The Times of India 14.03.2013
Corporation budget passed amidst protests
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Ignoring vociferous protests from the UDFcouncillors,
the corporation budget for the financial year 2013-14 was passed at the
council meeting here on Wednesday. The session began on a tense note as
the UDFcouncillors demanded action against mayor’s PA who according to them took photographs of the scuffle between the councillors on Tuesday.
Mayor K Chandrika
asked the councillors to maintain the decorum but when they continued
with the protests she declared the budget was passed. The UDF
councillors then converged in front of the corporation and burnt the
copies of the budget.
Later in a news conference, mayor
announced fresh proposals will be added to the budget that was presented
on Thursday. This included an open declaration that the corporation
would extend all the assistance for the modern waste-treatment plants
coming up at five sites in the city and certain schemes in tourism and
drinking water distribution.
A special water storage scheme
will be launched at the abandoned quarry at Chengottukonam by which the
water will be purified through solar-filters and later distributed to
the city-residents.
Two medical shops titled Nagarasabha
medicals will be opened to sell medicines at reasonable rates. Mini
Ananthapuri cafe at Putharikandam, mobile cafe outlets, community
kitchen, a library for the blind, senior citizen centre and a
de-addiction centre at Vazhayila are some of the new proposals that have
been added in the budget.
Mayor Chandrika said that she has
not taken a final decision regarding the letter from LDF and UDF
demanding suspension of a few councillors in connection with the
altercation that happened on Tuesday.
the corporation budget for the financial year 2013-14 was passed at the
council meeting here on Wednesday. The session began on a tense note as
the UDFcouncillors demanded action against mayor’s PA who according to them took photographs of the scuffle between the councillors on Tuesday.
Mayor K Chandrika
asked the councillors to maintain the decorum but when they continued
with the protests she declared the budget was passed. The UDF
councillors then converged in front of the corporation and burnt the
copies of the budget.
Later in a news conference, mayor
announced fresh proposals will be added to the budget that was presented
on Thursday. This included an open declaration that the corporation
would extend all the assistance for the modern waste-treatment plants
coming up at five sites in the city and certain schemes in tourism and
drinking water distribution.
A special water storage scheme
will be launched at the abandoned quarry at Chengottukonam by which the
water will be purified through solar-filters and later distributed to
the city-residents.
Two medical shops titled Nagarasabha
medicals will be opened to sell medicines at reasonable rates. Mini
Ananthapuri cafe at Putharikandam, mobile cafe outlets, community
kitchen, a library for the blind, senior citizen centre and a
de-addiction centre at Vazhayila are some of the new proposals that have
been added in the budget.
Mayor Chandrika said that she has
not taken a final decision regarding the letter from LDF and UDF
demanding suspension of a few councillors in connection with the
altercation that happened on Tuesday.