Councilors name for return to zone-wise roadwork tenders

Chennai Company councilors have urged the civic physique to revert to zone-wise roadwork tenders, saying the present system of huge packages results in delays, substandard work, and corruption.

They famous that the DMK, in its 2021 Meeting election manifesto, had promised to overtake the package deal system, however the dedication stays unfulfilled.

Ward 4 Councilor R. Jayaraman stated that when a single contractor handles a number of roads throughout Tiruvottiyur, Sholinganallur, and Ambattur, consideration to particular person areas suffers. “Contractors with connections to the ruling celebration typically dodge obligations, ignore residents and native authorities, and compromise on high quality. In my ward, relaying roads took over eight months even after the tender was finalized, but the resurfaced roads needed to be redone as a result of the work was uneven and substandard,” he stated.

“The big package deal system, launched throughout the AIADMK authorities, noticed many points and gaps in highway relaying for a lot of months throughout the town. To curb the issues, the DMK had promised in its 2021 Meeting election manifesto to revert to a zone-wise tendering course of, however this dedication has not been fulfilled,” he added.

A number of DMK councilors from newly-added areas, talking on situation of anonymity, added that opposition councilors can increase complaints overtly, whereas ruling celebration councilors face constraints. “Zone-wise tenders would enable the fining or blacklisting of contractors in case of repeated defaults with out disrupting work throughout a number of places,” a councilor stated.

A member of the Standing Committee (Works) defined that tenders are issued in response to the Company’s normal working procedures, which restrict the variety of individuals to 4 or 5.

“Provided that the SOPs are amended — significantly these referring to clearance from the Tamil Nadu Air pollution Management Board (TNPCB) — can roadwork tenders be issued on a zone-wise foundation,” the member added.

“Enjoyable TNPCB norms might influence the setting, clearly. However, some issues may be made for necessary primary companies; this may be thought of,” he stated.