The Hindu       06.06.2012

48 petitions submitted on Corporation's first grievance day meeting

A total of 48 petitions were received from the public on the first grievance day meeting conducted on Tuesday by the Salem City Municipal Corporation.

The meeting, held between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., was chaired by Mayor S. Soundappan in the presence of Deputy Mayor N. Natesan and Commissioner M. Ashokan.

Petitions seeking drinking water provision, old-age pension, re-laying roads, construction of compound walls, road for graveyard and applications seeking loan under the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) scheme were received by the Mayor.

A girl, who came along with her parents, submitted a petition seeking admission in Class X at a government school in the city. The petition said that though she had cleared her class IX, the headmaster had refused to enrol her in Class X. Mayor Soundappan, who received the petition, forwarded a letter to the headmaster to consider her request.

A total of 40 persons submitted petitions seeking loan under SJSRY scheme.

The Corporation has to forward the application to the concerned bank for getting loan.

The meeting is the first of its kind initiated by the civic body to resolve the problems of the residents in 60 wards directly. Until now, residents had to submit petitions to any zone or ward offices or register their complaint at www.salemcorporation.gov

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Executive Engineers D. Muruganandham, A. Ashokan, G. Kamaraj, S. Venkatesh, Assistant Commissioners V. Nepolean, G. Malliga, N.R. Aranganathan, P. Ramesh Babu, P. Jeganathan, K. Raja, City Health Officer S. Porkodi and Councillors participated.