Maharashtra PWD minister seeks Rs 10,000 cr to clear pending dues of contractors

According to the PWD department, astir Rs 18,000 crore is needed successful the existent fiscal to benignant retired the issues of the contractors.

Contractors successful the authorities person gone connected onslaught from February 5, stopping each ongoing infrastructure works alleging that payments worthy Rs 89,000 crore from antithetic departments person allegedly not been paid since July 2024.

Among the alleged Rs 89,000 crore dues of the contractors see Rs 46,000 crore from the PWD, Rs 18,000 crore from the Jal Jeevan Mission nether Water Supply and Sanitation department, Rs 8,600 crore from the Rural improvement department, Rs 19,700 crore from the Irrigation section and Rs 1,700 crore from the works done nether DPDC, MLA money and MP fund.

Bhosle accepted that determination are definite issues regarding the outgo to contractors.
“However, the dues are not from the past 1 twelvemonth alone. Some dues are from the erstwhile years arsenic well,” helium said, adding that large chunk of payments is of roadworthy and span works.

“These are district-level works wherever tiny contractors are suffering. We recognize their problems and we are moving towards solving those,” Bhosle said, adding that full of astir Rs 18,000 crore is needed successful the ongoing fiscal.

The minister, erstwhile asked astir ample fig of enactment orders issued successful the canvass year, said, “Now, it was an predetermination twelvemonth and the works orders were issued successful greater numbers. But we are definite that it volition beryllium sorted out.”

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