Uplokayukta fumes over official negligence as complaint box at Chikkamagaluru CMC office remains unopened for years

Justice K.N. Phaneendra, Upalokayukta, during his circuit to Chikkamagaluru connected Friday, gave a astonishment sojourn to the bureau of Chikkamagaluru City Municipal Council and recovered a ailment container that remained unopened for years.

Mr. Phaneendra and his unit members noticed the ailment container hung against the partition adjacent to the bureau of the Commissioner. When helium asked the officers to unfastened the box, the CMC unit replied that they had mislaid the keys. The Upalokayukta insisted that the container was opened with the assistance of a locksmith.

Upon opening the box, the Upalokayukta recovered complaints from 2020 and they had remained untouched successful the box. “What is the intent of having a ailment box, if you bash not unfastened it,” helium asked. Mr. Phaneendra directed Commissioner B.C. Basavaraj to spell done the complaints and instrumentality due action.

Further, helium besides asked the officers to regenerate the container with a caller 1 and unfastened it regularly to cheque the complaints and suggestions.

Earlier, soon aft entering the CMC office, the Upalokayukta enquired the attendance registry of the employees. “The officials person to notation the currency they person astatine the clip of introduction and exit. But galore person not mentioned it,” helium said and ordered the Commissioner to instrumentality enactment against the erring officials.