SARITHA NAIR GETS 6-YR JAIL IN SOLAR FRAUD CASE

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A court in Kerala’s Kozhikode (north Kerala) on Tuesday sentenced Saritha S Nair, an accused in the solar fraud case, to six years rigorous imprisonment and fined her ₹40,000.

The court found Nair guilty of breach of trust, cheating, forging documents and other offences.

The case is part of the 30-odd complaints registered against Nair and her second husband Biju Radhakrishnan in the solar cheating case. This case relates to the cheating of a businessman Abdul Majeed in 2012.

The solar scandal, one of the reasons for the fall of the Oommen Chandy regime, surfaced in 2013. Nair and Radhakrishnan floated a fictitious solar energy firm, ‘Team Solar’, and cheated many by seeking investments with the promise of making them business partners or offering to install solar power units. Chandy, the then CM, had to sack two of his secretaries and the state public relations director when their names came up in the case.

The Superintending Engineer, 3rd Circle, HPPWD Solan on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh invites the percentage rate/item bids, in electronic tendering system, for construction of roads under National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development for each of the following works including their maintenance for five years from the eligible and approved contractors registered with HPPWD and HP Jal Shakti Vibhag (Contractors of HP Jal Shakti Vibhag are eligible to participate for the works having amount put to tender above Rs. 100 lacs). Non registered contractors may submit the bids; however successful bidder has to register in appropriate class with appropriate authority in HPPWD.

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Sr. Division RIDF

No. (1) 1

2.

3.

4.

2 (2) Arki

(3) XXVI

Name of work

(4)

M/T on Khajalghatti to Karyalu via Dochi Katal road km. 0/0 to 3/350. (SH:- F/D i/c R/wall, B/wall, CD works, GSB, WBM-II & III, M/T, PCC Parapets, V-shape Drain Kms. Stone in Km. 0/00 to 3/350)

Estimated

cost (Rs. Lakh)

(5) 166.94

(6) 19.51

Total cost (Rs. lakh)

(7) 186.45

Period of completion

(Months) (8) 12

Bid Security (Rs. Lakh). The

bid security is two percent

of the total cost, rounded to the nearest

thousand

(9)

3.73

Nalagarh XXVI C/o Pacca link road from Behli to

Deoli km. 0/0 to 2/0 i/c bridge over

Kalyanpur-deoli khad at RD 1/850 in

Nalagarh

Date of release of Invitation for Bids through e-procurement:- 26.04.2021

Cost of Bids Form:- Rs. 5000 per package/job (non-refundable) only in form of Demand Draft in favour of respective Executive Engineers.

Availability of Bid Document and mode of submission: The bid document is available online and bid should be submitted online on website www.hpenders.gov.in. The bidder would be required to register in the web-site which is free of cost. For submission of bids, the bidder is required to have valid Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) from one of the authorized Certifying Authorities (CA). “Aspiring bidders who have not obtained the user ID and password for participating in e-tendering in NABARD may obtain the same from the website: www.hptenders.gov.in

Digital signature is mandatory to participate in the e-tendering. Bidders already possessing the valid digital signature issued from authorized CAS can use the same in this tender.

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