MUMBAI: Toughening its stance against shoddy street maintenance, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will penalise the contractor for the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road Rs 1 lakh in step with day, from Wednesday, for failure to care for it throughout the monsoon. Till now, contractors have handiest been fined as much as Rs5,000 in step with day.
The paintings order for maintenance, issued prior to the monsoon, incorporated improvement of the three-km stretch from Shivaji Nagar junction to Vasant Road Naik Marg. A civic authentic mentioned the stretch is an asphalt street.
“Scope of labor incorporated making it right into a cement concrete street and merging the provider street with the principle street. The contract was awarded to a three way partnership of BPSCPL-Vishal Constructions in March,” mentioned the authentic.
At a meeting with street division officials on Tuesday, additional municipal commissioner Vijay Singhal directed that the contractor be fined Rs 1 lakh in step with day for now not maintaining the road throughout rain. “We had given a Rs150-crore paintings contract for repairing the road and the contract clause clearly mentioned the stretch, which was now not repaired, must be maintained by way of the contractor throughout the monsoon. That does now not appear to be taking place, so we determined to do so,” he mentioned, including that identical action would proceed against others if they failed to care for roads.
Samajwadi Party corporator Rais Shaikh termed the action “too little and too late”. “The street’s condition may be very dangerous and we have now been complaining again and again. The street is stuffed with sludge,” he mentioned.
Bhausaheb Sangle, one of the most contractors, mentioned that they had been unable to repair the road because of steady rain. “We have learnt about the high-quality. We will start paintings instantly and make the road motorable in two days,” he mentioned.
The paintings order for maintenance, issued prior to the monsoon, incorporated improvement of the three-km stretch from Shivaji Nagar junction to Vasant Road Naik Marg. A civic authentic mentioned the stretch is an asphalt street.
“Scope of labor incorporated making it right into a cement concrete street and merging the provider street with the principle street. The contract was awarded to a three way partnership of BPSCPL-Vishal Constructions in March,” mentioned the authentic.
At a meeting with street division officials on Tuesday, additional municipal commissioner Vijay Singhal directed that the contractor be fined Rs 1 lakh in step with day for now not maintaining the road throughout rain. “We had given a Rs150-crore paintings contract for repairing the road and the contract clause clearly mentioned the stretch, which was now not repaired, must be maintained by way of the contractor throughout the monsoon. That does now not appear to be taking place, so we determined to do so,” he mentioned, including that identical action would proceed against others if they failed to care for roads.
Samajwadi Party corporator Rais Shaikh termed the action “too little and too late”. “The street’s condition may be very dangerous and we have now been complaining again and again. The street is stuffed with sludge,” he mentioned.
Bhausaheb Sangle, one of the most contractors, mentioned that they had been unable to repair the road because of steady rain. “We have learnt about the high-quality. We will start paintings instantly and make the road motorable in two days,” he mentioned.
Contractor fined Rs 1L/day for shoddy road repairs
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