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MNS sends notice to BMC commissioner over appointment of contractor for installing LED lights in Mumbai

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has sent a legal notice to municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte, asking him to invite tenders for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's project of installing LED streetlights across Mumbai. According to MNS party workers, in the last group leaders' meeting it was announced that no tenders will be invited for the project and the project would be directly handed over to Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) for execution.

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The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has sent a legal notice to municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte, asking him to invite tenders for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's project of installing LED streetlights across Mumbai. According to MNS party workers, in the last group leaders' meeting it was announced that no tenders will be invited for the project and the project would be directly handed over to Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) for execution.

MNS group leader in the BMC Sandeep Despande alleged that the BMC is in a hurry to award the contract to EESL for unknown reasons. "It is a violation of article 72 of the MMC act, that clearly states that contracts worth more than Rs3 crore have to be awarded through a proper tender process. "If the BMC is not inviting tenders for the LED lighting project, and giving it to a particular company, it is violating the MMC act. That is the reason why we sent a notice to the commissioner, so that he initiates a proper tender process to appoint a contractor for the project before bringing it to the standing committee for approval," Deshpande said.

Other political parties too have earlier opposed the decision to award the contract to EESL. There was also discontentment among Congress and Shiv Sena leaders at the BMC, who felt that the BJP is pushing the project by over ruling the powers of the BMC as a planning authority for the city.

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