Panchkula corporation invites tenders worth Rs. 19 crore for repair of roads.

In a good news for the residents, the Panchkula Municipal Corporation (MC) has invited tenders for the repair of the roads of the town, which are at present filled with pot holes.

As per the tender notification, the Corporation has invited tenders for worth Rs. 19.28 crore, including Rs. 7.5 crore for the repair of the internal roads in Industrial Area, Phase -I and II, and repair of the dividing roads of 14/15,11/12,14/12, 8/9, 9/10, 15/16 and 2/4, Sector 15 and parts of Mansa Devi Complex (MDC) for work amounting to Rs. 11.78 crore.

To add to it, an amount of Rs. 10 lakh has been kept aside for the patching of paved roads, and the work is slated to begin by the end of February.

'We have invited tenders and also prepared the estimate for some other roads. The work on the repair and recarpeting of roads will begin after the weather clears,' said S P Arora, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation (MC)-cum-Assistant Deputy Commissioner (ADC).

The Corporation has also prepared an estimate for the repair of other roads, which includes an estimate of Rs. 5.50 crore for the repair of the main road from the Chandigarh Housing Board to Raili village, and Rs. 5.30 crore for the repair of the road from Industrial Area Phase-I to Labour Chowk. The estimate was sent to the Department of Urban Local Bodies, Haryana.


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