The Hindu 24.10.2011
Council hall all set to receive new Mayor
Prestigious: Mayor’s chair getting final touches at the newly-decked up
Coimbatore Corporation Council hall ahead of the new council to assume
office this week. — Photo: M. Periasamy
The Coimbatore Corporation has readied the Victoria Town Hall at Rs. 10 lakh.
Sources
in the Corporation said that the civic body had added 28 seats to the
existing 72 to accommodate 100 councillors, repaired tiles on the roof,
built a new temporary structure more officials, installed television
there and painted the building.
The new Mayor is
expected to convene the Council on October 29 (Saturday) to elect the
Deputy Mayor. The new councillors will elect the Deputy Mayor.
Prior
to that the Mayor-elect, S.M. Velusamy, and 100 councillors-elect will
take oath on October 25 at 10.45 a.m. at a function to be held at the
Corporation Kalaiarangam in R.S. Puram.
Commissioner T.K. Ponnusamy said that the Corporation was ready with the mayoral gown, sceptre and other paraphernalia.
The
Corporation was forced to alter seating arrangements at the Council
hall as the number of councillors went up from 72 to 100 after
neighbouring local bodies merged with the Corporation.
As
per the new seating arrangement, the Corporation had pushed the press
gallery to the rear of the Council hall to accommodate the new
councillors.
Officials who were earlier at the rear
of the hall would now occupy the newly-built temporary structure and
watch on TV the proceedings inside the hall.
