator has written to the civic leader difficult a probe.
The BMC administration justified the revision, saying its preliminary estimate used to be a mistake because it had now not calculated labour cost at prevailing rates.
It claimed that its estimate used to be for interior intake and bidders have been unaware till the contractors have been finalized. However, insiders stated the contractors knew in regards to the estimate when they bid.
The tenders have been for the BMC experiment at 4 wards to grant all garbage-related paintings of 1 ward to a unmarried contractor to rule out the chance of passing the greenback in case of lapses.
The BJP opposed the proposal within the status committee, however Sena and Congress made certain it used to be handed. “Instead of inviting new tenders on the revised estimates, the administration merely increased the contract to the next rate as quoted via contractors, which raises suspicion. They did it to favour selected contractors. They are meant to take the opinion of IIT experts on revised estimates sooner than reaching a conclusion,” stated status committee member and BJP corporator Prabhakar Shinde. He added that suspicion used to be further raised as wards away from the garbage sell off had quoted not up to those nearer to the sell off.
Civic officers justified their move, saying their preliminary estimate used to be based on a calculation of Rs 300 for labourers for an eight-hour shift. But the contractors quoted Rs 842 as the standard, which the BMC is paying different wards. The officers found that rates for such projects have been identical in New Delhi and Navi Mumbai. “We when put next our revised estimated cost and came to know that it’s similar to these two cities. So we don't seem to be paying more to the contractor,” stated a senior civic reputable.
Former Congress corporator Pravin Chheda has written to the municipal commissioner difficult an inquiry. “The contract used to be fastened. It used to be made up our minds among the contractors who would bid from which space and the quantity they are going to quote. I had warned a senior reputable about it. The BMC has now not given an opportunity to more competition and awarded the contract to its favoured contractors,” he stated.
His birthday celebration colleague Ravi Raja disagreed and sponsored the contracts. “We toughen the contract. His (Chheda) opinion will have to be his private view.”
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