The Times of India 27.08.2014
AMC finalises agency for slaughter house project
AURANGABAD:
The standing committee on Tuesday approved the municipal
administration's proposal to allot the contract of its ambitious project
of modern slaughter house to a consortium. Standing committee chairman
Vijay Waghchoure approved the proposal to give the contract to the
consortium that is offering additional premium of Rs 2.6 crore to the
municipal body.
The consortium of M/s Al Quresh Exports,
Al Fatah Global and Javed Fateh Mohammad Choudhari has bagged the
contract in commercial and technical bids held on Monday and Tuesday.
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is looking to build a
state-of-the-art slaughter house at Padegaon at an estimated cost of Rs
36 crore, of which the Union food processing and industries ministry had
agreed to provide Rs 14.22 crore. But the consortium offered to bear
the entire cost, including the ministry's share. "In the open bid, the
consortium offered to bear the entire cost. Besides, it is also paying
the civic body heavy premium and hence, won the bid," Waghchoure said.
At present, the AMC-run slaughterhouse at Padegoan is spread over four
acres wherein more than 2,500 large animals are slaughtered every month.
Meanwhile, the municipal administration has extended the
tender opening date for modernizing the city's streetlight system.
Sources said the civic body extended the date after it received poor
response from the bidders. Only two bidders have responded till date,
sources added.
The civic body is planning to change the face of
the city's streetlight system under the built operate and transfer
(BOT) model. The AMC has been completing the formalities fast as it is
looking at appointing an agency before the code of conduct for the
upcoming state assembly elections comes into effect.
At
present, the AMC is incurring an annual expenditure of about Rs 20 crore
on account of electricity bills on close to 10,000 streetlights and
their maintenance. But now, the civic body has planned to hand over the
responsibility to a private player, who is expected to improve the
existing system and operate it against annual charges.
Sakharam
Panzade, city engineer in the AMC, had recently told the general body
that most of the light fittings on the poles are on the verge of
falling. "We need to replace it at the earliest," he had said.
