Statesman News Service
MALDA, Nov. 14: A section of armed contractors today prevented other contractors from submitting tenders at the Malda Zilla Parishad.
The armed contractors allegedly barricaded the entrance of the Malda Zilla Parishad to prevent other contractors from participating.
With the chief minister scheduled to visit Malda for two days starting tomorrow, the incident has caused some unrest in the district administration. Hence, the Malda district magistrate had to take up the matter with the Malda Zilla Parishad sabhadhipati.
The Malda Zilla Parishad sabhadhipati, Mrs Sabina Yeasmin, criticised the incident. According to the Malda DM, Mr Sridhar Ghosh, the contractors ‘boycotted’ the tender s process today in protest against the wide publication of tenders on its website.
“Since we have published tenders on our website, following the government's guidelines, the contractors have united to boycott the tenders process,” Mr Ghosh said.
It was learnt that a section of local contractors allegedly monitor the tenders from outside and allow selected persons to take part in the tender process to earn ‘pack money’ without work.
Earlier, the Malda Zilla Parishad had to invite tenders in the presence of the police to avoid such incidents.
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