MCPSA Please Intervene into Wadala Project in its Execution

Dear MCPSA,

You are so busy into settling trifles that concerns with major ramifications are not at all noticed by you. This is not only abdications from your actual duty, the history will also see you as short sighted and purposeless. Today is 23rd Jan, 2020 and on 21st I have provided you with a draft letter on MCPSA Telegram group which you failed to acknowledge even. Please be reminded that this is not about settling personal score, it is about larger good of entire B& C cadre of Mumbai Customs. I am posting the draft letter again here and get is received at the office of concerned Authority.

Draft Letter for Replacing CPWD and bringing back NBCC

To,

The Pr. Commissioner (G), Zone I

Resp Maa’m,

Sub: Replacing CPWD and bringing back NBCC for Wadala Project- Reg

Post A/A and E/S of Rs. 976 cr for wadala project on Nov.7th 2019, the execution part is a hotly debated subject. As everything now is in public domain, we are deeply concerned about the developments in questionable direction.

MCPSA is saddened to learn that execution is being undertaken by CPWD and NBCC has been shooed away for reasons best known to ex Pr. Chief and Pr. Commr (G). The reason of prioritizing CPWD over NBCC is laughable at the best. Every individual in our fraternity has a story to share about CPWD and all shows them in tattered delivery system.

In this regard, the MCPSA requests to bring back NBCC to replace CPWD for the reasons listeď below.

1. Our understanding is that the core team of Enclave Cell headed by Supdt. M.Yadav has been always against roping in CPWD. Apart from dissenting at team level, at personal level too the supdt. has confronted authority. (Proof attached). The team had fought for changing the PPP model but retaining NBCC for project execution.

2. We are also of the understanding that there are no office records of the reasons why NBCC was driven away and to make way for CPWD.

3. Overall perception about CPWD is extremely poor. Annex building is only 20 year old, made by CPWD and has been declared dangerous for inhabiting by IIT, Bombay audit report.

4. This building too was made through private contractor roped in by way of competitive bidding. So, competitive bidding alone, through CPWD makes no difference as on date too.

5. While the delivery of CPWD has not improved in years, the NBCC has risen to a level of Blue-chip Navratna PSU, beating as many as 250 odd PSUs. In NCR all the fund starved residential constructions have been handed over to NBCC by Hon’ble Supreme Court. and not to CPWD. The credibility is the only factor.

6. While CPWD is struggling to make mediocre constructions in the Country itself, the NBCC has been undertaking overseas projects since 1977 that includes projects in Dubai, UAE, Maldives, Yemen Libiya, etc.

7. Both are Public Works Deptt and enjoy equal status as Public Works Departments under MoHUA but CPWD roots back to Dalhousie regime while NBCC has made it all since 1960.

8. NITI aayog and PMO is very very critical of CPWD, you may refer any report.

9. GST’s Kharghar project is being executed by NBCC instead CPWD.

10. CPWD would never sign a contract for guaranteed delivery, but NBCC does it invariably with every project. Blame game is only destiny with CPWD. If we go with CPWD without any such tool of enforcing responsibility we are destined for a blame game too.

11. CPWD can never complete a project within a time frame. There are many reasons behind. Their functioning is highly archaic and bureaucratic which impacts decision making at different levels of hierarchy.

12. We are of the understanding that there are all chances of Time & Cost overrun which will go against the terms of approval of NITI aayog. Huge loss to exchequer too on account of possible cost overrun.

13. Transfer posting is pretty frequent in CPWD which goes against consistent delivery in a project undertaken by them. We are sure the Engineer who gave P.E. for wadala project is no longer available for this crucial stage. And the current Project engineer too will be transferred somewhere else very shortly.

14. The project will take at least 4 year time so we need a dedicated team for consistent delivery on construction, quality and design year on year. Almost impossible with CPWD.

15. CPWD has never made a building in the history of India, of heights more than 20 floors. How will they even monitor constructions of buildings of 35 floors , part of this project.

16. It is requested that MCPSA be made a part of monitoring committee. In fact, this cadre is one who is going live and work inside the construction to come up. Why shouldn’t the actual owners of these flats be made part of monitoring team.

17. CPWD are so sluggish in execution that we assume Nil report on execution must have been started being sent to DGHRD. Release of first 10 cr. news, was making rounds in Nov.19 itself. We are sure that amount will go unutilized till start of new FY. MCPSA also understands that parking of released fund is bad in terms of approval guidelines.

18. Keeping the facts in perspective, process may kindly be initiated for bringing back NBCC in execution of wadala project and MCPSA be kept in the loop in larger good of department.

Regards,

MCPSA

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