Urban News

The Pioneer  16.11.2010

Staff Reporter | Bhopal

Department for Internal Development (DFID) team led by its country head Sam Sharpe on Monday inspected the undergoing works in the Timber Market Colony carried out by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation under the Utthan project.

The team also inspected the buses operated under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) modern public transport scheme by visiting the Jawahar Chowk located depot.

Infrastructure development works worth `45 lakh have been carried out under the project in the Timber Market colony.

Madhya Pradesh Urban Services for the Poor (MPUSP) Deputy Director Sunil Singh, DFID Programme Manager Meenakshi Nath, DFID State Representative Sanjay Sharma and Prasanna Parpal, Social Mobility’s Therod, MPUSP nodal officers and RCV were present on the occasion.

Nodal officer of the DFID Mayank Verma informed that the infrastructure development works like construction of roads, laying of pipe lines for drinking water, sewage lines and poles for the public light system and construction of Utthan Bhawan worth

Rs 45 lakh have been carried out in the colony. The residents of the colony demanded all these works and the map for this was also provided by them. Bal Palika was also constituted from the community initiative fund and assistance was also provided to the Anganwadi.

Sam Sharpe reviewed the works and also held discussions with the residents of the colony. He was all praise for the drama played by the children of the colony on infrastructure development, cleanliness friends on the occasion.

The Deccan Chronicle  16.11.2010

Bengaluru, Nov. 15: For the first time, the BBMP has slapped a notice on a third party (a body entrusted to ensure the high quality of projects and a project management consultant (PMC) for the delay and failure to maintain quality with regard to the construction of a flyover over the drain between the Gali Anjaneya temple and Vijayanagar Road.

The chairman of the standing committee on major works, Mr H. Ravindra, slapped the notice on the third party inspection body, Civil Aid Technoclinic Private Limited and the consultant, STUP, for failing to ensure quality work. Members of the committee on major works including the deputy mayor, Mr N. Dayanand and Mr Ravindra were appalled by the sub-standard work that was being executed on the flyover and upon inquiry, a representative from the third party inspection team said that the contractor started the work even though the third party had not yet submitted a compliance report.

In addition, personnel of the third party used unscientific methods to break what the contractor built without intimating the BBMP. The personnel had used hammers instead of concrete cutters to raze down a portion of project and this was not in compliance with the project report. “As a result, show cause notices were issued,” said Mr Ravindra. He directed the contractors and engineers of the BBMP to complete the flyover work within four months so that the public can use the same. “If they fail to do so, the contractor will be blacklisted and the engineers will also be in trouble,” said Mr Ravindra.