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Six AIADMK councillors connected Friday raised the contented of spot taxation revision during the Corporation assembly gathering and staged a walkout, stating that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, during his caller sojourn to Erode, failed to denote immoderate reduction.
Mayor S. Nagarathinam chaired the meeting, attended by Corporation Commissioner Arpit Jain, Deputy Mayor V. Selvaraj, councillors and officials.
Opposition person and AIADMK councillor M.D. Thangamuthu said the assembly had passed a peculiar solution successful March 2025 urging the State authorities to chopped the revised spot tax. “Even aft 7 months, determination has been nary response,” helium said, adding that the Chief Minister’s soundlessness connected the substance during his November 26 sojourn was disappointing. He besides sought to cognize whether councillors had taken up the contented with Mr. Stalin erstwhile they met him.
AIADMK councillors further questioned the hold successful constructing retaining walls on the Pichaikaran Pallam canal, a task the Corporation had promised a twelvemonth ago. They besides alleged that respective ward-level demands had not been acted upon, prompting their walkout.
DMK councillors, too, expressed dissatisfaction, saying officials were not responding to their requests connected basal works successful their wards. With elections lone six months away, they said they were uncovering it hard to reply voters. A councillor besides flagged that the recently established outer autobus terminal astatine Solar was located wrong Lakkapuram panchayat limits and sought clarity connected whether gross would spell to the Corporation oregon the panchayat.
The Commissioner clarified that a authorities bid had been issued to merge 4 panchayats, including Lakkapuram and 46 Pudur, with the Corporation, and that the merger would instrumentality effect aft the gazette notification. He added that erstwhile the outer autobus basal becomes operational, commercialized enactment successful the premises would increase.
Councillors besides raised issues related to the dedicated drinking h2o proviso scheme, pending roadworthy re-laying, and the lack of thoroughfare lights.
