AMC blacklists building contractor for abandoning PMAY project

An infrastructure company was blacklisted by Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) Housing Committee over stalling the construction under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY).

In Motera-Koteshwar TP Scheme No. 46, Final Plot 234, the contractor Jyoti Infra was given the task of constructing 1520 houses under PMAY by the AMC administration, but the work was halted after completion of 17% of the project for two years.

Written letters and notices were sent to the contractor after the construction stopped, as per AMC. Now, a review meeting was held where it was decided that since the committee has not received any response from the contractor since June 2023, it will be blacklisted for five years.

The AMC has now floated a fresh tender to complete the unfinished work at the contractor’s cost. The price of the new tender is kept at ₹104.36 crore, and the difference of ₹36.83 crore from the earlier tender will be paid by the contractor.

The Housing Committee Chairman has claimed that legal action will be taken if the contractor refuses to pay the difference amount to AMC.

After the Housing Committee meeting, Chairman Mukesh Patel said that the contractor Jyoti Infratech has already paid more than ₹3.1 crore as deposit and retention fees with the AMC. The difference amount will also be recovered from them.