12-13-12-21 Daily-Kerala-KPSC Current Affairs

The tendering oftetrapodseawall project at Chellanam has reached nowhere as the decision to award the contract to Uralungal Labour Contract Cooperative Society (ULCCS), the only eligible bidder, is pending.

The estimated cost proposed by ULCCS in its bid was 13% higher than the tender estimate and the government is yet to approve it.
The delay in awarding the contract would delay the works, which is expected to be completed before the monsoon.

Earlier there were reports that ULCCS would bag the multi-crore project as the only other bidder, Thrissur District Labour Contract Cooperative Society (TDLCCS), got disqualified as they did not meet the eligibility criteria. Sources withKeralaIrrigation Development Corporation Ltd (KIIDC), which floated the tender, said that the estimated project cost proposed by ULCCS was around Rs 30 crore higher than the KIIDCs tender estimate of Rs 254.2 crore.

Amid the protests by the residents and allegations of delay in implementing a comprehensive solution to the sea erosion issues at Chellanam coastal village, KIIDC floated the tenders for the reformation of damaged sunken seawall using tetrapods by the end of October.