LB Nagar SRDP project to cost ₹67 crore more
The Hindu
GHMC approves ₹67 crore increase in LB Nagar junction project without discussion, citing various reasons including tax changes and price adjustments.
A proposal to revise the administrative sanction for infrastructural works at LB Nagar junction by a whopping ₹67 crore was accorded approval without discussion at the general body meeting of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Saturday.
It was one among the 10 agenda items and nine additional items that were deemed to have been approved by the Council which did not take up any of the items for discussion owing to constant disruptions.
The sanction has been revised from the initial ₹448 crore to ₹515 crore, which is attributed to a wide variety of reasons, including changes in project components, additional works, price adjustments, fund adjustments and the variance in tax patterns.
The work for construction of flyovers and underpasses near LB Nagar junction as part of the Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP) was awarded through tendering process to the BSCPL Infrastructure Limited for ₹304.9 crore which is 7.99% less than the Internal Bench Mark value of ₹331.38 crore in 2015.
The package consisted of 13 independent structures, of which a couple of them have been removed from the scope of work and except one, all others have been completed.
The dropped components include a third level flyover from Hayatnagar side to Inner Ring Road towards Kamineni flyover and a three lane underpass near Kamineni junction towards Mansurabad.
There have also been changes in width of the Kamineni junction to three lane instead of four lane, in order to accommodate the Metro Rail extension between Nagole and LB Nagar. In lieu of these changes, it has been agreed to take up a new flyover at Nagole Junction, and maintenance works for pothole filling and patchwork on the roads at the construction site.
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