Strange are the methods of the Chandigarh municipal company whose engineering division is insisting on shifting an outdated generator inside Dhanas at an estimated price of 5.06 lakh, relatively than putting in a brand new generator that can even price round 5-7 lakh.

The public well being division of the division has floated tenders to shift a 125 KV generator, which was meant for use as a water booster for studios in Dhanas, however was not in use.

Floated with an estimated price of 5.06 lakh, the tender has a situation that the generator be shifted to Aman Chaman Colony, additionally in Dhanas, inside two months.

Public well being division government engineer Jagdish Singh stated shifting concerned some civil and electrical work as nicely. “The generator, which is to be shifted, was lying idle and we want to make use of it,” stated Singh.

RK Garg, the president of Second Inning Association, a senior residents’ physique, stated, “Even if the MC is flush with funds, public money should not be wasted this way. Shifting a generator does not cost over 50,000, and the market price of the old generator being shifted has to be around 1 lakh.”

A resident of Aman Chaman Colony said, “We are in urgent need of a new generator. Frequent power cuts are affecting our power supply. We had a tough time in summer, and the civic body should have installed a new generator rather than the old one, which is not in prime condition.”