BBMP to set up project management units

Chief minister’s financial advisor K V Raju said this while speaking at a seminar organised by the Task Force for Quality Assurance in Public Constructions on Monday.

The project management units will help monitor the progress of infrastructure projects and ensure timely implementation and completion. The units will be supported by a team of transaction advisors involving technical resource personnel who will make the tendering process easier. Their involvement will force engineers to concentrate on the projects, said Raju.

The Palike will mobilise funds through government bodies or PPP and implement modern technologies.

The setting up of these units was proposed in the BBMP’s 20102011 budget under the Bharat Ratna Sir M Visveswaraya Infrastructure Development Plan, he said.

Raju also said the system of shortlisting contractors through eprocurement had helped save at least `4,000 crore by entrusting works worth `40,000 crore through eprocurement.

I Ravindranath, cosecretary of the task force, urged for more power for the assistant executive engineers and other senior officials to put the projects on fasttrack. He also said agencies for thirdparty inspection should be shortlisted after checking the equipment and a proper fee must be fixed for the same.