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Projects worth Rs. 465 cr. to be taken up in city

Thursday, 24 October 2013 05:06 administrator
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The Hindu             24.10.2013

Projects worth Rs. 465 cr. to be taken up in city

Staff Reporter

That broken footpath or shoulder drain near your house, crying for repair, may finally be fixed. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) Standing Committee for Ward Works on Wednesday approved 2,787 projects to be taken up in 198 wards.

The work is being taken up at a cost of Rs. 465 crore.

The BBMP has reintroduced the single window clearance system that was first introduced in 1996–97. Under this system, the BBMP hopes to accord administrative and technical sanctions to all 2,787 works, float tenders and open tenders at the same time. This way, the BBMP will be able to take up works across the city simultaneously.

Chairperson of the Standing Committee for Ward Works A.H. Basavaraju claimed that the system would also help them thwart civil contractors’ “blackmailing tactics”. Earlier, contractors would pay the earnest money deposit (EMD) for a project and delay the work. “With the single window system, they will be forced to only apply for the works they can execute on time as they will have to pay EMD at the same time,” he said.

Timeline

Mayor B.S. Sathyanarayana said the administrative and technical sanctions would be granted after October 30. The tender notifications will then have to be published on November 6. The last date to apply for tenders is December 2 and tenders will be opened on December 4. The work orders for all projects will be accorded on December 11, while work will begin after December 15 across the city.

New wards get more

Mr. Basavaraju pointed out that new wards have been allotted Rs. 3 crore, while old ones have got Rs. 2 crore. He urged councillors to set aside at least Rs. 20 lakh of this for renovation and repair of BBMP schools and colleges in their wards.

Road asphalting

Earlier, Mr. Sathyanarayana said that asphalting of major roads would be taken up at a cost of Rs. 560 crore. However, work would begin only in January 2014. The BBMP would seek financial support from the government to take up asphalting of interior roads, he added.

 

Coastal area to get LED lights

Thursday, 24 October 2013 00:00 administrator
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The New Indian Express            24.10.2013

Coastal area to get LED lights

A solution is in sight for darkness in the wards coming in the coastal areas of the City Corporation, though many of the wards in the heart of the city are reeling in the dark. As part of the Integrated Development of Fishing Villages project, high-mast LED lights are coming up in  select locations in four wards. The lights will be installed at ten locations in Poonthura, Kottapuram, Vizhinjam and Harbour wards.

 “The Kerala State Coastal Area Development Corporation is setting up the lamps. The process is going on in such a way that all the lamps will be lit by the beginning of next year. These lamps require less maintenance,” said Works Standing Committee chairman of the City Corporation V S Padmakumar. The maintenance of the lamps has to be done by the City Corporation. For long, the councillors in the coastal wards have been demanding streetlamps.

 

Nashik Municipal Corporation to provide cycles to 500 girl students

Tuesday, 22 October 2013 11:25 administrator
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The Times of India             22.10.2013

Nashik Municipal Corporation to provide cycles to 500 girl students

NASHIK: The education department of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has shortlisted around 500 beneficiaries for bicycles under a scheme of the woman and child welfare department.

In August, the civic body had initiated a survey for identifying girl students studying in high schools of the NMC and living beyond the radius of three km from school as beneficiaries of the scheme. The education department had asked principals of all the 129 schools to make a list of such students. Around 500 of them have been identified and will be benefiting from the scheme in November.

The civic body has made a provision of Rs 35 lakh in the budget this year for distribution of bicycles.

Deputy municipal commissioner (education) Dattatreya Gotise, who is also the administrative in-charge of the woman and child welfare department, said, "There are around 500 girl students in the NMC's high schools. We are in the process of completing the formalities and in November, we will be handing over the bicycles to the beneficiaries."

Gotise further said, "After the formalities are completed and the file is signed by the municipal commissioner, bicycled will be purchased." A decision in this regard is expected soon.

 
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