The BMC which has found itself under the lens due to the tremendous corruption and irregularities in the road contracts of the island city, has once again managed grab eyeballs due to its allocation of works to couple of accused contractors. Already FIRs have been lodged against six contractors, who have been found guilty of shoddy works. Despite this the civic body has gone ahead and awarded two of the six accused contractors, M/s RPS Infra Projects and M/s J Kumar works at Hancock Yari Road, Mithi River and Vikroli Flyover. To add salt to the wounds BMC has also managed to help them get listed as one of the party to fill in the tender for the ambitious 1300 crore project of the Goregaon Mulund link road. After RTI activist Anil Galgali urged the Maharashtra Lokayukta Justice (retd) M L Tahaliyani to order for an inquiry of the entire episode and accordingly initiate action against BMC officials responsible for creating such a mess. Mr Tahaliyani has fixed a hearing in his chamber on Tuesday 5th July 2016 to probe the BMC’s new awarded contracts.
In his letter to the Lokayukta, Galgali has expressed his displeasure at the BMC’s attitude which had one side lodged FIR’s and on the second hand goes out of the way to promote these firms in getting contract.
“The civic body has awarded contracts to these two companies for the construction of Goregaon-Mulund Link road project. As usual, at the end of short listing of tendering only two companies were left who were to compete against each other for the work to get allocated. This is surely inviting suspicion against the BMC,” said Galgali.
Galgali has asked the Lokayukta to get factual reports from the Municipal Commissioner himself for the works happening at the Hackock, Yari Road, Mithi River and Vikhroli Flyover and the tendering process of Goregaon Mulund link road. Also, under su-motto the Lokayukta should initiate action against these six contractors who have been found guilty, alongside the officials involved and stop this practice of fooling the Mumbaikars.
