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| R&B contractors, officials make hay as Darbar moves to Jammu | | Minister has no idea of allotments of works | | Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, Nov 15: The contractor-official nexus in R&B department had some hay days on the shifting of offices to winter capital even as the concerned Minister remains unaware of allotment of works in his department.
The allotment orders issued from the office of the Executive Engineer R&B division number second of Srinagar worth lakhs for different roads across the Srinagar on the eve of Darbar move for face lifting which include painting of centre lines, painting edge lines, painting of police beats, polls and washing of curb stones etc though as per sources fetched lakhs of rupees for contractors and concerned officials.
However, Minister for R&B Abdul Majeed Wani while talking to Early Times today said that he has no idea of any such allotments so far and would like to hear details about such allotments from Early Times tomorrow.
The document details of contracts allotted to contractors on the eve of Darbar move in possession of Early Times reveal that an allotment for the face lifting of Abdullah bridge by way of painting under allotment number 650-54 dated 12/04/2013 with an estimated cost of Rs 44,992, allotment of contract for face lifting of road by way of painting centre and edge line at various spots from Bakshi Stadium to Abdullah bridge under allotment number 181-85 with an estimated cost of Rs 63,747, face lifting of road by way of painting of curb stones, electric poles from Bakhshi stadium to Abdullah bridge under order number 328-32 dated 6/04/2013 under estimated cost 1,10,449, allotment of contract for clearance of drains and face lifting of Northern foreshore road under allotment number 156-60 dated 4/4/2013 under estimated cost 1,96,986, allotment of contract for clearance of drains and face lifting of road from UNO office to Taley Manzil under allotment number 7567-71 dated 4/07/2013 with an allotted cost 1,07,849, allotment of contract for clearance of drains and face lifting of road from Nehru park to end of dual carriage way under allotment number 7562-66 dated 04/07/2013 with an allotted cost 1,26,426, clearance of drains and face lifting of road from Taley Manzil to Raj Bhawan under allotment number 7557-61 dated 4/07/2013 with an estimated cost 63,357, allotment for clearance of drains and face lifting of road from dual carriage to Kral Sangria under allotment number 151-55 dated 4/4/2013 with an estimated cost 58,745, allotment for clearance of drains and face lifting of road from Jan Bakery to Nehru Park under allotment number 1296-300 dated 23/04/2013 with an estimated cost 88,898, allotment for clearance of drains and face lifting of road from Cheshmashahi junction to Parimahal including botanical garden under allotment number 7828-32 dated 9/07/2013 with an estimated cost 57,874, allotment for clearance of drains and face lifting of road from Kral sangria to Nishar garden under allotment number323-27 dated 6/04/2013 under estimated cost of 78,972, allotment of contract for clearance of side drains, washing of kerb stones, painting of kerb stones, police beats, iron ralling, marking of zebra crossing, stop lines, edge lines, broken lines, face lifting of side walls from New secretariat gate to Batamaloo bridge under allotment number 25648-52 dated 25/03/2013 with an allotment cost of 93,037, allotment for clearance of side drains, washing of kerb stones, painting, from Budshah bridge to exchange road crossing on M.A road under allotment number 6627-31 dated 25/06/2013 with an estimated cost 98,568, allotment of contract for clearance of side drains, washing and painting of kerb stones, poles, grills from Poloview to M.A road under order number 793-97 dated 16-04-2013, with an estimated cost of 1,43,002, allotment for clearance of side drains, washing and painting of kerb stones, from exchange crossing to Poloview on M.A road under order number 171-75 dated 04/04/2013 with an estimated cost of 1,69,942, allotment for clearance of side drains, washing and painting of kerb stones, ralling, poles from Sonawar to M.A bridge under allotment number 7221-25 dated 29/06/2013 with an estimated cost of 70,942, allotment of contract for clearance of side drains and washing of kern stones from Ram Munshi Bagh to Poloview under order number 8437-41 dated 15/07/2013 with an estimated cost of 1,49,681 have been sanctioned by Executive engineer R&B construction division second and copies of such allotments were also send to concerned officials as well.
The above mentioned details are of just 20% works allotted to the contractors by the concerned department and despite Early Times exposed the scam on 13/10/2013 and brought the issue to the notice of concerned Minister and other office bearers of concerned department no action has been taken so far against anybody in this regard.
Pertinently as reported earlier, the document and video proofs also reveal that work done on kerb stones and face lifting of walls, washing etc which as per recommended guidelines were supposed to last for one working season were not only delayed up to six months but also at many places such works done after spending lakhs of rupees could not be found. |
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