Central agencies engaged in the road construction work under the PM Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) have often faced criticism for their shoddy performance resulting in tardy and poor quality work. The state government has now asked them to hand over those roads which could not be completed for want of contractors.
Minister of rural works department Brishen Patel acknowledged the fact that a large number roads under PMGSY could not be completed ostensibly because contractors were not coming forward to file tenders.
The minister, who was replying to a short notice question of Ram Dev Verma (CPM), informed the Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday about the problems faced by central agencies in road construction.
"As per central government guidelines , there is no provision for revision in estimate and price adjustment in the road construction work. This is why contractors were not willing to file tenders floated by the central agencies. But we have now asked them to hand over the work to us," the minister said, adding the state government had a provision of Rs 653 crore from its kitty to meet additional cost.
The minister admitted that central agencies had accepted the proposal to hand over the work to state agencies which will be inviting tenders for ensuring speedy completion of work."Since the government was willing to revise the cost estimate, the state agencies will not face any problem in engaging the contractors," the minister said.
The minister informed the House that about 30000 km road was to be constructed under PMGSY and both central and state agencies were involved in construction work. "But construction work of the central agencies were of poor quality. More importantly, the work was executed in a tardy manner. So we requested the Centre to allow us to complete the work by our own agencies," the minister said. link
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Wednesday 15 July 2009
Thursday 21 May 2009
Road cleaning work to be outsourced in Patna
The road construction department (RCD) is working on a proposal for outsourcing the cleaning work of city roads, footpaths and road dividers.
According to the plan, bids would be invited from private parties to undertake the work on a long-term basis. The bidder would have to clean roads, pavements and road dividers of the city on a regular basis. He would also be responsible for painting of pavements and dividers at least twice a year.
Lighting of roads would be the responsibility of the bidder and costs incurred on lighting too would be paid by him.
Those opting for the bid would have the freedom to earn revenue using their advertisement rights along the roads.
"We have sent a proposal in this regard to the finance department and once it gives approval to it, the proposal would be sent to the cabinet," said a senior RCD official.
To begin with, the project would be launched on a pilot basis in Patna and depending on the feedback, bids would be invited for RCD roads in other cities of Bihar, he said.
Explaining the economics of the proposal, the RCD official said that bidders would be able to earn a lot of revenue against the cleanliness work done by them as they would have at their disposal a huge chunk of land along the roads, which could be used for advertisement purpose.
The department is also working on a plan pertaining to long-term bidding for maintenance of roads being constructed by it.
A World Bank consultant was roped in for preparing the draft of this proposal and senior RCD officials are studying the report to find out its adaptability in local conditions.
"Our main goal is to come up with such a proposal which contains good points of the report submitted by the World Bank consultant as well as the system being followed by the department now under which a contractor is also given the responsibility of maintaining a road for a three-year period," said the RCD official.
He said once the amalgamated form of existing and proposed system is ready, bids would be invited for the long-term maintenance work. "The department would undertake quarterly inspection of roads. Payments would be made to such parties only if inspection reports about the condition of roads would be satisfactory," added the official. link
According to the plan, bids would be invited from private parties to undertake the work on a long-term basis. The bidder would have to clean roads, pavements and road dividers of the city on a regular basis. He would also be responsible for painting of pavements and dividers at least twice a year.
Lighting of roads would be the responsibility of the bidder and costs incurred on lighting too would be paid by him.
Those opting for the bid would have the freedom to earn revenue using their advertisement rights along the roads.
"We have sent a proposal in this regard to the finance department and once it gives approval to it, the proposal would be sent to the cabinet," said a senior RCD official.
To begin with, the project would be launched on a pilot basis in Patna and depending on the feedback, bids would be invited for RCD roads in other cities of Bihar, he said.
Explaining the economics of the proposal, the RCD official said that bidders would be able to earn a lot of revenue against the cleanliness work done by them as they would have at their disposal a huge chunk of land along the roads, which could be used for advertisement purpose.
The department is also working on a plan pertaining to long-term bidding for maintenance of roads being constructed by it.
A World Bank consultant was roped in for preparing the draft of this proposal and senior RCD officials are studying the report to find out its adaptability in local conditions.
"Our main goal is to come up with such a proposal which contains good points of the report submitted by the World Bank consultant as well as the system being followed by the department now under which a contractor is also given the responsibility of maintaining a road for a three-year period," said the RCD official.
He said once the amalgamated form of existing and proposed system is ready, bids would be invited for the long-term maintenance work. "The department would undertake quarterly inspection of roads. Payments would be made to such parties only if inspection reports about the condition of roads would be satisfactory," added the official. link
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