No demolition unless adequate funds are available

Admitting that it was the mistake of the City Municipal Corporation to take up the Master Plan project without adequate funds for the project, Municipal Commissioner, S.G. Rajashekhar has announced that henceforth, no demolition would be carried out in the city without the availability of funds for the project.

Participating in Meet the Press programme here on Monday, he said that the Corporation has no funds to take up the Master Plan project and continuing demolition of buildings was not a good idea.

After demolition, the Corporation has to pay compensation to building owners if is the private property, after the demolition, the funds are needed for constructing roads and pavements on the widened area. This requires huge amount of funds which the Corporation does not have, Mr. Rajashekhar said.

Assuring that all the sixteen roads taken up under the Master Plan project for widening would be done in phased manner, he said that the Corporation has submitted a proposal of Rs. 600 crore to the government that required for the mega project.

Stating that Corporation has taken public health aspect seriously, he said that in that regard, over 70 per cent pigs have been shifted out of the city limits to prevent spreading of any contagious diseases.

To a question, he said that the Corporation has deployed most of the workers to clean the city for coming Navaraspur Utsav which would be held from February 27 for three days.

On the demand for constructing a marriage hall to provide the hall at an affordable price for people here, Mr. Rajashekhar assured to check the possibility within the available resources.

Helpline

Municipal Commissioner, S.G. Rajashekhar has assured that from March 1, a roundtheclock working helpline number would be started for people to get their civil problem addressed.

He also said that though the Corporation already has three helpline numbers: 08352278539,278536 and 222474, but they are not 24/7 active. In grievances related to street lights, people could contact: 08352646328,277758 and 8971712018.

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No demolition unless adequate funds are available