Fresh tenders invited for Corridor-2 of suburban-rail after L&T terminates contract 'unilaterally'
Bengaluru (PTI): K-RIDE, the implementing agency for the Bengaluru Suburban Transport Project (BSTP), on Tuesday said it has invited fresh tenders for Corridor-2 (Mallige line) in three packages to complete the pending works after L&T terminated contracts.
"Fresh tenders are invited to complete balance works after L&T unilaterally and illegally terminated contracts," the Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Limited (K-RIDE) said in a statement.
The tender invited for Corridor-2, Package-1 consists of design and construction of elevated viaduct including ramps of elevated section of length 7.795 km between Bennigenahalli to Shettihalli.
The scope includes design and construction of double decker viaduct with level-1 BBMP road flyover and level-2 BSRP tracks of length 1.20 km in between Lottegollahalli to Yeshwanthpur which includes Mattikere station of Corridor-2 and station at Bennigenahalli with a 24-month deadline.
These works have to be completed in 18 months, K-RIDE said.
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CM launches poster campaign 'Justice for Karnataka'
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday released nine posters as part of a campaign: ‘Justice for Karnataka. Fair Share–Strong Federalism’ asking the Centre to heed state's demands.
These posters highlight key demands placed before the Finance Commission: Restoring Karnataka’s fair tax share; correcting unjust income, population and GSDP criteria; ensuring fair disaster and ecological support; strengthening decentralisation; providing dedicated infrastructure support for Bengaluru; supporting backward regions like Kalyana Karnataka; and upholding the constitutional spirit of cooperative federalism, Siddaramaiah said.
In a statement, Siddaramaiah said his government has placed its legitimate and constitutionally grounded demands before the 16th Finance Commission, seeking justice in tax devolution and fiscal federalism.
“We hope that the 16th Finance Commission reflects these concerns fairly in its recommendations, and that the Union Government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi implements them in letter and spirit, without subjecting Karnataka to petty politics or discrimination, as has unfortunately happened in the past,” the chief minister said.
Siddaramaiah underlined that Karnataka is among the country’s highest contributors to national revenues, yet its share in tax devolution was earlier reduced from 4.71 per cent to 3.64 per cent causing a loss of nearly Rs 80,000 crore.
"Flawed formulas that penalise development and population control, unrealistic GSDP calculations, inadequate disaster support, unchecked cesses and surcharges, denial of GST compensation, and non-release of recommended grants have collectively weakened the state’s finances," Siddaramaiah charged.
