THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two bids were reportedly won after floating re-tender for e-auto challenge below Smart City scheme. Smart City Thiruvananthapuram Ltd (SCTL), the particular purpose automobile formed for Smart City challenge, had to opt for re-tender for e-auto challenge as it would no longer to find any takers for the tender issued in February.
Two tenders had been previous won for e-rickshaw (proportion auto) challenge. SCTL had insisted on ARAI take a look at certification and the companies which had taken section in pre-bid session are but to acquire the certification due to which no one participated within the bid. The certification is issued by means of Automotive Research Institute of India, below the ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises.
Work orders for the two key projects - e-auto and e-rickshaw services and products - are possibly to be issued soon after the general elections. The challenge wing has no longer been ready to process the bids owing to code of conduct that came in power following poll notification.
Tenders for multi-level car parking at Thampanoor, Putharikandom, heritage trail challenge and Smart street challenge at Manaveeyam are also expected to be invited soon after the elections.
Smart City challenge, which has collected momentum after the initial slackness, will now must stay up for two months owing to election till it will get into action mode.
Till March, administrative sanction has been issued for projects price Rs 67.6 crore and technical sanction has been issued for projects to the track of Rs eight.23 crore. So a ways, tenders were issued for projects price Rs 6.3 crore and paintings order has been awarded for projects price Rs 3.63 crore.
The challenge has picked up tempo since January 2019. In December 2018, the figures had no longer appeared promising .
Meanwhile, officials are trying to conquer hurdles posed by means of Trivandrum Development Authority (TRIDA) and Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB). The challenge wing has been concerned with getting the land owned by means of TRIDA at Palayam as part of revamping the market there. TRIDA, on the other hand, has been opposing the transfer. KRFB had identified that the roads below the possession of the board had been granted to Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited for a concessionaire length of 15 years. It used to be cited that most of the roads are neatly advanced ones with footpath, typhoon water drains and move ducting and that interventions below Smart City Mission is probably not possible since there used to be already an existing repairs contract with TRDCL. SCTL CEO Balakiran is learnt to have escalated the subject to leader secretary for his intervention.
Two tenders had been previous won for e-rickshaw (proportion auto) challenge. SCTL had insisted on ARAI take a look at certification and the companies which had taken section in pre-bid session are but to acquire the certification due to which no one participated within the bid. The certification is issued by means of Automotive Research Institute of India, below the ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises.
Work orders for the two key projects - e-auto and e-rickshaw services and products - are possibly to be issued soon after the general elections. The challenge wing has no longer been ready to process the bids owing to code of conduct that came in power following poll notification.
Tenders for multi-level car parking at Thampanoor, Putharikandom, heritage trail challenge and Smart street challenge at Manaveeyam are also expected to be invited soon after the elections.
Smart City challenge, which has collected momentum after the initial slackness, will now must stay up for two months owing to election till it will get into action mode.
Till March, administrative sanction has been issued for projects price Rs 67.6 crore and technical sanction has been issued for projects to the track of Rs eight.23 crore. So a ways, tenders were issued for projects price Rs 6.3 crore and paintings order has been awarded for projects price Rs 3.63 crore.
The challenge has picked up tempo since January 2019. In December 2018, the figures had no longer appeared promising .
Meanwhile, officials are trying to conquer hurdles posed by means of Trivandrum Development Authority (TRIDA) and Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB). The challenge wing has been concerned with getting the land owned by means of TRIDA at Palayam as part of revamping the market there. TRIDA, on the other hand, has been opposing the transfer. KRFB had identified that the roads below the possession of the board had been granted to Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited for a concessionaire length of 15 years. It used to be cited that most of the roads are neatly advanced ones with footpath, typhoon water drains and move ducting and that interventions below Smart City Mission is probably not possible since there used to be already an existing repairs contract with TRDCL. SCTL CEO Balakiran is learnt to have escalated the subject to leader secretary for his intervention.
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