The Indian Express 12.03.2013
Sajag Nagrik Manch seeks action against civic chief
Urging the municipal commissioner to respond to their demand of
restricting the civic administration from allowing names of local
corporator on work done from ward level civic funds, The Sajag Nagrik
Manch on Monday warned of going to state government to seek disciplinary
action against the civic chief for failing to perform duties. In a
press conference, Vivek Velankar said that they had submitted an
application on April last year urging the civic chief to restrict the
administration from allowing names of local corporators on installations
or distribution of material done from the ward level fund of the Pune
Municipal Corporation. As per the rule, it is mandatory for the civic
officer to respond to the application within 12 weeks but it has been 46
weeks now and there is no communication on the issue from the municipal
commissioner. “We expect that the municipal commissioner replies in two
weeks failing to which we will approach the state government,” he said.
It has been observed that the local corporators get their name on the
bus stops, benches, signages, buckets that are provided from the PMC
funds. “The practise is illegal and should be immediately stopped with
removal of the names from places where they exist,” he added.
