No work in layouts named in agreement, but work done in those not included
Staff Reporter Strange are the ways of Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) in monitoring the execution of works in various layouts. The lack of proper planning and monitoring of execution of works on part of NIT in layouts in Mouza Dabha and Mouza Borgaon in 2011-12 has attracted strictures in a audit report. In the audit, NIT has been indicted also for ‘irregular’ payment of price escalation to contractor concerned. Under Phase-II of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), works of laying of water pipeline for west division in Mouza Dabha and Mouza Borgaon were awarded to a contractor. The works in Mouza Dabha were awarded at the contract amount of Rs 5,65,16,016 at 0.14 per cent below the estimated cost of Rs 5,65,95,249.75 with stipulated period of completion in 10 months from the date of issue of work order. Similarly, the works in Mouza Borgaon were awarded at the contract amount of Rs 3,23,56,970 at 0.12 per cent below the estimated cost of Rs 2,32,95...