A kind of miracle has happened in the tender of contracting agencies for the repair/reconstruction of damaged/demolished, main and roadside drains/drain lining for the years 2023–244 and 2024–25 under Zone 6 and 5 of Mumbai Municipal Corporation. RTI activist Anil Galgali has demanded that, while on one hand, ineligible companies have been declared eligible in the second tender, they should be investigated and proper tenders issued again.
RTI activist Anil Galgali has been informed in a reminder sent to the Municipal Commissioner as well as the Additional Commissioner Project that recently the Municipal Corporation issued a tender for ES 489. Of the 5 companies that participated, only three were eligible for the commercial report. Two companies were declared ineligible for some reason.
However, two companies that are ineligible for work code ES 489, namely Swastik and Harshil, are eligible for work code ES 490 and one of them is L1. The business reports of ES 489 and E 490 are viewed with suspicion. Work will be given at a reduced rate of 7 per cent under zone 6 and 18 per cent under circle 5. Now Swastik and Harshil Company have shown readiness to work at a reduced rate of 13 per cent instead of 7 per cent.
According to Anil Galgali, will the quality of work be maintained by this? This is a big question. At one place, the company was ineligible and at another place, it was eligible. If we investigate this, collusion will come to light, and will the work be completed in 2 years or not? It is still impossible to say.
