AIADMK councillors stage a walkout from Salem Corporation council meeting

AIADMK councillors of the Salem Corporation staged a walkout during the assembly gathering connected Friday, alleging corruption.

Speaking astatine the meeting, Ward 44 councillor (VCK) J.M. Imayavarman demanded the Salem Corporation to walk a solution to grant ₹5 crore to Kabaddi subordinate Karthika, who played a captious relation successful the Indian squad winning the golden medal successful the Asian Youth Games held successful Bahrain.

The State authorities gave ₹25 lakh to the player. She is the girl of a Chennai Corporation conservancy worker. So the authorities should supply ₹5 crore to Karthika, a authorities occupation to her parents and a crippled successful the authorities quarters astatine Kannagi Nagar, wherever they are residing, helium said.

DMK councillor of ward 43 M. Gunasekaran said that astatine no. 2 Muniappan Kovil Street successful Ward 43, adjacent arsenic it rained heavy past week, a contractor laid a roadworthy amid absorption and the roadworthy was damaged successful the rain. Action should beryllium taken against the contractor. Funds should not beryllium provided to 4 zones arsenic successful Salem Corporation, arsenic 1 portion had 16 wards and different portion had 14 wards, helium added.

Ward 9 DMK councillor V. Deivalingam demanded enactment against miscreants who are spreading rumours connected societal media that dogs taken to the Animal Birth Control centre died.

AIADMK councillor K.C. Selvaraj of ward 22 alleged that for constructing tempest h2o drainage worthy ₹6.50 crore in ward 22, a declaration was awarded to a operation institution 3 years ago, but nary enactment was done. The Corporation should cancel the declaration and the institution should beryllium blacklisted. The Tide assistance for the Salem Corporation for the twelvemonth 2023-24 was said to beryllium cancelled, arsenic the Tide funds were allegedly diverted for providing wage to Corporation unit and measure amounts to the contractors, Mr. Selvaraj alleged.

Replying to the allegations, Corporation Commissioner M. Elangovan said that cancelling Tide funds was not imaginable and the allegations would beryllium looked into.

Opposition person N. Yadhavamoorthy (AIADMK) claimed that owed to issues prevailing successful the tender for the shops astatine VOC market, Salem Corporation incurred a nonaccomplishment of ₹6.17 crore. The Corporation successful its solution claimed that spot works were done successful a fewer wards astatine ₹29 lakh. But the works were not done and the funds were allegedly misappropriated. Six months ago, the Salem Corporation received resolutions from 4 zones to trim the taxation hike by the Corporation, but nary enactment was taken connected the resolutions, Mr. Yadhavamoorthy added. After his speech, AIADMK councillors staged a walkout from the meeting.