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A marathon assembly gathering was conducted by Sivakasi Corporation connected Thursday aft councillors insisted to work retired each azygous taxable successful the docket containing 202 subjects.
The meeting, chaired by Mayor, I. Sangeetha, successful the beingness of Corporation Commissioner, Saravanan and Deputy Mayor, Vignesh Priya, that started astir 11.30 a.m. went connected till 3.30 p.m.
The Mayor agreed for speechmaking retired each taxable arsenic the past assembly gathering was coiled up without discussing immoderate of the 173 subjects aft councillors objected to stack up galore subjects successful the council.
Councillor, R. Sethuraman, of ward 7 complained astir rampant corruption successful fixing spot tax.
“No taxation tin beryllium fixed for immoderate spot without paying ₹50,000 bribe,” helium said.
When the Commissioner interrupted him, Sethuraman said that helium had raised this contented with the Commissioner successful idiosyncratic successful the past, but things person not changed.
He complained that the councillors would not beryllium capable to conscionable the radical seeking votes during the ensuing Assembly election, if the corrupt officers bash not alteration their behaviour.
A pistillate councillor complained that a clerk was collecting ₹15,000 bribe to renew the licence of shops successful Anna Vegetable market. When she named the clerk, the Commissioner assured to enquire into the allegation.
Ward 1 councillor, A. Selvam, complained that the Corporation authorities were ignoring the basal amenities similar tempest h2o drainage and roads successful his ward.
“When I met the Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, successful Chennai, helium was keen to cognize astir the ward issues. When we person specified a Chief Minister, should we not marque the astir and redress the issues of basal facilities,” helium said.
He complained that stagnanting sewage successful Muthumari Nagar was posing wellness hazard to the children.
Several councillors complained astir deficiency of cleanliness successful the metropolis owed to deployment of little fig of cleanliness workers.
The contractor was not deploying each the 272 cleanliness workers each day. This led to the heaps of garbage lying connected the roads aft Deepavali, immoderate of them complained.
