DMRC website has an Addendum-2
http://www.delhimetrorail.com/corporates/tenders/addendum_recreationals.pdf
says last date for submission and opening of technical bids (which was
today) has been extended to 15 August (Independence Day)
>> AZplan wrote:
>>>
http://mail.architexturez.net/pipermail/mpisgmedia/2005-July/000421.html
>>>
>>
>> um! care to expand on this a little for us non-specialist readers? it'll
>> help me to get some reference and background materials.
>>
>
> expand little, be lucid? me? can summarise sequence since 2002.
>
> Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has been doing, besides metro, something
> called metro property development, about which I have been filing
> objections via legal Public Notice process.
>
http://plan.architexturez.net/site/dmp2021/ncmp/i/mpd
>
> After surveys began, alongside illegal malling and mega-housing proposals,
> for metro corridor near ridge Qutb/mehrauli to Sultangarhi/mahipalpur, we
> fielded in December 2003 a comprehensive PIL (hanging fire, as they are
> not answering).
>
http://plan.architexturez.net/site/mpisg/ridge
>
> Around the same time metro property development by way of commercial IT
> Park started on riverbed and in September Public Notice to, in effect,
> regularise it was issued. Construction continued despite objections and CM
> and other capital gods inaugurated first portion on 02/04/05. On 07/04/05
> I moved court against metro property development without disposal of
> Public Notices, with application for stay on property making on the
> riverbed.
>
http://plan.architexturez.net/site/mpisg/p/metro
> On 13/04/05 notice to reply in two weeks was issued, and ignored. On
> 23/05/05 (next hearing) instead of replies they brought to court copies of
> notification of 25/04/05 regularising IT Park (thereby admitting that CM
> and other gods had inaugurated illegal building and proving that part of
> my case) and were ordered to file replies in four weeks and for riverbed
> constructions also permissions. They have not.
>
> Since mid-May capital gods-of-all-things are fuss-making about elevated
> metro corridors, to implicitly certify lately completed underground
> corridor as well as boldly continuing property development. On 15/07/05
> ToI had a tender issued by DMRC to invite bids from private developers for
> licenses for 15 Ha, plus 2.7 Ha parking, on the riverbed for 15 years at
> reserve fee of 5 crore for temporary-facility for recreation. Documents
> could be purchased and bids submitted between 18/07/05 and 01/08/05, when
> tenders would be opened.
>
> On 14/07/05 I had attended (as adviser to firm that had also responded to
> IT Park Public Notice) investors meet called by Uttaranchal Forest
> Department about private sector participation in eco-tourism, where about
> hundred firms agreed that before any formal tender process several
> techno-legal issues need to be resolved to avoid starting precedents
> detrimental to PPP / eco-visitation prospects. DMRC tender was for what
> investors had decided against the previous day and what wide range of
> people had objected to in response to Public Notice for previous
> commercial (IT Park) venture there. And it was in disregard of court
> orders in my petition. After writing polite requests for withdrawal, on
> 25/07/05 I filed an application for stay and on 27/07/05 DMRC was
> restrained from finalising bids.
>
> DMRC seems to be have been assuring prospective bidders there is no stay,
> etc, and Delhi may well get its minimum-5-crore-15-yr temporary-item to
> talk about permanently (even after IIC and IHC sink in chalk, since we
> have made another IHC close to tendered temporary-item). Meanwhile, with
> coincidence of uttaranchal meet and a couple of other things, the stay on
> a tender issued by The-Best is helping elsewhere.
>
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