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Mumbai: ‘Why is winning contractor’s bid 37 per cent lower?’
Updated On: 30 September, 2023 08:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
Activists raise concern as contractor appointed by BMC to maintain city’s cycle tracks bids much lower than the others
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The BMC had estimated a cost of R5.91 crore for maintenance for a year of the cycle tracks such as this one at Ghatkopar, while the contractor bid Rs 3.72 crore. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
Activists and experts have raised concerns after the BMC recently appointed a contractor who bid 37 per cent lower, to maintain the city’s 15-km cycle tracks. They have questioned why he is ready to work at 63 per cent of the cost.
Officials said that the contractor has expressed willingness to maintain the cycle tracks that are beside gardens and major water pipelines, at 37 per cent less than his competitors. The BMC has been developing gardens with a cycle track along with the major pipelines following a ruling from the Bombay High Court. After a year the contract to maintain the gardens and cycle tracks ended in June, the BMC decided to appoint a fresh contractor to maintain them.
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