porvorim former chief minister digambar kamat had a word of caution for tourism minister manohar azgaonkar on wednesday for allowing beach cleaning contract for two years without issuing tenders even as the latter maintained in the house that the existing process was done in a transparent mannerthe stopgap arrangement of allowing drishti life to clean beaches was done with the approval of finance department and as per rule 18 of the goa delegation of financial powers rules azgaonkar told the house while responding to kamats advice during the question hour on the second day of the assembly sessionbe careful you might get into trouble as the business rules do not permit awarding contracts without tenders kamat had advisedit was okay if the arrangement was only for a month or two kamat said further adding however the present arrangement has continued for two years drishti life was appointed in december 2016 for beach cleaning process it was informed to the house velim mla filipe neri rodrigues along with kamat had tabled the question on beach cleaning seeking status of tender floated to select agency in october 2018azgaonkar said that a tender was floated for selecting agency for providing comprehensive services for cleaning of various beaches which included works such as collection segregation transportation and disposal of garbage it was for providing services for a period of five years at rs 59 crorea preassessment survey of beaches was conducted through a project management consultant ms darashaw and co azgaonkar told the house amid the opposition members pointing out that the bill amount escalated significantly in 201011 during the period tourism department spent rs 90 lakh and rs 80 lakh for north and south goa beaches respectively curtorim mla aleixo reginaldo lourenco pointed out he said the cost of work increased to rs 7 crore for each district in 2013 when another agency was appointed