Summary:
These firms raised final bills and collected payments too.The SSNNL has on Feb 2 issued a recovery order to these contractors. Apparently, these were never installed in the villages!The agencies contracted for the pipelines job have been traced to Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Gondal, Songadh , Mehsana, Dasada and Surat. A contractor from Mehsana town is asked to pay back Rs 6.26 crore. Recovery of Rs 12.27 crore from a contractor in Songadh in Tapi district, Rs 27.95 crore from a contractor in city’s Prahladnagar and Rs 6.23 crore from another contractor having office on CG Road has been ordered. The order also asks to blacklist these errant contractors..