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In the letter, the Maharashtra State Contractors Association raised 4 different demands isolated from the clearance of pending bills. (File Photo)
Demanding outgo of pending bills worthy Rs 40,000 crore of antithetic infrastructure works, contractors successful Maharashtra are acceptable to clasp a day-long protestation successful each districts connected October 8. A missive announcing the aforesaid was sent connected Wednesday to the offices of Maharashtra’s Chief Minister, some deputies and the nationalist works section (PWD) minister.
In the letter, the Maharashtra State Contractors Association raised 4 different demands isolated from the clearance of pending bills.
“The authorities has been announcing projects without ensuring availability of funds. We request that nary projects should beryllium announced without 100 per cent assurance of funds,” the missive stated.
It added that the unification fo tiny works should not beryllium allowed, arsenic this would let the issuance of large tenders, virtually eliminating tiny contractors from the contention to triumph the project. The missive besides demanded a extortion instrumentality for contractors successful the authorities arsenic a fig of convulsive attacks and incidents of threats to contractors were reported crossed Maharashtra.
“The ratio of distributing works successful antithetic authorities contracts should beryllium 33:33:34 for educated unemployed engineers, labour organisations and unfastened contractors,” it said.
The association’s authorities president Milind Bhosle said, “Contractors are 1 of the biggest classes successful the authorities and the full concern is successful information with this authorities not paying the bills. Bills worthy Rs 40,000 crore are pending with the authorities government, which has paralysed the full industry.”
According to Bhosle, the authorities had announced a fig of infrastructure works related to roads, buildings and bridges successful each tehsil of the state. “How tin we bash the enactment if we are not being paid? Therefore we person decided to motorboat a protestation connected October 8,” helium said.
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