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Garbage enclosures have been over estimated

Posted on: 27/Jun/2013 10:23:52 AM
According to reports, some zones in Chennai have claimed up to a lakh of rupees for the construction of garbage enclosures in the city. Some months ago, these blue enclosures came up at the end of each road in the city to enable the residents to dump their garbage in one designated place. These enclosures, which consist of asbestos sheets and cemented floors, should not cost more than Rs. 45000 each. However, the zones have claimed much more as costs.

The project worth Rs 4.5 crore was handled entirely at the zonal level. The officers in the zones were given powers to prepare estimates, float tenders, and select the bidders This is not new. They usually handle tenders for cement concrete roads, interior roads, recruitment of temporary manpower and maintenance of bins We estimated the costs of corrugated iron, cement concrete base and earth excavation , among others. Based on the estimate and approximate measurement of each enclosure, the cost was calculated The estimates prepared by the executive engineer would have been checked and cleared by the assistant executive engineer and commissioner, say corporation officials.