During the House meeting in June, however, the councillors raised objection over the 10 per cent agency charges NBCC was demanding. They said in Gujarat, where the councillors had gone on a study tour recently, agencies charged only 3 per cent or less.

Once again, the proposal was rejected. Meanwhile, Mayor Kamlesh said that the House is not ready to appoint a consultant without floating a tender.

“The councillors have seen that in Gujarat consultants are appointed at 3 per cent or less agency charges. A decision would be taken only after tenders are floated,” she said.

Municipal Commissioner Dr Roshan Sunkaria said: “The proposal will be taken up for discussion during the House meeting later this month.

There are two options — either tenders will be floated or NBCC be appointed. A final decision would be taken after the

meeting.”

Another decision that the MC has been delaying for some time now is levying taxes to raise funds for the project.

Under JNNURM, 80 per cent of the funds will be given by the Centre, while 10 per cent each will be contributed by the UT Administration and MC.