Cancel sewerage tender or we’ll go to HC, GFP tells govt

Panaji: Insisting that the tender for a parallel sewerage network in the state capital is flawed and will lead to cost overruns, Goa Forward Party (GFP) has written to the state government demanding the cancellation of the tender. GFP has warned that if PWD goes ahead with the sewerage project, it would approach the high court and get it stopped.
PWD has tendered three different tenders on behalf of Imagine Panaji Smart City Corporation Ltd (IPSCDL) to lay new sewerage pipelines parallel to the existing network in parts of Panaji.However, the tenders have been floated without any detailed plans of the existing network, which TOI had reported in June.
“We request PWD to cancel the tenders and we also request PWD to prepare a detailed sewerage and storm water drainage masterplan for all CCP wards, including EDC Patto and Ribandar area,” said Durgadas Kamat, GFP vice-president.
GFP alleged that to maximise profit margins, contractors will haphazardly execute the project, which will only lead to a flawed sewerage network, cost overruns by as much as 70%, and delay in completion of the sewerage network. “If PWD decides to go ahead with the above-tendered sewerage project with the current tender, we will be forced to seek legal action in that matter and approach the court and the concerned EEs, AEs and JEs and all those dealing in the above-mentioned sewerage works will have to face the consequences,” said Kamat.