Haryana Minister for Urban Local Bodies, Revenue, Disaster Management, and Civil Aviation, Mr. Vipul Goyal said that there will be no compromise on the quality of construction materials used in development projects. He also made it clear that monopoly in contractor tenders will not be allowed. All works will be allotted in a transparent and fair manner through negotiations.
Mr. Vipul Goyal made these remarks while chairing a meeting to review and approve the Haryana tender rates for projects in the Municipal Councils of Narwana, Jind, Mandi Dabwali, Thanesar, and Ratia here today. The meeting was attended by officers from the Urban Local Bodies Department, District Municipal Commissioners from Jind, Sirsa, and Kurukshetra, as well as the Chairpersons of the respective Municipal Councils.
On a demand raised by the Chairperson of Jind Municipal Council regarding the unnecessary delays by the technical wing in tender allocation, the Minister directed the District Municipal Commissioner to conduct an inquiry within one month. He further said that the past performance of the agency to which the work is being allotted should be thoroughly checked to ensure its work quality meets the required standards.
Additionally, the Minister stressed that the tender process should be completed within a month. Addressing concerns about the shortage of employees in local bodies, the Minister mentioned that a report detailing the staffing requirements of all Nagar Parishads and Nagar Palikas has been requested.
This report is expected to be submitted to the headquarters soon, so that the process of filling vacancies can be initiated. The development works for which Haryana tender rates were fixed in the meeting include the lifting of garbage currently dumped near the Delhi-Ferozepur railway line in Nagar Parishad Jind, biological treatment of legacy waste behind Ram Bagh in Mandi Dabwali, and the laying of a synthetic track at Eklavya Stadium in Jind.
In addition, the construction of the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Study Centre in Nagar Parishad Narwana, and rates for roads and streets with interlocking paving blocks in newly regularized colonies of Nagar Palika Ratia were also finalized.