SCHOOL UNIFORMS No clarity on who will crack the whip on firm Vivek Gupta Chandigarh, August 9 Controversies and confusion surrounding the purchase of school uniforms for government schoolchildren fail to die down. Mumbai-based Alok Industries was supposed to deliver school uniforms in the last academic session. Mumbai-based Alok Industries was supposed to deliver school uniforms in the last academic session. A File photo There is no clarity on as to who will crack the whip on Alok Industries, the company that delayed the delivery of uniforms to schools. The uniforms were supposed to be supplied in the last academic session. The officials of the Education Department say since schools directly entered into an agreement with the company through tenders, they should issue the penalty notice to the Mumbai-based firm. On the other hand, schools say the issue is too technical and complex for them to handle on their own. Principal of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, Anujit Kaur told this correspondent that the local officials of the company had even stopped responding to their calls. “We don’t know what to do about it,” says the principal. A school head seeking anonymity said the Education Department should have alerted the schools about the poor reputation of Alok Industries, before they signed a contract with the firm. “The firm was fined Rs 10.60 lakh for the delay in delivery of uniforms to the department during the centralised purchase in the 2010-11 academic session. Neither the department informed the schools about this, nor the firm disclosed it in the affidavit submitted by it,” says the school head. Headmaster of Government Model High School, Sector 34, Vinod Sharma said utter confusion surrounded the issue. He said the firm should have delivered the uniforms before July 31. “The department should intervene as Alok Industries is not responding to the reminders,” says Sharma. Principal of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Mani Majra, Kund Bala says the supplier had not delivered the complete order.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 02:50:42 +0000
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