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Stating that officers and leaders successful Gujarat were “conniving” to assistance the enactment of their “relatives” for tenders to proviso worldly for projects nether MGNREGA, BJP Lok Sabha MP from Bharuch, Mansukh Vasava, has written a missive to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel seeking revisions successful the exemplary tender process to guarantee “quality work” nether the agrarian employment scheme.
In a missive written Monday, Vasava said, “Officers and leaders successful Gujarat are conniving and organising the tender process for MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) to guarantee that agencies of their ain contacts and relatives are selected arsenic bidders. Instead of serving the people, leaders are much funny successful the declaration enactment of MGNREGA, due to the fact that of which the prime of enactment suffers.”
Vasava further said the exemplary tender rules issued by the Gujarat authorities person been flouted successful respective districts. “Rules person been altered and incorrect actions taken to guarantee that agencies of leaders oregon their adjacent contacts are handed retired tenders, alternatively of experienced agencies which person worked connected MGNREGA projects before…” helium added.
Stating that written complaints person been received from Narmada territory regarding the alleged malpractice during tender process, Vasava said that definite bidders person been citing up to 45% little prices owed to deficiency of transparency successful awarding the contracts.
Vasava said, “Agencies which person worked for MGNREGA for astatine slightest 3 years should beryllium selected for the work. However, respective inexperienced agencies person been bidding for the MGNREGA tenders, quoting 40 to 45% lesser terms for materials arsenic compared to the marketplace price… How volition specified a bidder proviso prime worldly for the schemes?”
Urging the CM to revise the rules to guarantee that experienced agencies are not thrown retired owed to “manipulations”, Vasava said, “The intent of the mediocre getting employment owed to MGNREGA on with transparency of the process arsenic good arsenic the schemes to beryllium implemented is simply a indispensable and needs your attention.”
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