Drains & storm-water · job 147-17-000016

Improvements to drains at 7th block, Koramangala in ward No.147 Adugodi

Completed (final bill) Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike · Executive Engineer B T M Layout South Zone

—contract / award · unknown

₹48.87 Lpaid, gross

1bills

08 Jul 2020last activity

Planned
Contracted
Work documented
Paid
Completed
Physical evidence

Tender BBMP/2017-18/OW/WORK_INDENT27446 tender ↔ bills linked by matching (high confidence)

Signals — patterns worth a closer look, not findings of wrongdoing

info Median 629 days from bill registration to payment confirmed
Long payment delays are common (seniority-based bill clearance) and raise contractors' financing costs. [source]
info Bill paid 2 years after work end date confirmed
Long payment lag; common with BBMP bill backlogs (seniority-based payment). [source]
info Near-identical work under another number (147-19-000019) inferred
Descriptions are 93% similar. Could be a recurring annual work, a re-tender, a split of one work, or a duplicate entry.
Related: 147-19-000019
info Near-identical work under another number (147-19-000020) inferred
Descriptions are 88% similar. Could be a recurring annual work, a re-tender, a split of one work, or a duplicate entry.
Related: 147-19-000020
info Near-identical work under another number (147-17-000004) inferred
Descriptions are 87% similar. Could be a recurring annual work, a re-tender, a split of one work, or a duplicate entry.
Related: 147-17-000004

1 · What was planned

Work

Improvements to drains at 7th block, Koramangala in ward No.147 Adugodi confirmed [1]

Where

7th Block, Koramangala; Adugodi inferred

Place names read from the work description text

Ward

147 (198-ward map) confirmed [1]

Ward the bills are booked to

Estimated cost

₹49.49 L inferred [1]

Estimated Contract Value (ECV) in the tender

↳ from a tender matched to these bills (high confidence) — why

Tender published

01 Nov 2017 inferred [1]

Date the first call of the tender was published

↳ from a tender matched to these bills (high confidence) — why

Tender calls

1 (first call) inferred [1]

Tender awarded/listed on its first call

↳ from a tender matched to these bills (high confidence) — why

Time allowed

Unknown unknown

Tender document not available or period not stated

2 · Who got the work (contract)

Contractor

N Venkatesh confirmed [1]

Payee with the largest billed amount under this job number

Contractor identity

C0203 · N Venkatesh confirmed [1]

Resolved contractor C0203 “N Venkatesh”; identifiers: no official identifier in the data; name variants joined by: single name variant.

Contract value

Unknown unknown

Contract (work-order) value is not published in BBMP bill data and no awarded tender was matched

Work order date

01 Feb 2018 confirmed [1]

Work order date on the bill (order no. 000133)

3 · Work documented

Bills recorded

0 running, 1 final paid/registered confirmed [1]

Bill types recorded in BBMP IFMS for this job's work bills

Work documents

Completion Certificate ×1; Inspection Report ×1; M.B ×1; Quality Certificate ×1 confirmed [1] [2] +2

Documents attached to the bills in IFMS (their presence is recorded; contents are not verified)

4 · Money paid

Paid (gross)

₹48.87 L confirmed [1]

Sum of 1 bill(s) under the job number

Paid (nett)

₹44.43 L confirmed [1]

Gross minus statutory deductions (tax, security deposit, etc.)

Bills

1 confirmed [1]

Unique bills after merging duplicates across exports

First payment

08 Jul 2020 confirmed [1]

Earliest payment (CBR/RTGS) date

Last payment

08 Jul 2020 confirmed [1]

Latest payment (CBR/RTGS) date

Fines / withheld / recoveries

withheld ₹87,266 confirmed [1]

Deduction heads recorded in IFMS across this job's bills

Bill → payment (median days)

629 confirmed [1]

Median days from bill registration to RTGS payment over 1 IFMS bill(s)

Approval remarks

12 remark(s); e.g. 2020-07-11: “Approved by CAO — ಟಿ.ವಿ.ಸಿ.ಸಿರವರ ಅನುಮೋದನೆ ಮೇರೆಗೆ ಸದರಿ ಬಿಲ್ಲನ್ನು ಅನುಮೋದಿಸಿದೆ.” confirmed [1]

Remarks written by officials in the IFMS approval chain

5 · Completion

Status

Completed (final bill) inferred [1]

Inferred from the final bill: BBMP raises the final bill when measurement of the completed work is recorded

Work started

29 Jan 2018 confirmed [1]

Work start date on the bill

Expected completion

Unknown unknown

Stipulated period of completion not found in any public record

Final bill

Raised 23 Oct 2018 confirmed [1]

A bill of type “First and Final” exists

Completed on

22 Apr 2018 confirmed [1]

Work end date recorded on the final bill

6 · Physical evidence

Site photos

3 site photo(s) attached (before / during / after as labelled); no GPS on any photo checked confirmed [1] [2] +1

Photos attached to the bills in IFMS (type as labelled by the uploader)

Timeline

01 Nov 2017 Tender BBMP/2017-18/OW/WORK_INDENT27446 published — estimate ₹49.49 L inferred source
01 Feb 2018 Work order issued source
22 Apr 2018 Work end date on final bill
08 Jul 2020 First and Final bill ₹48.87 L paid source

How the tender and the bills were connected

Tenders and BBMP bills share no common number, so connections are inferred from independent evidence. Accepted links feed the facts above (marked inferred); possible ones are listed only for review and change nothing.

