The Hindu 23.04.2010
Vehicle parking to be regulated
Staff Reporter
| Fine to be imposed if two or three-wheelers are parked in no parking zones |
Debate: DMK councillor Saibunisha arguing a point with the Mayor A.L. Subramanian at the council meeting in Tirunelveli on Thursday.
TIRUNELVELI: The corporation in its council meeting held on Thursday has resolved to impose fine on vehicles parked in the ‘no parking zones' of new bus-stand at Vaeinthaankulam.
As per this resolution, those who park two-wheelers in the prohibited areas will have to pay a fine of Rs. 50 while the penalty for three-wheelers and four-wheelers will be Rs. 75 and Rs. 100 respectively.
The civic body also has decided to distribute ‘smartcards,' brainchild of Corporation Commissioner K. Baskaran, to regular users of this parking bay by April-end or the first week of May.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam councilor Sudha K. Paramasivan wanted to know as to why the corporation was giving permission to a particular private hoarding company to erect more signboards even after the firm owed Rs. 2 crore to the local body.
Reply
Mayor A.L. Subramanian said the councillor, before raising such questions in the council meeting, should have given in writing their queries eight days before the date of the council meeting so that appropriate answer could be given.
Mr. Paramasivan urged the corporation to initiate action against the councillor, who played a key role in giving illegal water connection from the KTC Nagar Drinking Water Scheme to many residents of KTC Nagar.
The Mayor replied that the government, which acted immediately on this issue and took action against some officials, had deputed its official for a thorough investigation.
“His report is pending with the government and any decision in this connection will be taken by the government,” Mr. Subramanian said.
When some members charged that no development work had been taken up in their wards, the Mayor asked them to submit separate memorandum elaborating their requirements so that it could be put together for methodical execution.
Councillor Baby Gopal asked the Mayor to initiate steps to “retrieve” the VOC Stadium from the district administration and councillor K. Subbiah Pandian thanked Minister for Environment, Youth Welfare and Sports T.P.M. Maideen Khan for conducting cleaning operation in all wards falling under Palayamkottai Assembly segment by engaging 25 persons with his personal money.
However, councillor A. Durai suggested that the cleaning operation being carried out by the Minister could be more effective if it is conducted along with the corporation's ‘mass cleaning programme.'
Councillor Saibunisha urged the Mayor to fix vacant land tax in a judicious fashion so that the middle class and the poor would not be affected.
