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HYDERABAD
The saltation successful palmy bid worth of the overburden (OB) contracts of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) awarded betwixt April 2025 and October 2025 compared to those fixed during March 2015 and September 2023 is precise minimal.
The mean palmy excess bid worth is 4.07% successful lawsuit of the 5 contracts awarded betwixt April 2025 and October 2025 aft the Congress enactment came to power, portion it was 4.7% higher than the value/rate estimated by the company, erstwhile the BRS was successful power.
According to the authoritative sources, the palmy excess bid ranged betwixt 0.09% and 35.57% during the 2015-23 period, portion it is betwixt 0.07% and 7.95%. The contented of OB contracts has been successful the headlines pursuing allegations by BRS, peculiarly erstwhile curate T. Harish Rao, stating that they were being awarded astatine little rates against the estimated rate/value.
A institution linked to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s brother-in-law S. Srujan Reddy had won the Venkatesh Khani ember excavation declaration successful October 2022. However, the declaration was terminated arsenic the saltation betwixt the bid complaint was 1.32% little than the estimated rate. Later, different institution linked to Mr. Srujan Reddy was awarded the aforesaid declaration erstwhile it quoted 4.34% excess complaint than the estimated rate/value successful September 2023.
The authoritative sources said the 4.34% excess was 13.83% much than the latest declaration fixed successful different excavation — Kishtaram arsenic the declaration was won by a institution involving Mr. Srujan Reddy by quoting 3.4% excess complaint than the estimated one.
One much institution linked to Mr. Srujan Reddy won different declaration successful October 2025 by quoting 7.95% excess complaint compared to estimated complaint and the saltation was 28.28% (higher) erstwhile compared to the erstwhile bid of the aforesaid excavation and 14.31% higher compared to the latest bid successful different mine, the officials explained.
The sources stated that the Naini excavation improvement and cognition (MDO) declaration was fixed to Adani Enterprises aft it quoted 44.82% higher than the estimated complaint successful December 2021, but it was cancelled later.
The JVR ember handling works built successful Sathupalli was awarded astatine a outgo of ₹398 crore for civilian works and bunker operation successful 2019 and was completed successful 2022. In 2024, the bunker operation failed with cracks successful beams, making it inoperable. The declaration had a unusual information of having the defect liability play of conscionable 1 year. The institution (SCCL) has to reconstruct the damaged structures.
