Civic body cites paucity of funds reason for unpaid bills to protesting contractors

The Vizianagaram Municipal Corporators Contractors Welfare Association president Bandaru Bangaraju Raju, honorary president M. Linga Rao, P. Ashok, Secretary R. Rajkumar, and other members on Tuesday vowed to intensify their protests if the corporation failed to clear their pending bills within a week.

Along with State of Andhra Pradesh Building Contractors Association president S. Vijaya Kumar, they met senior Corporation officials and explained their grievances regarding the delays in clearing pending bills of around ₹20 crores.

The officials reportedly told them that paucity of funds was the main reason for the delay of payments from the civic body.

Later, speaking to media, Mr. S. Vijaya Kumar said that contractors will be unable to get loans from banks if the corporation does not clear the existing debt as per the time schedule. The association leaders decided to chalk out further action plan in a couple of days if the corporation officials failed to respond to their grievances and petitions.