Today, the Bihar government blacklisted 91 contractors and debarred 1,490 others who were engaged in the construction of rural roads under PMGSY and MMGSY, after they failed to complete the projects on time and in some cases for not the following terms and conditions of the agreement.
The said contractors were registered with the RWD of the State government, which has a total of around 8000 contractors registered with them.
The minister said,
“Decision to debar and blacklist them was taken on the basis of their performance report pertaining to the projects which they handled in 2021-22. Not completing projects on time itself is a sort of corruption as it causes cost escalation and puts extra financial burden on the exchequer. There is no compromise with our Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s policy of zero tolerance against corruption”.
The debarment of the Bihar contractors means that the department will not assign any work to the said contractors for the said period of time and the debarment shall be revoked automatically after the expiry of the debarment period.
“Construction of rural roads under PMGSY, MMGSY, and GTSNY schemes is the top priority of our government. The RWD will soon start construction work of fresh 10,186 rural roads (total length of around 11,446 km) under these schemes in the state”, he said.
“The rural roads are built according to standards and specifications led down by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India in consultation with the Indian Road Congress (IRC). From the design stage to the construction and maintenance stage, the roads have to pass through rigorous specifications in terms of geometrics, construction materials, technical standards, and the whole gamut of engineering parameters”, the minister said.
Our government wants to connect villages in the state through all-weather rural roads, he said, adding around 45,672 habitations in the state have been covered under the centrally-sponsored flagship scheme PMGSY and the rest 22,450 habitations under various state schemes. PTI PKD RG
Blacklisted contractors: Conclusion
91 contractors were blacklisted and debarred 1490 others for not completing the construction projects on time.
Published By: Bhavya Dedhia
