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Re-tender for waste transportation

Staff Reporter

KOCHI: The City Corporation on Friday decided to re-tender the work for solid waste transportation. Mayor Mercy Williams decided this following arguments in the corporation council as to why the issue was not discussed and decided by the Standing Committee on Health.

Ms. Williams said the corporation had received six tenders. However, even the lowest quoted tender was very high, she said.

Councillors stood divided on the manner in which the re-tendering should be done. Councillor A.P. Anil Kumar said there was a special council meeting to discuss the waste collection and management issue. But, nothing important transpired. There were also proposals of decentralised projects. The Committee should be thorough with all the aspects of the work, from the amount of waste generated to the actual cost for its removal. There were doubts whether the quantity of waste would be so large to cost more than Rs.1 crore a month for its transportation, he said.

Councillor N. A. Mani said that it was important that the decision should come up through the Committee.

The council also approved the financial allocations for the development schemes for 2006-07 amidst doubts raised by the members regarding the nature of work that was expected to be taken up against projects where a large amount was mentioned. However, Ms. Williams said that she was giving approval to avoid delays in starting work. The schemes were initially proposed and approved in June, which were further subjected to discussions and seminars later.

Councillors argued that all the work should have been mentioned in detail to eliminate any ambiguity. In the era of Right to Information, any file could be questioned and "we need to be responsible," said councillor K.J. Sohan.

If a project was coming to the council for approval, it should be explained, said councillor A. B. Sabu.

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