The Hindu 07.11.2009
Nizamabad civic body approves 51.87-cr. budget
Staff Reporter
| Opposition members indulge in heated arguments |
NIZAMABAD: The general body meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Nizamabad here on Friday, amid the objections from the Opposition members, approved an estimated budget of Rs.51.87 crore for the year 2009-10.
Immediately after the budget approval, the meeting abruptly concluded.
Opposition members earlier were involved in a heated argument with the ruling party members complaining that Mayor D. Sanjay, who was in the Chair, did not pay attention to their objections.
Underground drainage
When the members pointed out that underground drainage works were going on at a snail’s pace and lacked quality, the Mayor dismissed them as mere “misgivings”. The underground drainage would be very useful to the town, said Mr. Sanjay.
Y. Lakshminarayana, Bharatiya Janata Party legislator , who was sworn in as an ex-officio member by the Mayor, took a serious exception to the abrupt end of the meeting.
Talking to the media persons outside the meeting hall, he accused the Mayor of taking unilateral decisions.
Earlier, Mr. Lakshminarayana and corporator Rafath Khan (Congress) were seen shouting at each other when the latter was critical of the independent corporator Mukheeth as he raised his voice over guillotining of some issues.
