Vidhan Sabha body to monitor status of Smart City projects
The officials of the Local Government Department stated that the committee would check the status of ongoing projects under the Smart City project in AmritsarThe 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 issuesSimilarly the committee will also check the status of AITs recently allotted Rs 70 crore projects through e- tenderingThe officials of the MC and AIT have been asked to present all records related to these projects and tendersAccording 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 TejaTribune News ServiceAmritsar August 20The 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 ChandigarhManjeet 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 recordThe 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- tenderingThe 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
