The Hindu 16.11.2010
BBMP to issue notices to consultant, another over poor construction
Staff Reporter
| Deputy Mayor and Standing Committee chief inspect work on flyover |
— Photo: K. Murali Kumar 
‘SUB-STANDARD':Work on this flyover near Gali Anjaneya Temple on Mysore road in Bangalore
Bangalore: The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike's Standing Committee on Major Works has decided to issue notices for delay and failure to maintain quality in construction of a flyover on a drain between Gali Anjaneya Temple and Vijayanagar Road. The notices will be served to Civil Aid Technoclinic, a third party entrusted with the responsibility of quality monitoring, and STUP, a project management consultant.
Deputy Mayor N. Dayanand and Standing Committee chairperson H. Ravindra, during their inspection on Monday, were appalled at the “sub-standard work”. Irked by this, Mr. Dayanand and Mr. Ravindra directed the contractors and BBMP engineers to complete the flyover construction within four months. Or else, the engineers would face action and the contractors would be blacklisted.
The flyover stretching up to 660 metres in length and 21 metres in width will help ease traffic congestion by connecting Mysore Road and Vijayanagar. The project estimated at Rs. 20.83 crore is being executed with financial assistance under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
The inspection team was told that the contractor was carrying on work, though the third party had not given the compliance report. However, the third party personnel used unscientific methods to demolish what was built by the contractor without bringing it to the notice of the BBMP.
Work on the storm-water drain would be expedited after resolving the contractor's issue and retendering the work. The earlier contractor had abandoned the drain work. The team decided to appoint a new contractor for the work.
Mr. Ravindra said that he would hold a meeting with the people who live adjacent to the storm-water drain and discuss their problems. Later, he said that Mysore road would be widened at Azad Nagar, and talks were on with the management of the Muslim burial ground for this.
