Deccan Herald 31.10.2013
Palike works begin under single window
The BBMP’s standing committee for ward-wise
works began on Wednesday the process for speedy implementation of works
as per the calendar of events through the single-window system.
The
committee’s chairperson, A H Basavaraju, and members inspected the
progress at Bommanahalli, Rajarajeshwari Nagar and Bangalore South zones
of the Palike. They expressed satisfaction over the implementation of
the calendar of events as declared by Mayor B S Sathyanarayana on
October 28 in the BBMP Council.
Speaking to reporters later,
Basavaraju said the foundation for single-window system had been laid
and the progress in the three zones inspected by the committee members
was satisfactory. He said work orders would be issued on December 4 as
per the calendar of events. He further said the single-window system was
made possible by a month-long hard work and after several rounds of
discussion with the BBMP Commissioner, M Lakshminarayana, zonal
commissioners, chief engineers and executive engineers.
floor leader, BBMP Council, said that till now corporators used to stand
in queue to get the job code but the single-window system would make
their task easy.
About the damning report by the BBMP’s Quality
Control Division (QCD) which pointed to substandard works carried out by
Palike engineers in last three years, Basavaraju said henceforth, bills
would be cleared after third-party inspection.
He said he had a
discussion with engineers at the Technical Vigilance Cell and QCD about
measures to be taken to improve the quality of work. In that regard, he
would hold a meeting with QCD engineers on November 7, he added.
