Mangalore: Blame game hampers review meeting at Lady Goschen


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Daijiworld Media Network-Mangalore

Mangalore, Oct 16: The blame game at review meeting to discuss on the progress of construction work of a new block at Lady Goschen hospital hampered it, even as the district in charge minister Ramanath Rai warned all the stake holders to pace up the work as the snail-like progress continued to bother the district administration.

While deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim whipped the contractor and the MRPL for causing delay in erecting the new block earmarked at RS 21.74 crores that had to be completed by the end of this year, Abhay Chandra Jain was the first to join his voice passing stern directives to the general manager of the Mangalore Refinery Petrochemical Limited (MRPL), Susheel Chandra to release the pending bills in time.









Though MRPL currently has released around RS 7 crores, the company failed the meet the requirement of the contractor who handed over the bill showing spared amount to Rs 8.50 crores. The health and family welfare minister U T Khader reprimanded the contractor for fusing delay citing late payment and ordered him to carry out the work until his balance payment crosses Rs three crore.

“Why did you take up the tender from the government, if you had to wait for the inflow of fund?” Khader questioned the contractor. However, the contractor remained mum as warnings poured out against him from ministers of the state and top bureaucrats of the district.

Moreover, the district in charge minister Rai who chaired the meeting advised the MRPL to keep up the promise of releasing 80% of the bill submitted by the concerned authority within a week. The general manager of the MRPL nodding to the requests told the company was committed to complete the work very soon that was taken under corporate social responsibility.

However, the lack of team work and internal bickering came to fore, with all the ministers pressing to pick up the task as a team work and trying to pacify the fight between the MRPL and the deputy commissioner, Ibrahim. The health minister also hinted the delay due to various reasons has put the elected representative on the fix before the general public.

  

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  • G Z T Kunte, Udupi

    Thu, Oct 16 2014

    MRPL knows that some of the Bills are fake or over-valued. They know very well that how corrupt govt Contractors build low quality buildings where they spend only 50% of sanctioned amount and remaining 50% is shared between Politicians-Engineers etc. That is why MRPL was hesitant to pay the Bills submitted to them.

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  • Lingappa, Kuppepadavu/Amsterdam

    Thu, Oct 16 2014

    Team work..lol..The look of this group says that they are a bunch of . Ramanatha Rai mite doze off in a bit, the health minister might advocate for someone caught at the airport. What can you expect from the Khangress? God save this hospital...

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  • sid, mangalore

    Thu, Oct 16 2014

    small hospital project cannot be completed, so we imagine what happens to the bigger once . The builder must be puzzled with the drama ... he must have never seen such efficiency ....
    i am hoping the minister did not sleep during the meeting. Any ways some positivity in this meeting from the ministers

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  • Mahendra Shetty, Mumbai Mangalore

    Thu, Oct 16 2014


    RAMANATERE PLEASE JOPPODCHI NANA ALPHA......

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  • Arun Menenzes, Mangalore

    Thu, Oct 16 2014

    Blaming the donor (MRPL) is something wrong both on part of district administrator as well as MLAs.Many people think that once the bills are submitted the payment will be done immediately. But the fact is that the bills need to be verified by competent engineers and need certification by the consultant.Why the name of the consultant is not coming up here.

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  • Ravi B Shenava , Mangalore

    Thu, Oct 16 2014

    Why they have not still arrested that Andhra Pradesh Businessman who ran away with all those old Teak wood pillars and furniture of old Lady Goschan which were valued not less than Ten crore rupees ?
    Why the former MLA of Mangalore who had brought that Andhra Crook to re-construct Lady Goschen without verifying his background, is not made answerable ?

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