MUDA decides to execute project on its own
SHILLONG: Following the termination of the contract with Hindustan Prefab Limited (HPL) Construction, the Meghalaya Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has now decided to put the project back on track by executing it on its own.
The State government had terminated the contract with the HPF after it failed to comply with the terms and conditions by deciding to back out from the project.
“We have resumed the construction of the low cost housing units under the Centrally-sponsored JNNURM Basic Service of Urban Poor (BSUP) Scheme,” Urban Affairs Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh informed here on Monday.
According to Ampareen, a deadline of March, 2016 has been set for completion of the project,” she said.
After the HPL backed out of the project, the state government had engaged in consultations with the union government on the fate of the project.
“We decided to resume the construction of the project after the Centre approved the decision to terminate the contract with the HPL. The Centre has also released the pending funds for the project,” the urban affairs minister said.
She also informed that the central government has been updated about the termination of the contract with the company which had delayed the project by over 4 years result in cost overrun.
It may be mentioned that the HPL was tasked with constructing 600 dwelling units for the poor at Nongmynsong area in the city in 2007 and 240 dwelling units at Nongpoh in 2009 at a total cost of Rs.3962.25 lakh.
Out of the 600 housing units, which are to be constructed under the Centrally-sponsored JNNURM Basic Service of Urban Poor (BSUP) Scheme initiated in 2007, only 96 have been completed so far.