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Proposal before standing committee after tender for LED fitting in seven thousand street lights in Surat: Municipal light department is a house of controversy

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The light department of Surat Municipal Corporation is becoming the center of controversy. After the controversy of handing over the work to an agency other than the designated agency in the Tiranga Yatra, now a controversy has arisen as the Light Department has sent an incomplete proposal to the Standing Committee for fitting LEDs in the street lights. The Light Department presented incomplete information to the Standing Committee in the proposal and the Standing Committee authorized the Commissioner to take the decision. Apart from this, it has been decided to take a decision after studying the legal aspect on other aspects presented in the proposal.Street Light System in Surat City Retrofitting to replace conventional fittings with LED fittings and CCMS (Centralized Control Monitoring System) and repair and maintenance for seven years Phase-1 work has been completed and Phase-2 work is incomplete. The agency carrying out this operation is a government agency and despite the fact that a partial operation cannot be stopped as per the resolution of the Urban Development Department, the agency has stopped the Phase-2 operation without negotiating with the municipality and has demanded 42 crores from the Surat municipality. In this regard, the Light Department has presented a proposal with three options before the Standing Committee. This has caused a controversy. This proposal was presented before the Standing Committee. In it, for the operation of phase-2, the current system is being operated according to the Dimb energy saving system using SCO method. In that way, an option was presented whether to proceed to complete the rest of the work. Rajan Patel, chairman of the standing committee, said that it has already come to know that tenders have been issued for this work by the department. This has not been presented anywhere in the proposal. Apart from this, whether to work in this way or not, Mun. Commissioner has been authorized. Apart from this, the agreement entered into before paying the due amount. It has been decided that it is necessary to give a strong legal opinion.

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