Work on to construct a new spacious three storeyed
administration building for the City Municipal Corporation at an outlay
of Rs. 7 crore would commence in two months. It is expected to be
completed in two years.

The municipality that
celebrated its centenary in 1966 was upgraded as Municipal Corporation
in 1994 and was functioning in the old buildings that houses most of the
offices in an area spread over 28,267 sq ft.

The new
building would come up on 1,25,150 sq ft area that would have a stilt
floor for vehicle parking, ground floor and three floors. The ground
floor would house information centre, treasury, accounts department,
election division, planning division, land survey department, birth and
death certificate issue centre and city welfare office.

The
first floor would have council hall, offices of Mayor, Deputy Mayor,
visitors gallery and Public Relations Office, second floor would have
Office of the Commissioner, Executive Engineer, Executive Engineer
(Planning), meeting hall and engineering division. The third floor would
have electronics division and lunch and rest room.

Special
features of the building include, eco-friendly materials like reusable
and plastics to be used for construction, energy saving lights and
equipments to be installed and rain water harvesting system. The Public
Works Department would soon inspect the old block and tender would be
called for demolishing the building. Once the process is over, work
would begin and expected to be completed in two years time.

Officials
said that an additional plan outlay for Rs. 3 crore has been sought
from the government for which results are expected shortly.