The Hindu 13.01.2011
All unauthorised hoardings in city will be removed: Mayor
Meet to discuss drinking water shortage planned
A meeting of the Kerala Water Authority officials and councillors will
be held at the Council hall on January 17. Councillors will get a chance
to raise their complaints at this meeting.
The meet will discuss the possible ways to find solutions to the shortage of drinking water in the city.
Answering the issue of unauthorised hoardings in the
city, Mayor Tony Chammany said that all unauthorised hoardings and
display boards in the city limits would be removed with immediate
effect. The Town Planning Officer has been entrusted with this task.
The agency that was given contract for maintenance of
the streetlights has made a default of Rs.18 lakh and the contract has
been nullified. Tenders will be invited for new contract for a period of
two months soon, he said.
Special numbers
The resolution to issue special numbers to those staying
in puramboke land to issue electricity connection as part of complete
electrification project of the State government caused much debate.
Finally the resolution was passed after Mr. Chammany said that those
eligible can apply along with the certificate issued by division
councillor concerned.
N. Venugopal, M. Anil Kumar, K.V. Manoj, K.J. Sohan and Shyamala S. Prabhu were among those who participated in the discussions.
There were discussions about the outstanding dues to contractors.
To this, Mr. Chammany said that works were not executed
during the tenures of previous councils according to estimated budget
and implementation cost escalated many fold. This has led to the
outstanding dues and a collective effort, instead of blaming each other,
is required to improve the situation, the Mayor told the Council.
A meeting of the Urban Poverty Alleviation Department
(UPAD) staff will be convened soon to discuss the implementation of
various projects. Complaints about functioning of the Janaseva kendras
will also be looked into.