Banihal: The authorities of Project Beacon have shelved their project to renovate strategically important Jawahar Tunnel by cancelling the tender of the construction company six months after the commencement of work.
A senior official of Project Beacon maintained that the tender was cancelled as the Beigh Construction Company (BCC) failed to complete the work as per its (Beacon’s) Detailed Project Report (DPR) even after several months of work.
An amount of Rs 80 Cr was being spent on repair and renovation of two parallel tubes of Jawahar Tunnel, each having about 2.5 kilometres length, the Beacon official informed.
However, he stated that the fresh tenders were being called soon to upgrade Jawahar Tunnel and a new company would resume its (tunnel’s) renovation and repair works.
Project Beacon is the pioneer flagship project of Border Roads Organisation (BRO).
The project to renovate strategically important Jawahar Tunnel was taken up by Project Beacon in 2021 to enhance and improve its beauty and promote it (tunnel) as a tourist destination.
“The BRO’s project Beacon took up the JT project in July 2021 to refurbish the Jawahar Tunnel and restore it as a smart and intelligent tunnel. The project related to renovation of the two-tube tunnel was allotted to Beigh Construction Company (BCC). But the company failed to execute the renovation work of JT so the company was removed from the project,
