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.
