Jisha Surya
Thiruvananthapuram: The second phase of Capital Region Development Programme (CRDP) is facing glitches in its very beginning. No consultancy service has turned up for the tender floated by Centre for Management Development (CMD) for transactional advisory service for the CRDP.
The last date for submitting the tender was February 25. The service of transactional advisor includes project identification, preparation of detailed feasibility and project report, etc.
Chief secretary Jose Cyriac will convene a high-level committee meeting on March 27 to discuss the issue. “We will check why no one turned up for the bid. We will think of relaxing some of the conditions such as deposit money of Rs 50 lakh, certain payment conditions, etc. Some of these conditions must have looked too stiff for the companies,” said T Balakrishnan, one of the members of the committee which reviews CRDP. Some of the clause in the tender demanded the bidder to have annual turnover of Rs 250 lakh and net worth of Rs 20 crore. The period of transactional advisor is for three years, initially.
The high-power committee under the chairmanship of chief minister Oommen Chandy had decided to take up four projects of the total 10 under CRDP in 2013-14. The projects selected were improvement of existing roads, construction of ring roads and link roads, preparation of parking policy and building parking places, environmental improvements of markets, shopping streets and parks and planting more saplings.
Of these projects, water resources department has taken up the works to clean Parvathy Puthanar. Widening of Maruthankuzhy-Nettayam road also is expected to begin soon.
Other projects selected for CRDP in the coming years were 100% drinking water facility, 100% percent coverage of sewerage system, improvement of broadband, WiFi connectivity, revitalization of heritage commission, highlighting of landmarks and introduction of music and art circuits. The project also plan development of alternative source of energy, provide UG cabling, etc.
The first phase of the CRDP was launched in 2002 and under that project the City Roads Improvement Project (Crip) has been taken up. The Crip, which involves rebuilding of 42 km of prime city roads in international standards, has entered the final phase. The good feedback received for Crip was one of the main reasons that prompted the government to launch the second phase of CRDP. Some projects, originally conceived for the first phase and didn’t take off, have been included in the second phase.
Thiruvananthapuram: The second phase of Capital Region Development Programme (CRDP) is facing glitches in its very beginning. No consultancy service has turned up for the tender floated by Centre for Management Development (CMD) for transactional advisory service for the CRDP.
The last date for submitting the tender was February 25. The service of transactional advisor includes project identification, preparation of detailed feasibility and project report, etc.
Chief secretary Jose Cyriac will convene a high-level committee meeting on March 27 to discuss the issue. “We will check why no one turned up for the bid. We will think of relaxing some of the conditions such as deposit money of Rs 50 lakh, certain payment conditions, etc. Some of these conditions must have looked too stiff for the companies,” said T Balakrishnan, one of the members of the committee which reviews CRDP. Some of the clause in the tender demanded the bidder to have annual turnover of Rs 250 lakh and net worth of Rs 20 crore. The period of transactional advisor is for three years, initially.
The high-power committee under the chairmanship of chief minister Oommen Chandy had decided to take up four projects of the total 10 under CRDP in 2013-14. The projects selected were improvement of existing roads, construction of ring roads and link roads, preparation of parking policy and building parking places, environmental improvements of markets, shopping streets and parks and planting more saplings.
Of these projects, water resources department has taken up the works to clean Parvathy Puthanar. Widening of Maruthankuzhy-Nettayam road also is expected to begin soon.
Other projects selected for CRDP in the coming years were 100% drinking water facility, 100% percent coverage of sewerage system, improvement of broadband, WiFi connectivity, revitalization of heritage commission, highlighting of landmarks and introduction of music and art circuits. The project also plan development of alternative source of energy, provide UG cabling, etc.
The first phase of the CRDP was launched in 2002 and under that project the City Roads Improvement Project (Crip) has been taken up. The Crip, which involves rebuilding of 42 km of prime city roads in international standards, has entered the final phase. The good feedback received for Crip was one of the main reasons that prompted the government to launch the second phase of CRDP. Some projects, originally conceived for the first phase and didn’t take off, have been included in the second phase.
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