PUNE: The civic standing committee on Monday approved the proposal to conduct a survey of roads and reservations in 1987 Development Plan (DP) to facilitate the process of the new DP. However, the committee decided against appointing the lowest bidder, the Monarch surveyors, and instead assigned the task to S S surveyors.

In a proposal before the standing committee, the municipal administration has stated that Monarch surveyors and contractors have submitted lowest tender for conducting survey and it was recommended that they should be allowed to conduct survey at the cost of Rs 2 crore. “However, the committee decided not to give this work to Monarch considering the past experience the PMC had with this agency. Instead, we have appointed the second lowest bidder, S S Surveyors, for the work,” said standing committee chairman Nilesh Nikam, while talking to reporters.

“The survey will be conducted by establishing ground control points using total station with reference to primary Global Positioning System (GPS) control points. The survey will be conducted in old Pune city limits in sector 1-6. Carrying out detail survey using total station along the road with upto 10 metre buffer area on both sides of road or up to the end of adjoining property to the road whichever is maximum. This include collecting all natural and artificial features of areas like temporary, permanent structures, compound wall, buildings, fencing and all utilities such as electric lines, manholes, chambers, valves, telephone lines, footpaths signals. The same criteria will be applied for the river side as well,” states the proposal approved by the standing committee on Monday.