Three-stage project monitoring

Three-step process to ensure city’s image is buffed as an international IT hubWith potholes marring the city’s aesthetics and rattling motorists’ bones, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) commissioner Kumar Naik has put in place a three-step process to deal with pothole-filling and road-asphalting. The new diktat will come into force from December 1. According to the fresh order, no shoddy work will be entertained in order to protect Bengaluru’s image as an international IT hub.There are around 13 departments in the BBMP which undertake various civil works in its jurisdiction that covers 709 sq km. BBMP already has in place an expert committee that has investigated various civil works executed between 2013 till March 31, 2015. Thereafter, though, no projects were monitored by them.The committee will restart the discharge of this duty from December 1. Naik’s order reads - “All the work has to be investigated by the expert committee. Once the work is completed and if it is found unsatisfactory, then the engineer concerned or the accounts department officials can ask the contractor to take up the required work. Those works also have to be executed according to the rules.”It will be the responsibility of the respective executive engineers to prepare estimates after the BBMP commissioner issues an order to take up any particular work. Further, the engineer has to ensure that the required work has been supervised by the expert committee members. During the period, the engineers will have to maintain the road history, a thorough pre-audit and test the quality of the material being used.Once the work order is issued by any department, and about 50 per cent of the work has been executed, it will be the responsibility of the engineer concerned to request the expert committee to visit the work place and submit a report. The expert committee has to supervise the material being used for the work. If substandard material is used, then the respective engineer and contractor will be held responsible for the same.Once the work is completed, the expert committee will inspect the site and submit a final report. It has to check if the work undertaken and completed is according to the agreement between the BBMP and the contractor. Further, a quality check will also be undertaken during the submission of the final bills.