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BBMP Commissioner on a late night prowl

Monday, 09 August 2010 09:06 administrator
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The Deccan Herald  09.08.2010

BBMP Commissioner on a late night prowl

Bangalore:Aug 8, DHNS:


In an unexpected move on Saturday late night, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner Siddaiah took to the streets of Bangalore, inspecting the maintenance and the development projects in the City.

Surprise visit: BBMP Commissioner Siddaiah on his night round on Saturday. (Inset) Debris piled up on a footpath in the City. DH photos 

 

BBMP officials say that the midnight inspection drive henceforth will be conducted by the Palike Commissioner every week-end.

From Gandhinagar to Basavangudi, it is reported that the Palike Commissioner travelled nearly 60 km for his midnight inspection from 10 pm to 2 am on Sunday morning.

Desilting drive

According to Palike officials the main agenda for the night was to take stock of the desilting drive in the City.

“Most stretches of the route we took had debris piled up on the footpaths and nearby areas of the Storm Water Drains (SWD),” said a BBMP officer.

Siddaiah has reportedly given standing instructions to the local Executive Engineers to clear the debris within 24 hours of desilting the shoulder drains and transporting it to the empty quarry site in M S Palya.

The worst-effected road which was inspected by the BBMP Commissioner was near RBANMS college which had a lot of debris piled up on the sides.

Engineer pulled up

At the ITC flyover, the Commissioner has reportedly pulled up the Executive Engineer for the delay in completing the service roads below the flyover to be built on the  Storm Water Drains.  He has been asked to complete the project in one month.  

Near D’Costa Layout, along Maruthi Seva Nagar stretch, the inspection team which noted massive potholes has directed the Executive Engineer to fill the potholes immediately.

Yet another dengue-related instruction was issued on Sunday early morning to the ward level engineers to clear the tender coconut shells that lay strewn on the streets of Rajajinagar and Mahalakshmi Layout.


 


 



 

Last Updated on Monday, 09 August 2010 09:23
 

PCMC to finally repair civic dispensary

Thursday, 05 August 2010 12:04 administrator
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The Times of India 05.08.2010

PCMC to finally repair civic dispensary

PUNE: Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma on Wednesday approved a health department proposal to conduct urgent repairs at the municipal dispensary at Sindhunagar in Nigdi-Pradhikaran.

The one-storied structure of three rooms and a veranda was inaugurated in 1981. Patients at the dispensary have to put up with a leaking roof, poor lighting and lack of a proper waiting area and toilets. The open space in front of the dispensary has been converted into an impromptu waiting shed by putting up tin sheets.

Since the structure is owned by the Pimpri Chinchwad New Township Development Authority (PCNTDA) and has been rented by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, there was a deadlock over which body should conduct the repairs needed.

Speaking to TOI, Nagkumar Kunchagi, chief medical officer (CMO), said that after the municipal commissioner approved the proposal for urgent repairs work, orders were issued to the engineering department.

Rohini Shinde, the mother of a patient from Sector 25, Nigdi said, "There are no toilets for women patients here and this causes problems if they have to wait for a long time to meet the doctor. The medical facilities also need to be augmented to cater to patients who need to be administered glucose but do not require hospitalisation".

According to Bala Shinde, a social activist, "Patients from sectors 24 to 28 visit the dispensary. Around a hundred patients visit the dispensary everyday. The roof leaks in the rainy season and there are no lights due to frequent short-circuits."

Kunchagi said, "The health department had earlier told the civic engineering and electricity departments to conduct repairs at the dispensary but they refused, saying that the PCMC did not own the structure.

He stated that the dispensary did not have enough space and needed to be shifted. There is an open space in the Pradhikaran area in the Development Plan (DP). If we get this land we can shift the dispensary there, he said.

Last Updated on Thursday, 05 August 2010 12:06
 

PCMC panel to finalise contractor after a week

Thursday, 05 August 2010 12:01 administrator
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The Times of India  05.08.2010

PCMC panel to finalise contractor after a week

PUNE: The build-operate-transfer (BOT) committee of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will take another week to select a contractor for the City Centre project.

Pimpri-Chinchwad mayor Yogesh Behl said here on Tuesday, "We have deferred the decision by a week, although we have almost finalised the contractor. We are waiting to see whether the amount to be received from him can be increased to above Rs 200 crore."

Behl, municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma and civic officials attended the BOT committee meeting held on Tuesday.

Behl said, "There is a condition in the bid document that the contractor has to use 50 per cent of the total space for offices. We are thinking whether we should reduce it by 10 to 15 per cent and allow the contractor to use more area for commercial purposes, so that the highest bidder pays more than Rs 200 crore. CRISIL and others are part of the committee that is exploring this option."

He said the highest bid Rs 1,365/sq ft for a 33.5-acre plot received for the project was a good one in current situations.

Refuting allegations that the highest bid has been lower than the market price, Behl said, "It is not a free-hold plot. The PCMC is giving it on a 70-year lease and has imposed restrictions on the usage of the area. For example, 50 per cent of the area has to be used for offices and only 18 per cent of the area can be used for residential purposes."

He said that some corporators, like Azam Pansare, have said that the PCMC should allow the contractor to use the whole area as per his desire and concentrate only on getting maximum returns. "In such a situation, we will have to sell the plot in bits, like the Pimpri-Chinchwad New Township Development Authority, which is not exactly a civic body's job. Also, the contractor will then not develop the entire plot at one time and the PCMC's plan to create a city centre like Bandra-Kurla complex in Mumbai will not materialise." Sharma agreed that this would lead to haphazard development.

Opposition leader Rajendra Kate and group leader of Shiv Sena Sulabha Ubale have demanded that bids be re-invited, so that the PCMC gets more than the highest bid of Rs 200 crore. Sena corporator Shrirang Barne has sent a letter to chief minister Ashok Chavan urging him to stay the process and ask the municipal commissioner to reinvite bids.

PCMC plans to develop a City Centre on a 33.5-acre plot located near Autocluster in Chinchwad, along the Kalewadi phata-Dehu Alandi bus rapid transit route.

Last Updated on Thursday, 05 August 2010 12:03
 
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