The Hindu 14.07.2016
CMC warns against damaging pipelines while digging roads
(Top) Mandya City Municipal Council Commissioner T.N. Narasimha Murthy,
president H.C. Bore Gowda and vice-president Sujatha Mani, and (above)
councillors during the general body meeting in Mandya on Wednesday.
The Mandya City Municipal Council (CMC) has decided to
initiate stern action against those who violate rules while digging up
public roads to lay cables or pipelines.
Frequent
incidents of damaging water pipelines and electricity connections, while
digging up roads, came up for discussion at the general body of the CMC
held here on Wednesday.
CMC president, H.C. Bore
Gowda, has instructed the officials concerned to file criminal cases
against those who flout the rules while laying water pipelines or
electricity cables under public roads in the town.
The CMC’s approval is a must for digging up roads, he said.
Some
councillors raised their objections against releasing grants to
celebrate the birth anniversaries of B.R. Ambedkar and other such
personalities.
The
CMC had “unnecessarily” spent around Rs. 4 lakh for flexes and other
publicity materials during Ambedkar Jayanti in 2015-16. The civic
authority has planning to release Rs. 2.5 lakh during 2016-17 for the
same purpose, they alleged.
The CMC has been facing a
serous financial crunch. It should use the available funds in a
judicious manner by giving priority to development works. However, it
has been “carelessly” releasing grants to non-development works, they
said.
The councillors also urged the CMC to take steps to protect its property and also against the doge menace in the town.
Vice-president Sujatha Mani, CMC Commissioner T.N. Narasimha Murthy and others were present.
