South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) standing committee on Thursday approved the collection of toll tax from vehicles entering the National Capital. The tender has been floated for toll tax collection.
Six companies had submitted tenders, of which the best offer of ₹1,206 crore was approved by the members in the meeting.
“MP Infrastructure Ltd has been granted the tender for five years. They have also given a guarantee of ₹23 crore. Since the tender is for five years, the company will be free to surrender after a year. In such a case, however, its 25% of performance security deposit will be forfeited and the rest amount will be released after 90 days,” a statement released by the SDMC read.
Toll money to be divided
The SDMC also said that the money collected as toll will be divided 1:1:0.6 between the SDMC, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation.
The plan submitted by the corporation before the standing committee said that the SDMC will be receiving ₹478 crore annually through this collection, which is double the money received in the previous contract.
The committee also ordered the civic body to settle the pending pensions of senior citizens and widows. The Corporation has not released the pensions from 2015 to March 2017.
“The pensions should be released before Diwali. It is the responsibility of the SDMC to help these people with the money they deserve,” the committee ordered.
Area mapping
The committee also ordered that area mapping be conducted for each ward in the SDMC and sanitation workers be deputed in the wards accordingly. This was done to ensure that each ward has the required number of sanitation staff to maintain cleanliness.
The committee said that for every two-kilometre stretch and every drain of one-km length, one sanitation worker needs to be deployed.
Looking at the growing cases of dengue and chikungunya, the committee also suggested that a mosquito terminator be bought to fumigate mosquitoes in public spaces such as parks, and roads.
