BBMP Commissioner M Lakshminarayana has advised councillors and officials against taking up unnecessary civic works.
After
issuing work orders for 1,367 ward works on Monday, he said
councillors, contractors and officials know the financial status of the
BBMP.
“I keep stressing on taking up necessary works on a priority
basis. This holds good for councillors too. They are public servants
and should be role models,” he said. He told councillors and officials
that people are watching them. “If you get a bad name, it will stay with
you forever. You have to grow in your political career from being a
councillor to becoming an MLA,” he said. He asked officials to not take
up any works that will get them a bad name and make sure that the works
they take up is really necessary.
Lakshminarayana warned the
officials that those taking up unnecessary works or indulging in
irregularities would be suspended on the spot. Before a tainted official
reaches office, the suspension order will be ready. He added that he
would not bow down to any pressure on the matter. He said a circular
would be issued in this regard.
“We shall suspend tainted BBMP
officials, and if they are on deputation, we shall write to the
concerned department to suspend them,” he said. A departmental inquiry
will be initiated if irregularities are suspected, he added.
Mayor
B S Sathyanarayana directed contractors, who have received work orders,
to start work from Monday and complete them on time.
Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Ward Works A H Basavaraju urged the contractors to take up curing concrete.
Latest Orders Flayed
Of the 1,367 works for which work orders were issued on Monday, some were unnecessary, sources said.
They
said works like replacing cobblestones with tiles on footpaths and
asphalting good roads were unnecessary. “Why does BBMP need to take up
such unnecessary works when it is facing a financial crisis?” a source
asked.
“There is a proposal to develop a hi-tech playground inside
a garden at an estimated cost of `25 lakh. When storm water drains and
roads are in bad condition and many people lack basic amenities, what
is the need to take up such works?” an official asked.
