Sena clears proposal to award Deonar plant contract to bidder it had accused of corruption

AFTER ALLEGING corruption and manipulation in awarding a contract for the waste to energy plant in Deonar, the ruling Shiv Sena has changed its stand and cleared a proposal to award a contract to the same contractor.

In January, the Sena directed the BMC administration to award a contract to the second-lowest bidder, alleging that the lowest bidder was awarded a contract by manipulating norms. On Wednesday, however, during the meeting, the proposal was tabled again before the Standing Committee with the administration denying “malpractices”. The proposal was passed to award the Rs 1,020-crore contract to the lowest bidder, Chennai MSW Pvt Ltd, which had earlier bagged the contract.

The contract is to generate 25 to 30 megawatts of energy by processing 3,000 metric tonne of waste daily at Deonar dumping ground.