PANAJI
The Goa government has notified rules to enhance the powers of Public Works Department's (PWD) chief engineers, superintending engineers and Goa State Urban Development Agency (GSUDA) 'chief project officer' and other 'municipal engineers' in the grade of Executive Engineers to sanction projects in municipal areas including the Corporation of the City of Panaji.
The extraordinary gazette notification of the Goa Municipalities (Competent Authorities for granting technical sanction) (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2021, was issued on Monday by Gurudas Pilarnkar, Director and ex-officio additional secretary to the Government of Goa.
Under the new rules, technical sanction for projects worth up to Rs 10 crore will now be issued by the PWD's Superintending Engineer, Circle I, Panaji in the jurisdiction of Margao, Margao, Mormugao, Curchorem-Cacora, Quepem, Canacona, Sanguem and Cuncolim Municipal Councils.
For Ponda, Mapusa, Valpoi, Sankhali, Bicholim and Pernem Municipal Councils, and also the Corporation of the City of Panaji, the powers to grant technical sanction for projects up to Rs 10 crores will rest with the PWD Superintending Engineer, Circle II, Panaji.
The new rules have also conferred 'full powers' to the PWD chief engineer and the GSUDA project engineer to grant technical sanction for projects above Rs 10 crore in all municipal jurisdictions.
The new rules could speed up the process for clearing all paperwork and documentation for civil projects in municipal areas henceforth.
All these designated officers are, however, required to exercise their powers as per the CPWD Manual in force in terms of extra items, substitute items, deviation in quantities, revised technical sanction and extension of time limit and acceptance of tender, states the new notified rules.
The officers also have powers to grant revised technical sanction provided changes subsequent to original technical sanction have been approved before execution by the same authority which accorded the original technical sanction, the new rules add.
