During October 2011 the contractor constructing 93 residential units at Sanjay Nagar Patra Chawl in Sangli under the Government of India’s Integrated Housing and Slum Development Program stopped work due to a disagreement with the implementing agency, the local government, the Sangli, Miraj, & Kupwad Municipal Corporation (SMKMC), over cost escalation associated with both materials and labour. The site has lain idle for almost 18 months. The deadline for the contractor to recommence work has passed meaning that the contractor will be formally dismissed allowing a new contractor to be engaged to finish the work.
This picture was taken on Tuesday 29th January 2013.
