Ravi Raja, Opposition leader and Congress corporator, said, “What kind of tenders are being issued that the contractors are ready to come down to such low prices, or is it that the BMC have set unnecessarily high rates? And if my knowledge is correct, this time those, who had failed the last time, have bid lower amounts; thus, the nexus and cartelisation is still going on in the civic body. The gardens are lying in poor condition as there is no daily maintenance. We are sure the quality of work will be compromised if the bids are so low, and we will have to face the brunt of the citizens at the time of elections.”

However, BMC officials said the maintenance of the gardens is not at all compromised and there are contractors taking care of the open spaces. Further, sources said BMC ward offices issued tenders and also appointed contractors for maintaining the gardens on monthly-basis, but these too were appointed at rates that are 40 to 50 per cent below the estimate. A civic official said, “Higher authorities in the civic body will take a decision on whether to go ahead with the bids or scrap the tender again.”

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