Publish Date: | Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:43 PM (IST)
Tender of the same contractor came, residents were getting worried about converting 3.4 km of Mhow-Neemuch highway into CC
Mandsaur (Naiduniya Rep). Tenders were called for the second time to convert the 3.4 km dilapidated stretch of Mhow-Neemuch highway from Kabra petrol pump to Guradiya Fante into CC road. Its tenders have been opened in the CE office of the department on Wednesday. It is being told that this time only one firm Gupto Enterprises has put up the tender. Although their rates are not yet known, but if the tender is approved, then it will not take long to complete the work. Because now the desired contractor from politicians to officers and engineers is getting work. Now it will be a matter to be seen that at what rate the contractor who built the road with DPR of 10 crores has put up tenders. Earlier, contractor RG Gupta had expressed his desire to do the work for only 7.50 crores by putting a tender for 25 percent less. But due to the constant pressure, he raised his hands.
It is being told that contractor RG Gupta is also doing the work of construction of railway overbridge in new Tehsil office in Mandsaur, Daloda Mahavidyalaya building and Pipliyamandi. Due to this, pressure was created on him in such a way that RG Gupta pulled his hand while refusing to build the CC road. After this, the Public Works Department was ready and immediately called for new tenders on the very next day. After the last date on February 17, now tenders have been opened on Wednesday, in which only one firm Gupta Enterprises is open. It is not yet clear why the tender rates have been put. But due to the new rules, a tender can also be accepted and the officials of the Public Works Department are ready to accept this tender. The earlier tender which had gone to Bhopal for approval had come back in one and a half months, but this tender has to take less time. Now it may take two months to complete the contract and other process. It seems that it may take three months to start the work on the land, till then the common man will remain in trouble.
In 2019, for converting the 3.4 km dilapidated portion of the completely damaged Mhow-Neemuch highway from Kabra petrol pump to Guradiya Fante to CC road, LonVI had called for the first time in September 2019, then contractor RG Gupta paid 25 percent less. I had put the tender in his name. But he was harassed by the department and sometimes by other contractors in such a way that on January 17, RG Gupta gave up the work. The road had to be tendered for the second time. After this, the Public Works Department canceled the old tender and started the tender process again for CC Road on January 18 itself.
Putting tender at 25 percent less rate had become a problem
Tenders were called in September 2021 after the state government approved 10 crore for the road. and were opened in October 2021. Indore contractor RG Gupta had put the tender for 25 percent less. This became the cause of trouble for him. The tender sent for approval in Bhopal was not returned even after more than one and a half months. Since Netaji’s favorite contractor did not get the road work, many technical screws were implicated on this tender. At the same time, the contractor has been harassed in this way, he too had made up his mind to leave the work. Whereas after its tender, everyone was thinking that the work order would be issued as soon as the approval was received from Bhopal. After the construction of CC road, the traffic on the road will become easy. A completely different story was going on behind the scenes. Netaji kept talking about solving problems by standing among the public and his supporting contractor left no stone unturned to entangle RG Gupta. Now all the problems will be fixed.
The contractor is also making ROB in Pipliyamandi
RG Gupta, the contractor who took the contract of CC Road, is also building the railway overbridge being built in Pipliyamandi. Apart from this, a lot of work is also being done including new Tehsil office in Mandsaur, College building in Daloda. However, even during the first tender, a contractor had tried a lot due to his political reach that no outside contractor could reach Mandsaur. Neemuch’s contractor had been set up somehow, but RG Gupta spoiled the matter by putting a tender of 25 percent less.
Public Works Department executive engineer Aditya Soni told that for the second time also tenders have been opened for CC Road in CE office. After getting the information from there, further action will be taken. It is also not known at what rate they are open now.
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