chennai the greater chennai corporation has cancelled a rs 25crore worth tender for social media management that was awarded in february this year k s smart solutions that had won the tender was to sign the agreement in february however due to assembly elections it was delayed sources told toi that corporation commissioner gagandeep singh bedi reviewed this tender along with many others and cancelled it since the contract had not been signed the civic body revamped its social media pages and the website in march 2020 zth orbit that had managed the social media pages for chennai metro water was roped in during the pandemic this company had signed a temporary threemonth contract that was not renewed after february the company was paid around rs 10 lakh per month for its services in september a resolution was passed and a tender detailing extensively how many posts audio jingles animation videos and various other aspects was called the terms of the tender were such that the existing company handling the social media of the civic body couldnt even participate as it was not eligible however even after winning the bid the new company whose directors are keshav a s rohan and sushmith kumar didnt take over the social media pages keshav told toi that the officials told them that they wanted to maintain status quo until the elections ended and zth orbit was asked to continue till may thirunavukarasu of zth orbit told toi that even now they were handling the social media pages but they had not been paid for seven months a senior corporation official told toi that they reviewed the tender and found that there were irregularities in the manner in which it was awarded also the present company was doing a decent job and they wanted to work out a different model the senior officials felt rs 20 lakh per month on social media management was very highly priced and so they are now working on a different model that will ensure they dont spend more than rs 3000040000 per month said the official