Times of India: Jammu: Friday, 02 June 2023
On failing to meet deadline for completion of its allotted work under Jammu Akhnoor Road Widening Project, the contractor firm has been slapped with a penalty of over Rs 15 crore by the government, informed National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL).
In response to an application by RTI activist Raman Sharma under Right to Information Act, the authorities at NHIDCL has informed that a penalty of Rs 15.79 crore has been imposed against the contractor company namely M/s Tarmat Ltd for the inordinate delay in completion of its work within stipulated period of time.
RTI activist Raman Sharma said that the RTI reply served to him and was signed by SPS Sangwan, general manager(P), NHIDCL, Akhnoor which further informed that the stipulated completion date( under package-III) was fixed as 23/12/2021 which was later extended till 30/03/2023 and despite the extension of 163 days the contractor company failed to meet the deadline and now again a new deadline has been fixed as 31 December, 2023.
"M/S Tarmat Ltd Company has been awarded tender work under package-III (from Km 06.000 to Km 26.350) of Jammu Akhnoor Road Widening Project with bid amount of Rs 193.99 Crore," said RTI activist Sharma quoting the the official reply.
He added that it further stated that an amount of Rs 131.05 Crore has been released to the company till date with 71.86 % Physical Progress of Work and 67.56 % Financial Progress.
In response to the query related to penalty amount so far submitted by the firm, Sharam said that the NHIDCL reply stated that till date an amount of Rs 5.5 Crore has been withheld from the bills of the Contractor Company on the amount of penalty.
On failing to meet deadline for completion of its allotted work under Jammu Akhnoor Road Widening Project, the contractor firm has been slapped with a penalty of over Rs 15 crore by the government, informed National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL).
In response to an application by RTI activist Raman Sharma under Right to Information Act, the authorities at NHIDCL has informed that a penalty of Rs 15.79 crore has been imposed against the contractor company namely M/s Tarmat Ltd for the inordinate delay in completion of its work within stipulated period of time.
RTI activist Raman Sharma said that the RTI reply served to him and was signed by SPS Sangwan, general manager(P), NHIDCL, Akhnoor which further informed that the stipulated completion date( under package-III) was fixed as 23/12/2021 which was later extended till 30/03/2023 and despite the extension of 163 days the contractor company failed to meet the deadline and now again a new deadline has been fixed as 31 December, 2023.
"M/S Tarmat Ltd Company has been awarded tender work under package-III (from Km 06.000 to Km 26.350) of Jammu Akhnoor Road Widening Project with bid amount of Rs 193.99 Crore," said RTI activist Sharma quoting the the official reply.
He added that it further stated that an amount of Rs 131.05 Crore has been released to the company till date with 71.86 % Physical Progress of Work and 67.56 % Financial Progress.
In response to the query related to penalty amount so far submitted by the firm, Sharam said that the NHIDCL reply stated that till date an amount of Rs 5.5 Crore has been withheld from the bills of the Contractor Company on the amount of penalty.
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