DIMAPUR— The Nagaland Contractors and Suppliers' Union (NCSU) has appealed to the chief minister of the state to approve “one firm one work order” to 40 firms during the third phase of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in Nagaland.
The union, in a representation to the CM, stated that it has learned from reliable sources that the Government of India, under Rural Development, is contemplating to implement 40 PMGSY projects in Nagaland.
However, the state government is “planning to allot work to only 16 firms,” claimed NCSU.
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=1]Keeping in mind the interest of the registered contractors of Nagaland, the union stated that though there are many local class-1 registered contractors, only a few “are privileged, leaving many other firms high and dry”.
In order to deliver justice to other less-privileged contractors, NCSU requested the chief minister to approve the issuance of one work order each to 40 firms “for execution of the project work effectively”.
The union also pointed out that the National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA) has issued detailed guidelines for construction of minimum 15% of road length under PMGSY by using new technologies.
“States and Union Territories would mandatorily construct roads under PMGSY-III by also using plastics waste within the minimum 15% of road length prescribed for new technologies as envisaged in the detailed guidelines issued by NRIDA,” read the representation.
“And works will be packaged so as to attract competent contractors with modern machinery and equipment and capable of nurturing small contractors,” it added.