The Times of India 27.07.2012
RMC blacklists firm for failing to honour contract
RAJKOT: Rajkot Municipal Commissioner (RMC) Ajay Bhadoo
on Thursday terminated the contract with a private water infrastructure
company and also permanently blacklisted it from participating in any
of the civic body’s future projects for its failure to honour its
agreement.
infrastructure company in June 2010 to construct a 45MLD sewage
treatment plant in Madhapar on Jamnagar Road on built, operate, own and
transfer (BOOT) basis. However, it is two years since the agreement was
signed, but the company is yet to resume the construction of STP,”
Bhadoo said. RMC had issued a number of notices to the company in this
regard, but it did not bother to reply.
As per the agreement,
the company was responsible for financial investment in the project.
However, it started placing new demands, which included financial
assistance and necessary orders banning bore wells and minimum usage of
recycled sewage water among others in the project’s vicinity.”Despite repeated requests to commence work, the company neither started the work nor submitted fresh bank guarantee.It seemed the company had no intention to implement the work and fulfilling its contractual obligations,” a RMC official said.
