The Hindu 27.05.2013
GHMC hikes tender premium for drains projects
The government has issued orders allowing the Greater
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to enhance the tender premium for
storm water drains projects sanctioned under JNNURM from five per cent
to 10 per cent. It will also be applicable for underground drainage
works in the municipal sector for works under the Jawaharlal Nehru
National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) or any other scheme.
Such
orders were also issued for pending storm water drains for the
Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporations based on the
proposals submitted by them. The GHMC Commissioner too sought similar
directions from the government since it has taken up improvement of
storm water drains costing Rs.142.37 crore for four major nalas
sanctioned under the JNNURM.
He pointed that the
execution of storm water drains in urban areas was critical in nature
and may not work out for bidders with excess tender premium up to five
per cent, due to variation in the SSR and market rates, inaccessibility
and unhygienic conditions to work in the nalas. This apart, diversion of
existing nala on the urban roads was also a tough task during execution
of works, he reported.
