

Live: Yamuna water level crosses danger mark again waterlogging near Supreme Court.An audit trail of all activity is maintained to lend transparency to the process for everyone involved. Chandrayaan 3 Launch Countdown Live Updates: Countdown begins for Chandrayaan-3 Facility Scheduler calculates 'points' based on time-based policies and configurable rules and automates the generation of notices for attendance or other corrective actions.Delhi floods live: Situation grim in Yamuna Bazaar.How perfect launch of Chandrayaan-3 adds muscle to Gaganyaan-1.Any penalty will have to be justified.” Asked on what basis he had proposed Rs 25 lakh as fine, Prahalad did not reply. BS Prahalad, engineer-in-chief, BBMP, said, “The recommended fine of Rs 8.4 crore is huge. The speaking order, however, is silent on the Rs 25 lakh fine.

Acting on the contractor’s appeal, the engineer-in-chief in his speaking order dated 12-04-2023 set aside the 23-12-2021 order of the chief engineer (projects-central) levying Rs 8.4 crore fine as it did not go by the prescribed methodology and the total fine of Rs 9.6 crore was more than 10% of the contract value. The order dated Decemof then chief engineer (projects) is withdrawn and cancelled.” “A considerate opinion should be formed for imposition of penalty for delay… As a warning to the contractor for not handing over the site to BBMP, Rs 25 lakh may be withheld from the bills, and other bills may be processed for payment,” he added in the note. It is unknown how… for four months fine of Rs 8,38,83,000 could be levied. In a note made on the project file on 12-04-2023, the engineer-in-chief observed, “This is one of the most revenue fetching projects of BBMP. The project was finally completed this March and handed over to BBMP, officials revealed. On recommendations of the assistant executive engineer (projects-central 4), the chief engineer (projects-central) on Decemfined the contractor Rs 8.4 crore, according to the “Proposal for grant of 8th extension of time of contract”. In December 2021, the contractor sought five more months to complete the work. The sixth and seventh extensions were permitted with nominal penalties of Rs 2 lakh and Rs 5 lakh, respectively, the documents revealed. As the work was delayed due to multiple reasons, including change in project dimensions and rocky terrain, the contractor was granted five extensions without penalty. The Rs 80-crore project was to be completed in two years. The facility was envisaged to ease traffic congestion in Majestic about a decade ago and the tender was awarded in 2015. A decision by the chief engineer (projects-central) to slap a fine of Rs 8.4 crore on the contractor in 2021 was recently set aside by the engineer-in-chief, documents accessed by TOI revealed. BENGALURU: BBMP’s ambitious multi-level car parking facility at Freedom Park is six years behind schedule but the agency’s efforts to levy a matching penalty on the contractor for the delay are floundering.
