Srinagar, Sep 16: Two major integrated solid-waste management projects with a combined estimated value of more than ₹650 crore have returned to the tender process as second calls, according to the Jammu and Kashmir Government’s official e-procurement portal.
The projects include an integrated solid-waste management facility for Anantnag, Mattan and Bijbehara, estimated at ₹383.47 crore, and another facility covering Kathua, Lakhanpur, Parole and Hiranagar, estimated at ₹267.60 crore.
Both projects are presently listed as second calls on the government procurement portal.
The Anantnag-region project envisages an integrated waste-management facility with a capacity of 111 tonnes per day, while the Kathua-region project has a proposed capacity of 41 tonnes per day.
The combined estimated value of the two projects works out to approximately ₹651 crore.
The return of the projects to the tender process raises questions about what happened during the first calls and whether the authorities received bids meeting their technical and financial requirements.
The tender listings themselves do not provide sufficient information to establish the reason for the second calls. A second call can result from a range of procurement circumstances, including inadequate response, technical issues, rejection of bids or other tender-related developments.
The Anantnag project as per the news agency Kashmir News Trust covers three important urban areas of south Kashmir, while the Kathua project covers several urban and semi-urban areas in the Jammu region.
The large proposed investments come at a time when solid-waste management remains a continuing challenge for urban local bodies across Jammu and Kashmir, with authorities increasingly shifting towards integrated processing, scientific disposal and remediation of legacy waste.
The current procurement records do not indicate when either facility will become operational. The outcome of the fresh tender process will determine whether the projects move ahead towards implementation.
The government has not, in the tender records reviewed, publicly detailed the reason for the failure of the first calls.
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