panaji techton buildcon the firm picked to restore kala academy at a cost of rs 49 crore through a nomination process had no prior experience and bagged a contract to retrofit goa bhavan juhu eight months after the work order for kala academy was issued documents showgfp which put the documents in the public domain also released government documents dated march 15 2021 which show that art and culture minister govind gaude chaired a meeting where a decision was taken to restore kala academy on nomination basis so that a specialised agency could be brought inthe minister had said on the floor of the house that techton buildcon was an expert in retrofitting works and they had taken up the same for goa bhavan juhu but i would like to draw the attention that the work order for goa bhavan was issued on december 12 2021 for rs 34 crore whereas the kala academy work order for rs 496 crore was issued on may 3 2021 which is eight months earlier said gfp president vijai sardesaisardesai also released another government document which shows that the art and culture department granted administrative approval for stage lighting sound system cctv surveillance and fire fighting equipment at kala academy the approval granted on september 25 is for rs 16 crorethe gfp president also said that the goa state infrastructure development corporation gsidc had informed kala academy on january 16 2020 that repairs of kala academy were estimated at below rs 10 crore and thus could not be taken up by gsidci would like to remind the bjp government that kala academy was built for mere a rs 4 crore and now you all are doing a scam in the name of renovation and siphoning off almost rs 66 crore from the state treasury said sardesai who described it as a scam in progressdemanding the immediate resignation of gaude sardesai has called for a probe and action by chief minister pramod sawant before diwalithe chief minister should immediately ask the minister to resign or should sack him and all officers who are part of this criminal conspiracy said sardesai why are you in a hurry to cover this up like youve done beforesardesai said that gfp will take the issue to its logical conclusion through the legal system