The Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) has sought to refute the allegations brought against it following alleged irregularities in tendering process under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana.
The TSECL has issued a statement on Tuesday against the allegation leveled by one Anup Bhowmik with reference to a PIL filed before the High Court of Tripura.
The statement said, “As per the eligibility criteria of the tender document is concerned, the eligibility need was to carry out 1305 km of line erection (both HT and LT). Maa Harsiddhi Infra Developers Private Limited has erected around 2073 km of such job.”
The document submitted by bidders was accepted as per prevailing procedures. If any forged document is submitted by the any vender, legal procedures may be adopted for investigation of authenticity of documents, the statement reads.
The other points highlighted in the TSECL press statement included- as far as the e-tendering process is concerned, commercial bidding should be strictly through on-line process, whereas for technical bidding, there is a provision of uploading/ submission of documents as per clause 17 of the SBD.
Previously, there was trend of higher bid values of every bidder. But in this case that trend was changed & bid value of M/S Maa Harsiddhi Infra Developers Private Limited was 11% less than the bench mark price resulting the saving of Rs.18 crores excluding taxes to the state.
“Actual job completion by the vender is more than 73 % against the allegation of 45% and is in
line with the other state’s progress. Reason for delay for completion of project is due to reasons
like Anti CAA agitation, Covid-19 pandemic, rainy season, etc.
Considering these reasons, REC has already approved extension for completion of project till 31st December, 2021 throughout India and likely to be further extended up to March, 2022,” the statement said.
According to TSECL, the overall progress of the project is at par with other states having similar geographical conditions. The TSECL, according to the press statement, is having motive to complete the project as early as possible for providing better services to the people of Tripura.