Linked · BBMP/2017-18/OW/WORK_INDENT27446 (BBMP tender list 2013–18) · confidence high · description similarity 100%

“Improvements to drains at 7th Block Koramangala in ward No. 147 (Adugodi)” source

✓ same kind of work (drain) · same place(s): adugodi, block7 · ward numbers agree · bills start 89 days after tender · paid is 99% of tender value · same engineering division

Possible — not merged · BBMP/2017-18/OW/WORK_INDENT27425 (BBMP tender list 2013–18) · confidence possible · description similarity 68%

“Improvements to drains in New Model Harijana Colony, Koramangala 8th Block in ward No. 147 (Adugodi)” source

✓ same kind of work (drain) · same place(s): adugodi · ward numbers agree · bills start 89 days after tender · same engineering division

Possible — not merged · BBMP/2024-25/OW/WORK_INDENT4335 (KPPP) · confidence possible · description similarity 90%

“Improvements & Development of Roads and Drains in 8th Block Koramangala and Surrounding roads in ward No. 176 (Old No.147) Adugodi” source

✓ same kind of work (drain) · same place(s): adugodi · ward numbers agree · same engineering division

✗ awarded bidder not among payees · bills start 2446 days before the tender · job-number year far from tender year

Possible — not merged · BBMP/2025-26/OW/WORK_INDENT7579 (KPPP) · confidence possible · description similarity 81%

“Desilting and Improvements to Drain in cross and Main roads and other development works in 7th Block Koramangala and Surrounding area in Ward No.176 Adugodi” source

✓ same kind of work (drain) · same place(s): adugodi, block7 · ward numbers agree · same engineering division

✗ awarded bidder not among payees · bills start 2685 days before the tender · job-number year far from tender year

Possible — not merged · BBMP/2025-26/OW/WORK_INDENT7618 (KPPP) · confidence possible · description similarity 78%

“Desilting and Improvements to Drain in cross and Main roads and other development works in 5th Block Koramangala and Surrounding area in Ward No.176 Adugodi” source

✓ same kind of work (drain) · same place(s): adugodi · ward numbers agree · paid is 86% of tender value · same engineering division

✗ awarded bidder not among payees · bills start 2685 days before the tender · job-number year far from tender year

Possible — not merged · amrut_btm.pdf#4 (BBMP tender list 2013–18) · confidence possible · description similarity 67%

“No.147 Adugodi Providing RCC Drain at 2nd Main & 2nd A Main road & surrounding area in 8th block Koramangala ward no.147 Adugodi” source

✓ same kind of work (drain) · same place(s): adugodi · ward numbers agree

✗ bills start 1294 days before the tender · job-number year far from tender year

Tender notices

Tender no.	Source	Published	Status	Estimate	Awarded	To	Time allowed	Link	Evidence
BBMP/2017-18/OW/WORK_INDENT27446	BBMP list	01 Nov 2017	Tender published (outcome not in this list)	₹49.49 L	—	—	—	high	record · row 3365

Tender no.

Source

Published

Status

Estimate

Awarded

Time allowed

Link

Evidence

BBMP/2017-18/OW/WORK_INDENT27446

BBMP list

01 Nov 2017

Tender published (outcome not in this list)

₹49.49 L

—

high

record · row 3365

Bills & payments (BBMP)

Bill type	Bill reg. (BR)	Work order	Gross	Nett	Payment	Payee	Source
First and Final	000169 · 23 Oct 2018	000133 01 Feb 2018	₹48,86,950	₹44,42,712	001724 08 Jul 2020	N Venkatesh	BBMP Work Orders - Adugodi (Ward 147), 2013-2022 · row 112

Bill type

Bill reg. (BR)

Work order

Gross

Nett

Payment

Payee

Source

First and Final

000169 · 23 Oct 2018

000133 01 Feb 2018

₹48,86,950

₹44,42,712

001724 08 Jul 2020

N Venkatesh

BBMP Work Orders - Adugodi (Ward 147), 2013-2022 · row 112

Original system: BBMP Works Bill Public View / IFMS (account.bbmpgov.in). Linked files are public exports of that data on OpenCity.

Why this is a Koramangala project

Work description names Koramangala: "…Improvements to drains at 7th block, Koramangala in ward No.147 Adugodi…"