The Times of India 24.08.2012
Mangalore City Corporation's hall gets a swanky look ahead of inauguration
MANGALORE: With less than 48 hours to go for the inauguration of the renovated council meeting hall of Mangalore City Corporation, work is on at a feverish pitch at the civic body's main office in Lalbagh here. Workers were busy giving final touches to the council hall and all other overhauling changes that had been brought in as part of the renovation process. Even as the final nail is yet to be hammered in, the council hall has undergone a stunning reformation.
Apart from the fully air-conditioned facility for the meeting hall, the
council hall now sports a new seating arrangement, public address
system and plush seating sofas for the corporators and officials
concerned. K Harish Kumar, commissioner had set a June 30 deadline for Infrastructure Development Foundation, a group of architects entrusted with the work of renovating the council hall. They are delivering two months down the line. The key change incorporated into seating arrangement will see mayor,
deputy mayor and the commissioner seated at a slightly higher level than
they used to do so far. Standing committee chairpersons, who hitherto
took their place among the councillors, will flank them on either side
at slightly lower level facing their peers.
Heads of key sections, who
will be seated slightly behind, on either side of the chairpersons, too
will now face the councillors Harish Kumar told TOI that
seating capacity of the hall after the renovation has gone up to 98. At
present, the city corporation has 60 elected councillors, five nominated
and five elected representatives (MP and members of state legislature).
Harish said separate entry has been provided for officials and
councillors. The visitors' gallery has remained in its present shape and
form, but with the added advantage of getting air-conditioning too.
