Amritsar: Bidding on, Rs 46-cr road repair works likely to begin from April

Charanjit Singh Teja

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 22

After two unsuccessful tendering efforts, the Municipal Corporation again initiated the e-tendering process of the Rs 46-crore road recarpeting project, for the third time.

The senior officials of MC stated that the technical examination is going on and the tendering committee would send the case to the Local Bodies Department for vetting. Earlier, the Local Bodies Department had rejected the case as some conditions of bidding were not followed. With this delay in the announced project the residents have to wait for more than six months, if the Department of Local Bodies give nod to the tendering process after vetting.

The Municipal Corporation, Amritsar, (MCA) had initiated the e-tendering process in April this year. The case had sent to the Department of Local Bodies twice but failed to succeed.

Sandeep Singh, Executive Engineer, Civil Wing, said, “The bidding process is going on. We will complete the technical examination of bids within week. Then it would be sent for the vetting. The construction of roads may start in April next year”.

The MC is spending this amount from its own sources. The residents were expecting that roads would be recarpeted before the elections as the incumbent Congress government would get its credit in the elections. However, it would not be possible to start the road carpeting before the elections.

Some of these roads are in a poor condition and some have not been built for the last several years. The roads, including New Kot Mit Singh Road, Temple Colony road , Dairy Complex road, Gobindgarh Fort road, Civil Hospital Road, Guru Harkishan School Road, Janata Colony road, Khazana Gate to Hakima, Bhagtawala to Gilwali, Gilwali to Chattiwind, Sultanwind to Hansli, Hansli to Ghee Mandi, Gilwali to Chattiwind, Bari Gate to Lahori Gate, Court Road , Kachari Chowk to Hartej Hospital, Gumtala Bypass, Race Course Road, Fatehgarh Churian Road, Guru Gobind Singh Chowk to Power Colony Majitha Road, SSSS Chowk to Hussain Pura, Maqbool Road, Rani Ka Bagh, Sadar Police Station both sides, Bhandari Bridge to Kachari Chowk, Queens Road, among others.