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The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) councillors staged a sit-in protestation astatine the assembly gathering held astatine a gathering hallway successful the Salem Corporation bureau connected Monday (February 9, 2026).
City Mayor A. Ramachandran presided implicit the gathering wherever 90 resolutions were passed.
Speaking astatine the meeting, opposition leader (AIADMK) N. Yadhavamoorthy, citing the 21st resolution, said that Salem Corporation had awarded a declaration worthy ₹4,315 crore to a backstage institution to proviso 24x7 drinking h2o to residents. He alleged that the involution of a backstage institution mightiness summation the charges for drinking h2o and the deposit magnitude to beryllium paid for the h2o connection, which volition beryllium an further load for the people.
“The Corporation should cancel the 21st resolution in this respect and besides clasp 5 much resolutions that were mentioned successful the urgent assembly gathering agenda,” Mr. Yadhavamoorthy added. Following this, the AIADMK councillors staged a sit-in protestation earlier the Mayor, demanding to cancel the resolution, which created a verbal duel betwixt the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and AIADMK councillors. The Mayor intervened and assured that helium would springiness explanations regarding the tender fixed to the backstage institution and the AIADMK councillors went backmost to their seats.
Explaining the project, Corporation enforcement technologist Senthil said that of the full outgo of the project, 30% each volition beryllium borne by the Union and State governments, and the remaining 40% volition beryllium borne by the backstage company. The residents should wage the magnitude for drinking h2o consumed and meters volition beryllium installed to cipher the usage.
The AIADMK councillors past demanded an mentation connected whether the deposit magnitude oregon drinking h2o charges volition beryllium accrued oregon not. Replying to this, the Corporation officials assured that it volition not beryllium hiked. Later, the AIADMK councillors sought a solution beryllium passed that the deposit magnitude and drinking h2o charges volition not beryllium increased.
The DMK and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) councillors demanded to region the AIADMK councillors from the meeting, arsenic they were not allowing others to speak. Following this, a verbal duel broke retired betwixt them.
