Cleanliness tender for five residential sectors in Panipat soon

The residents in five residential sectors of Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) here would soon see proper cleanliness of their roads and parking areas, as the Estate Office has sent a tender of sanitation to the headquarters for final approval.

If all goes well, the tender would be allotted to a firm next week.

Residents living in the HSVP’s sectors 7, 8, 18, 24 and 40 have been grappling with basic amenities for a long time. The cleanliness tender of the roads and parking areas ended more than a year ago due to which the cleanliness system in these sectors badly collapsed.

However, residents, through residents’ welfare associations, have raised this issue several times, but still cleanliness has not started so far.

Meanwhile, the estate office has invited the tender for conservancy services for roads and parking areas for sectors 7,8, 18, 24 and 40 around three times, but it had not been finalised, sources added.

The sources said the HSVP had first called the tender on February 28 through the e-tendering process, and it was opened on March 15, but not finalised. After that the HSVP again invited the tender on June 28 due to some administrative reasons, but it was also not finalised.

After that the HSVP again invited tender on July 3 and it was opened on July 22. Three firms have quoted their rates. After the financial bid, it was opened in which a firm quoted its rates.

However, due to some unknown reasons, the HSVP again recalled the tender on October 23 and it was opened on November 19. Five firms have shown their interest in the tender for the sanitation of five sectors.

After checking the eligibility of the technical bids, the lowest amount in the tender was demanded by a firm at Rs 3.77 crore for a year, while the second lowest amount was fed by another firm at Rs 4.40 crore.

Baljeet Singh, District Coordinator, Haryana Sectors Confederation, said the condition of cleanliness in the sectors was very bad. We have been waiting for the cleanliness tenders for more than a year, he said.

Tenders have been invited by the estate office three-four times, but have not been finalised due to the negligence of the officials concerned, as they didn’t take interest towards the public problems, Singh added.

Another big reason behind the delay in the allotment of the work order for cleanliness was the transfer of estate officers here. A total of 11 estate officers had been changed within three years in Panipat, Baljeet Singh said.

Vijay Rathi, Estate Officer, HSVP, said five companies had quoted their rates for the sanitation tender for five sectors here. Tender had been sent to the headquarters for the final approval and soon the tender would be finalised and work order would be allotted, the Estate Officer claimed.