Retender for slow moving works on State highway – 36

Bhavnagar: The state government has cancelled the entire tender for developing state highway-36 passing from Valbhipur at Bhavnagar-Ahmedabad Highway as four-track highway, after allegations of malpractice.

The tender of the company named Manishkumar and company was approved for making the road between Valbhipur and Kanpar fourtrack. The work was started from January 2020 by the agency. The administration had given a time-limit longer than the provisions mentioned in the tender for the work. District BJP president Mukeshbhai Langaliya and Valbhipur taluka BJP president Padubha Gohil had made appeal to CM Bhupendra Patel and minister of roads and buildings Purnesh Modi alleging that the work of road was not completed and the road under construction was also not being made as per the regulations.

The state government cancelled the tender given to the agency with immediate effect. The process of new tendering will be done at a cost of Rs 18.67 crore. The process for new tendering will be visible online till 2nd May 2022 and the pre-bid meeting will be on 22nd April 2022 at Rajkot.