Vidhan Sabha body to monitor status of Smart City projects

  • | Saturday | 21st August, 2021

The officials of the Local Government Department stated that the committee would check the status of ongoing projects under the Smart City project in Amritsar. The status report of recently allotted tenders of Rs 33 crore by Amritsar Improvement Trust will be scrutinised by the Vidhan Sabha Committee on the Local Government issues. Similarly the committee will also check the status of AIT's recently allotted Rs 70 crore projects through e- tendering. The officials of the MC and AIT have been asked to present all records related to these projects and tenders. According to the information there were reports of fake firms which reportedly succeeded to get work from the MC and AIT by filling tenders.

Charanjit Singh Teja Tribune News Service Amritsar August 20 The Committee of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Secretariat constituted regarding the issues of the Local Government asked senior officials of Municipal Corporation Amritsar (MCA) Amritsar Improvement Trust (AIT) and the Smart City to submit documents and status report of various projects being conducted under the Smart City in a meeting called on August 24 in Chandigarh. Manjeet Singh nodal officer of the Local Government Department wrote to Commissioner MC Executive Officer AIT and Superintending Engineer Operation and Maintenance to attend the meeting personally along with the official record. The officials of the Local Government Department stated that the committee would check the status of ongoing projects under the Smart City project in Amritsar. The committee will also review the recently allotted tender of tube-wells by the Municipal Corporation in the meeting. The status report of recently allotted tenders of Rs 33 crore by Amritsar Improvement Trust will be scrutinised by the Vidhan Sabha Committee on the Local Government issues. Similarly the committee will also check the status of AITs recently allotted Rs 70 crore projects through e- tendering. The officials of the MC and AIT have been asked to present all records related to these projects and tenders. According to the information there were reports of fake firms which reportedly succeeded to get work from the MC and AIT by filling tenders.

If You Like This Story, Support NYOOOZ

NYOOOZ SUPPORTER

NYOOOZ FRIEND

Your support to NYOOOZ will help us to continue create and publish news for and from smaller cities, which also need equal voice as much as citizens living in bigger cities have through mainstream media organizations.


Stay updated with all the Amritsar Latest News headlines here. For more exclusive & live news updates from all around India, stay connected with NYOOOZ.

Related Articles