Ahmedabad Civic Body Moves to Blacklist Firm Over Unfinished ₹9-Crore Road Project
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In a firm crackdown on contractor negligence, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's standing committee has ordered the blacklisting of Shreeji Infraspace Private Limited after it failed to complete a single road resurfacing project worth over ₹9.02 crore in the Chandkheda ward.
Despite receiving the official work order in January, the firm left two key stretches abandoned midway and failed to even start four other assigned road developments. Municipal authorities issued three formal warnings between April and June, followed by legal notices, but the contractor showed no satisfactory progress, forcing the civic leadership to initiate strict action.
Abandoned Projects Leave Chandkheda Residents Stranded
The contractor was tasked with executing eight major road resurfacing projects across Chandkheda. Out of these, initial base work was commenced on a 290-metre stretch near Laxminagar Gujarat Housing Board and a 565-metre section from Kadiyanaka to Govindnagar, only for workers to abruptly abandon both sites.
Four other planned projects remain entirely untouched, including road resurfacing work near Labhe Hanuman Road, Gujarat Housing Board units 1045 to 1059, Suvarn Residency to Aagman Heights, and the route from Omkar Lotus to Kautilya.
Among the remaining two assignments, only Dense Bituminous Macadam (DBM) work has been completed on one stretch, while contractors have barely managed footpath construction on the IOC Road segment near BS School. Standing committee chairman Kamlesh Patel noted that not a single project among the eight has reached completion despite repeated deadline extensions.
Civic Body Scrutinised Over ₹20-Crore Unpaid Tax Controversy
The standing committee meeting also witnessed heated debates over uncollected commercial taxes, specifically regarding Ekka Club’s unpaid property tax dues exceeding ₹20 crore.
Patel admitted that municipal officers failed to collect the pending taxes for years due to procedural oversights, leading to the corporation losing two consecutive legal battles in court. The club had successfully argued that AMC altered tax calculation factors without giving prior notice.
Addressing the oversight, Patel confirmed that the corporation has now secured physical receiving copies proving that the club’s management was formally served notice regarding the factor revisions, clearing the deck for fresh recovery proceedings.
