Rampant corruption in the Road Department of the BMC is deterring reputed infra companies from taking part in the civic body's tenders for cement concreting of roads.
The large companies have the technology and experience to provide high-quality cement concrete roads for the metropolis. "But the cartelisation and the high level of corruption is preventing them from bidding for these contracts," Ravi Raja, former leader of the opposition in the BMC, told The Free Press Journal on Wednesday.
Despite the growing scale of its road contracts, the BMC has repeatedly failed to attract reputed companies to bid on these multi-crore projects. Instead, the same contractors some of whom are blacklisted continue to secure contracts through backdoor channels.
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