Indian Express 10.08.2010
Civic body to blacklist, penalise contractors for dilapidated roads
Express News Service Tags : civic body penalise contractors for dilapidated roads, mumbai Posted: Tue Aug 10 2010, 00:47 hrs
Mumbai: Within days of allocating an additional Rs 20 crore for repair and maintenance of roads across the city, the BMC has decided to blacklist contractors and penalize them for poor quality of roads. Also, the imported expensive jet-patching machines that have been lying unused since March this year, will be used from Tuesday, the civic body said.“We have observed that many road contractors are using poor quality road building material because of which new roads are also giving away. To avoid this trend amongst contractors we will blacklist defaulting contractors,” said Jadhav. Additional municipal commissioner Aseem Gupta said the material used for the construction of the roads will be checked in labs in advance to keep a quality control check.
Meanwhile, the jet-patching machines on which the BMC has spent Rs 70 crore will finally be put to use. “We have trained out officials to use the machines and they will be brought into use from Tuesday,” said Gupta.
