The Deccan Herald 09.11.2010
Govt seeks tender care from experts
Bangalore, November 8, DHNS:
The increasing need to ease the burden on the Civic Agencies Engineering Divisions has forced the State Government to hire outside help.
The Government has empanelled a 20-member team of Transaction Advisors to help the civic agencies and various other Government departments in preparing and drafting the tenders and ensuring a more transparent system.
Speaking on the sidelines at a workshop organised by the Task Force for Quality Assurance in Public Constructions, Economic Advisor to the Chief Minister Dr K V Raju stated that the 20 advisors were being hire on a ‘competitive’ basis. “The personnel are not nominated but have to prove their worth. They will be taken on the panel on a competitive basis,” informed Raju to the media. Moreover, said Raju, four new government hospitals to be set up in the City will be taken up under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model. “We will initiate the PPP model for the four new government hospitals that should be established in the coming months,” said Raju.
On the podium, Raju laid stress on checking water leakages and providing 24x7 water supply. He spoke about the already existing pilot project in Belgaum, Gulbarga and Hubli-Dharwad, where all water connections were metered, adding revenue to the State coffers.
“We will be implementing the same project very soon in another 16 other towns across the State,” Raju said. He added that Bijapur and Chitradurga would soon get safe surface-based drinking water supply system.
