The Hindu 12.10.2010
Chitradurga CMC to clear encroachments
Staff Correspondent
Members pay tribute to Pandit Puttaraja Gavai
Committee to decide on new names for roads
Chitradurga: Chitradurga City Municipal Council (CMC) president Sunita Mallikarjun has said the CMC would soon remove illegal encroachments from the footpaths of the city, as directed by the Government.
Chairing the council general body meeting here on Monday, Ms. Mallikarjun said the Government had directed all municipal councils of the State to take action against encroachments. She was replying to a member who said that vendors had taken over sections of the pavement in her ward, inconveniencing pedestrians.
“We are in a process of launching the drive against encroachments. Bring any such case to our notice,” Ms. Mallikarjun said.
Tribute
Earlier, the meeting started with the members observing silence to pay tribute to writer and musician Pandit Puttaraja Gavai, who died recently.
Funds
During the meeting, several members demanded that the president and Municipal Commissioner furnish details of funds released to the CMC under various heads.
Member Raghuram Reddy alleged discrimination in taking up development work in various wards. Some members got more funds for their ward development, he charged. While over Rs. 1 crore was released for the development of Sardar Basha's ward, others were given a mere Rs. 5 lakh, he added.
Replying to the charges, Mr. Basha said some projects, including the development of the vegetable market and setting up a new fish market in the ward, had been taken up by the district administration with the help of the CMC. Ms. Mallikarjun too clarified that the projects were taken up directly by the Government, with no special funds given to Mr. Basha's ward.
New names
On the proposal of allotting new names to prominent roads and junctions in all 35 wards of the city, the members unanimously said a committee should be formed to prepare the list of such areas. The new names should be given only with the consent of committee members and the local residents, the members said.
Ms. Mallikarjun agreed to constitute a committee.
Municipal Commissioner Vijay Kumar was present at the meeting.
