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Vijayawada Municipal Corporation privatises its function halls

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Deccan Chronicle              08.01.2014

Vijayawada Municipal Corporation privatises its function halls

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Vijayawada: The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation has decided to privatise community halls owned and maintained by it in the city.

The decision has been taken to generate more revenue from the about 15 halls located in different parts of the city built to serve the needs of the people.

The engineering department of the VMC maintains these halls and collects fee from the public for using them.

The VMC has appointed staff to run these halls and pays their salaries every month.

To implement its privatisation decision, the VMC will conduct open auctions where the highest bidders will be given the lease.

The minimum upset price will be fixed. The civic authorities will also fix the rent of the halls, based on their size and facilities available.

K. Sivaiah, estate officer of the VMC said that the corporation will keep a strict vigil on the lease holders to ensure that they do not charge the people more than the prescribed fee for using the community hall.

Responding to apprehensions raised by the people that there was a possibility of collecting fee in excess of that fixed by the VMC or that the community halls may be misused, Sivaiah said that the contract can be terminated if the people lodge a complaint with the civic body.

The VMC has built many offices, schools, parks, community halls, reading rooms etc in the city.

Earlier, proposals have been made for privatisation of parks, and even discussions had been going on, but no decision has been taken yet.

 

Civic health department plans to recruit 2,120 personnel

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The Times of India               03.01.2014

Civic health department plans to recruit 2,120 personnel

NASHIK: The civic health department has sought recruitment of 2,120 personnel to cater to the city's health needs efficiently.

Currently, the Nashik Municipal Corporation's health department has the sanctioned number of posts but considering the present population of the city, based on the 2011 census, it needs additional 2,120 staff. The department had written to the civic administration last year about the requirement and the latter has forwarded the proposal to the state government.

"We are waiting for the state government's approval. As per the 2011 census, the city has a population of around 15 lakh and we need more people in the health department to cater to the city's requirements," said an NMC official.

The department has an approval for 1,953 posts of sanitary employees and all the posts are filled. But the city now needs 3,717 employees, which means an additional 1,764 sanitary employees. "As per rules, there should be one 'mukadam' for 10 sanitary employees. That takes the total requirement of mukadams to 370. We have 61 approved posts. So, we need additional 309 mukadams. Likewise, one sanitary inspector is needed for 50 mukadams. We have 36 approved posts but need an additional 38 sanitary inspectors. Besides, one divisional sanitary inspector is needed for five sanitary inspectors. We have approval for six posts and they are filled. But we need nine more," the official said.

He said that creation of these new posts will solve a lot of issues related to health and sanitary issues in the city.

 

Civic employees to get lessons in work skill development

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The Times of India               03.01.2014

Civic employees to get lessons in work skill development

NASHIK: The employees of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) will get lessons on developing their work skills and enhance efficiency during a two-day training workshop starting from January 16.

The NMC has appointed the Bangalore-based Urban Development Research Institute for the workshop.

"Such training workshops are part of our policy for our employees. The training is required as many a time, the employees are transferred to other departments. This workshop is meant for the administrative, health, town planning, tax, accounts departments among others. We are yet to finalize the venue for the workshop," said an NMC official.

There are about 6,000 employees in various departments across all six divisions of the NMC- Nashik East, Nashik West, Satpur, Panchavati, Cidco and Nashik Road. Around 1,000 posts are lying vacant in many departments.

"As there is already shortage of manpower in the municipal corporation, our focus is on improving the skills and efficiency of our employees. We are also planning to fill up the vacant posts," the official said.

The civic body has spent around 30% of the money allocated in the budget on administrative work, so far. There has been no recruitment in the NMC for 10 years now. The growth rate of the city has been progressive, which has put more burden on the health, water supply and drainage departments, the official said.

 


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