Bihar govt blacklists 91 contractors for failing to complete projects

Patna: The Bihar government has blacklisted 91 contractors and debarred 1,490 others, engaged in construction of rural roads under PMGSY and MMGSY, after they failed to complete the projects on time and in some cases for not following terms and conditions of the agreement, Rural Works Department (RWD) Minister Jayant Raj said.

“The blacklisted and debarred contractors not only violated the agreement but also ignored the government’s repeated request to speed up works related to rural roads under the schemes like Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Mukhya Mantri Gram Sampark Yojana (MMGSY) and Gramin Tola Sampark Nischay Yojana (GTSNY), the RWD minister said.

These contractors (blacklisted 91 and debarred 1,490) were registered with the RWD of the state government, he said, adding that there are around 8,000 contractors who are listed with the RWD in the state. The minister further said, “Decision to debar and blacklist them was taken on the basis of their performance report pertaining to the projects which they handled in 2021-22. Not completing projects on time itself is a sort of corruption as it causes cost escalation and puts extra financial burden on the exchequer. There is no compromise with our Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s policy of zero tolerance against corruption”. The department will not give any construction work to the debarred contractors till the expiry of the specified period, he said.