Winter session in Nagpur from Dec 7, tenders for about 150 works still not open

The winter session of the state legislature will begin in Nagpur on December 7. The administration has stepped up preparations. Ministers, MLAs, officials and employees will start arriving in Nagpur from November 25 for the session. Completing work on government offices and residences before then is a major challenge for the Public Works Department.

Ahead of the session, the Public Works Department has planned a total of 386 works. These include works on 229 government offices and 157 residences of officials and employees. The target is to finish repair, painting, electrical, water and cleaning work by November 27.

However, tenders for about 150 of these works have not even been opened yet. Contractors have not been found for many works, and work orders are pending for some. Tenders are not drawing responses, which is affecting the pace of work.

The Public Works Department, on the other hand, claims that all the important works are under way and that the remaining works will also be completed within the stipulated time. Attention now turns to whether the administration can finish all these works before the session.