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CBI Probe Sought into Tenders for NH Works

  • A petition was filed before the Kerala High Court on Wednesday seeking a CBI probe into the corruption in connection with the award of tender for the expansion of national highway from Mannuthy to Angamaly.
  • The petitioners, Joy Kaitharath and V R Suresh of Thrissur, submitted that the tender was awarded to Guruvayur Infrastructure (P) Ltd which had not even taken part in the tender process.
  • An independent inquiry was essential to find out the role of officials of the National Highways Authority of India.
  • The company had completed work on the 40-km long Mannuthy-Angamaly stretch and so it has no authority to collect toll for the 25.6 km from Angamaly to Edappally. It was against Rule 5 of the National Highway (Fees for the use of NH section and permanent bridge-public funded project) Rules, the petitioners said.
  • The manner in which the work was awarded and the right to collect the toll show that things were not done in a transparent manner, the petitioners submitted.

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