Project Status Update

Project Sammaan is a dynamic project with multiple deliverables at any time. Currently, the team is working on the following:

Release of tenders for construction of 27 Public Toilets: The tender documents for Public Toilets were submitted in the last week of March 2013. After that, the team worked with BMC to obtain technical sanctioning and approval from the H&UD department. However, the tenders are stuck due to delays in land approvals and differences in modalities of vendor selection between the BMC and the H&UD department; the team is working with both in an effort to fast-track the process.

Technical Sanctioning for 40 Community Toilets: The Project Sammaan team submitted tender documents for 40 Community toilets to BMC in the first week of September 2013. We are working with BMC engineering team to obtain the necessary technical sanctioning for the same.

Release of tenders for 32 Community toilets in CMC: The Project Sammaan team submitted tender documents for 32 community toilets to CMC in the mid of August 2013. CMC engineering team has reviewed the tender documents and we are working with CMC officials to obtain technical sanctioning for the same. Once the technical sanctioning is obtained, the tenders will be released.

Submission of tender documents for 17 Community toilets in BMC: The project team is working to submit the tender documents for the remaining 17 community toilets sites by mid-October 2013.

Apart from these, the research team is working on the census activities and the branding team is working on developing the project’s identify.