Mayor J. The meeting of the Corporation Council under the chairmanship of Ilamathi was held here on Monday. Budget presented.
A total of 6 resolutions were passed to implement the various functions.
The budget included a proposal to buy two cars for the mayor and deputy mayor at a cost of ₹60 lakh with the approval of the state government.
₹25 lakh will be used for dengue eradication along with corona preventive measures by outsourcing 60 employees on temporary basis with salary of ₹389 from General Corporation Fund.
Block level committees will be formed under the ‘Illam Thedi Kalvi’ scheme. An official statement said that the corporation commissioner will be the chairman of the committee and two councilors will be elected as members.
Free parking space will be made for the differently-abled at Kamaraj bus stand.
During the meeting, BJP councilor G. Danpal questioned the reason for the loss of around Rs 36 crore in the corporation over the past five years and CPI(M) member Ganesan demanded a white paper on how those funds were spent by the previous government. last 10 years.
To which, Commissioner S. Sivasubramaniam said, “The corporation’s revenue has come down drastically in the last three years due to the pandemic. The huge revenue was withheld due to the bus stand being closed for two years, but the repair work was done at a cost.
Addressing concerns over the sudden levy of taxes, which could be a burden to the public, he said, “We will start by collecting pending dues from tax defaulters.”
“Give priority to public welfare, a sanitary park will be constructed for two wards and steps have been taken to run additional battery carts for collection of garbage,” the commissioner said.
Shri Danpal informed that micro-biotic waste dumping yard established at Anna Nagar, 14th Ward in the year 2017-18, where compostable and non-compostable waste is segregated, causes inconvenience to the public and sought ground report on the same. Is.
Deputy Mayor S. Rajappa said, “This project was carried out by the previous government. We will take steps to ensure that people get benefits under DMK rule.