Contractor body demanded immediate clarification on district based entrepreneurs and professional Act

ITANAGAR,  All Arunachal Contractor welfare Association (AACWA) seeks clarification to state government on implementation of the Arunachal Pradesh District Based Entrepreneurs and Professionals (incentive development and Promotion) Amendment act 2020 in state.

Addressing media persons here today at Arunachal Press club (APC) the AACWA claim that in state the Arunachal Pradesh District Based Entrepreneurs and Professionals (incentive development and Promotion) Amendment act 2020 has not using uniformly some department in district were using new one that is amendment act 2020 and some department has following  amendment rules 2015 for inviting tender bidding for various works in engineering department and creating confusion among the bidders.

This matter was come light in our mind, recently when some of our contractor friends taken participated in a NIT at capital region for cost of around Rs 12 crore and the old system ie, rules and regulations are being followed but no written documents are being issued. Said AACWA President Nabam Akin Hina. 

And we also observed that the some contractors from other district also participated and authority concerns has allowed them, whereas as per Arunachal Pradesh District Based Entrepreneurs and Professionals (incentive development and Promotion) Amendment act 2020 only registered contractors from the district can be participate and double standard are being followed by the engineering  department so if the new act is to be implemented the PWD department should prepared the new set of rules and regulation and all the department across the state need to follow but here it has been in confusion of the officers and the contractors as well and its nothing but a harassment to the genuine contractors of the respective district. Akin said. 

In this regards we have written to superintending Engineer for chief Engineer (CSQ) PWD government of Arunachal Pradesh and as per their written reply said that they were still following Arunachal Pradesh District Based Entrepreneurs and Professionals (incentive development and Promotion) (Amendment) rules 2015 saying that Arunachal Pradesh District Based Entrepreneurs and Professionals (incentive development and Promotion) Amendment act 2020  is yet to be framed, Akin added.

But we have observed that many departments of the district have followed Arunachal Pradesh District Based Entrepreneurs and Professionals (incentive development and Promotion) Amendment act 2020 to invite bidders for NIT.

These different rules followed by various departments in the state are creating confusion and also harassing the genuine local contractors of the state , so AACWA demanded the state government to immediately clarify on the matter that state government is using which rules one new or old rules for NIT. He said.

In this regard we have submitted a representation to Chief Minister of state Pema Khandu, who is also holding PWD for polio.       

Further Akin also said that there was a meeting on 17/06/2021 between contractors with advisors to PWD minister and also several top officers on various issue raised by AACWA in related to contractor but the outcome is yet to known ever after passing of several months, So Akin demanded state government to immediate clarification on both issue.

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