A.P. contractors’ association seeks clearance of ₹3,000 crore pending bills

VIZIANAGARAM:

Andhra Pradesh Building Contractors’ Association State president S.Vijaya Kumar, has urged the State government to clear pending bills worth around ₹3,000 crore on first-cum-first serve basis instead of processing bills of influential persons.

Vizianagaram Municipal Contractors’ Welfare Association staged a protest at the Corporator’s office, seeking immediate clearance of bills, as many contractors were in deep financial crisis due to the prolonged delay in reimbursement of the amounts.

Addressing the contractors on Monday , Mr.Vijaya Kumar urged the government to hold a meeting with contractors to resolve their grievances and discuss key issues such as limited period option for uploading of bills on the Nidhi portal, double auditing procedure, clearance of bills of influential persons and others.

Vizianagaram Municipal Contractors Welfare Association president Bandaru Bangarraju said that many contractors were unable to take up new works due to the paucity of funds and heavy financial strain caused due to the delay in payments from the Corporation.

Representatives of various associations Attada Chinnam Naidu, P.V.V. Nagaraju, M. Lingaro, P. Ashok, Ravindranath and others shared their concerns and urged the government to resolve their grievances at the earliest.