Dimapur, Oct. 11 (EMN): The Phek unit of the Nagaland Contractors’ & Suppliers’ Union (NCSU) has demanded that the authorities stop the practice of “table tender” and instead issue tenders for all contract and supply works. The unit issued a press release on Thursday stating that ‘qualified and deserving’ also ought to be allotted work.
“The Phek District Nagaland Contractors & Supplier’s Union while re-iterating our cooperation to the head office NCSU extend our support to the demand of the NCSU for ending to table tender and notify for inviting of tender in all contract and supply works,” the press release read. “In this regard we urge all departments to put an end to such malpractices so that qualified and deserving contractors are allotted the works we also request any public to report such cases to us so that defaulting officials will be dealt with accordingly specially works that concerns Phek district.”
The Phek unit urged the minister for PWD, and the PWD department to look into the grievances of the “local” contractors, and the demand of the NCSU to ‘split works K/M-wise.’
‘...we demand that the present criteria be ended immediately so that more local contractors could be engaged .The criteria spelt out in NIT by the department should be made more local-friendly rather than inviting other mega companies from outside the state.’
In other matters, the NCSU unit expressed gratitude to the Nagaland government for the assurance to reconstruct all ‘division roads,’ which are already in a deplorable condition. “Roads being the integral parts of development we believe the present government led by Sri Nephiu Rio chief minister of Nagaland will live to its commitment for development and change for the better. We urge upon all contractors and public to ply an active role in bringing change to our society,” the unit stated.
