Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) administration is in the process of extending the contract with security agencies even beyond December 31, the date of expiry of contract period.
However, it has not gone down well with Adv Dharmpal Meshram, Chairman of Law Committee of NMC. Adv Meshram, on Wednesday, raised a strong objection to the said proposal. He told the reporters that he was opposed to further extension of contract with the agencies for provision of security guards to NMC.
“In the first place, these agencies got the contract on the basis of misleading and bogus documents. I have been raising this point through complaints lodged with the civic administration previously. In fact, I had raised the issue in general body meeting held in July earlier this year. But, nothing has happened. Now, the civic administration is preparing a proposal for grant of further extension of these agencies,” he said.
NMC had signed contract with four agencies namely Super Security Services, Industrial Security Services, Kishor Agencies, and Unity Security Force and Training Institute for provision of security guards to the local body. In its meeting held on December 1, Standing Committee of NMC cleared a proposal for scrapping of contract with two of these agencies. The Standing Committee decided to scrap contract with Industrial Security Services and Kishor Agencies over ‘violation of terms and conditions’. As NMC is yet to register with District Security Guard Board, Standing Committee decided to initiate the process of registration. Till then, Super Security Services and Unity Security Force and Training Institute were asked to provide security guards for locations that were previously looked after by Industrial Security Services and Kishor Agencies.
The term of contract for all these agencies is coming to an end on December 31, 2018. As the process of registration with District Security Guard Board is expected to take more time, NMC has started the process for grant of extension to existing agencies. Adv Meshram, on Wednesday, submitted a complaint in writing against this to Municipal Commissioner. He demanded tender process to be conducted afresh. As per NMC’s assessment, it requires 289 security guards. Considering the District Security Guard Board’s revised rates, these many guards will mean monthly expenditure of Rs 58,26,638.82 for NMC. This means, annual expenditure of Rs 6,99,19,665.84.
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