RBDCK steps up efforts to recover Palarivattom flyover reconstruction cost
The Hindu
Concerns raised over cost having to be paid from public exchequer
The Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala (RBDCK) is stepping up efforts to recover the cost of rebuilding pier caps, girders and slabs of the Palarivattom flyover from the firm that built the structure first. The agency has been facing flak for delay in recovering the amount although the rebuilt flyover was opened to traffic in March.
The move follows concerns being raised over the reconstruction cost having to be paid from the public exchequer, if there is any further delay in recovering the approximately ₹27 crore, estimated as the reconstruction cost.
RBDCK officials reiterated that the firm RDS Projects ought to pay the reconstruction cost since the flyover that it built developed cracks on its girders and a few pier caps within a year of its commissioning in 2016. The defect liability period (DLP) of the structure was three years and the firm was thus duty-bound to pay the reconstruction cost, they added.