Vehicles are seen in a traffic jam on a road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, April 29, 2016. PHOTO:REUTERS
Rights for collecting fee from vehicles at two wagon stands and various rickshaw stands at different points of the city could not go under the hammer because of absence of more than three bidders.
The auction for the contracts was held in Jinnah Hall of the Municipal Complex where top district government officers including Rawalpindi Mayor Sardar Naseem Khan, Deputy Mayor Chaudhry Tariq Mehmood, chairmen of union councils Raja Mushtaq Ahmed, Zeeshan Ahmed Khan, Raja Maqsood Khan, Chief Municipal Officer Shafqat Raza and Municipal Officer for Finance Shahzad Nasir Gondol were present.
The contract for the rights for collecting fee from people slaughtering animals at the municipal abattoir went to Shaikh Farooq who made the highest bid of Rs19.05 million. In addition, Farooq also won the rights for collecting fee at parking lots at former municipal office at SITE, College Road and Commercial Market against a cumulative bid of Rs3.715 million.
He will pay the amount to RMC and for the rest of the year, his employees will collect parking fee from motorists and bikers.
The contract for public bathrooms general bus stand of Pirwadhai went to Malik Jahanzaib who made the highest bid of Rs8.305 million.
Now, every person answering the call of the nature before boarding a bus at Pirwadhai, will have to pay Rs10 or Rs20, whatever is the case, to the employees of Jahanzaib. The contractor will be responsible for providing water, cleanliness and hygiene in the lavatories.
Mayor Naseem Khan told Daily Express that the open auction took place in a fully transparent manner.
Municipal authorities would actively ensure that the conditions on which the contracts were awarded would be complied in letter and spirit.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th, 2018.
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