The Hindu 01.12.2015
Corporation passes 49 resolutions at one stroke amidst commotion
DMK, BJP and MDMK councillors demand a debate on damaged roads and insanitary condition
Opposition councillors of Tirunelveli Corporation creating a flutter.— Photo: A. SHAIKMOHIDEEN
The Tirunelveli Corporation council meeting that ended
in just eight minutes on Monday passed 49 resolutions at one stroke
amidst commotion even as the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Bharatiya Janata
Party and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam councillors demanded a
debate on damaged roads and insanitary condition in the city.
Condemning
the hasty ending of the meeting, Opposition councillors raised slogans
against the administration even as Mayor E. Bhuvaneshwari and officials
left the hall.
Sitting on the floor in front of the
Mayor’s seat, the protesting councillors, including three women, raised
slogans against the Mayor, saying the council gave no room for
discussion on poor civic issues, after the recent rains.
DMK
member Kittu alias Ramakrishnan, BJP councillor Azhaguraj and
independent member Subramanian, who rushed towards the Mayor’s seat,
said the council should first discuss the insanitary condition in all 55
wards.
Ms. Bhuvaneshwari said she would be forced to
suspend Mr. Ramakrishnan and Mr. Azhaguraj as they were disrupting the
council proceedings despite repeated warnings.
Accompanied
by Mr. Subramanian, the duo reiterated their demands even as the Mayor
announced that all resolutions had been passed and left the hall.
MDMK
councillors Abraham, Joseph and Sarojini also joined the councillors
and raised slogans against the Corporation and the Mayor.
The
meeting resolved to allocate Rs.25 lakh for establishing an ‘Amma
Unavagam’ on Tirunelveli Medical College premises and creating windrow
platforms at 30 places across the city for preparing manure from
degradable waste being generated from these places.
