Mayor Kuldeep Kumar approves agenda of 20,000 litres of Free water and Parking

BJP councillors disrupt F&CC elections for about 2 hours

Chandigarh, March 11, 2024: City residents have a reason to cheer as the Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) of the Municipal Corporation today gave its nod to 20,000 litres of water and free parking. In a story meeting, BJP councillors today disrupted the house meeting and marshals had to be called to handle the situation.

The agenda was brought up by the India Alliance under which 20,000 litres of free water will be given to every house in Chandigarh and along with this, parking will also be made free in the city.

Mayor Kuldeep Kumar further said that in the F&CC (Finance and Contract Committee) elections in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, three members of India Alliance councillors Jaswinder Kaur, Ramchandra Yadav and Taruna Mehta have been elected.

Just before the F&CC elections, the time of the Municipal Corporation was wasted by the BJP councillors by asking all kinds of wrong questions to the Municipal Corporation officials and the voting process was not allowed to start for a long time. Finally, when the voting process was started, BJP withdrew the name of its councillor Jasmanpreet Singh from the election process due to fear of defeat and the remaining members were elected without voting.

Mayor Kuldeep Kumar said that what the BJP councillors did today during the election of F&CC members in the Municipal Corporation was damaging the dignity of the Constitution. ‘The officers’ time was deliberately wasted by the BJP councillors. He said that BJP already knew that their defeat among F&CC members was certain today, due to which their councilors wasted time by asking counter-intuitive questions as part of a plan. On this occasion, he also congratulated the newly elected members.

On this occasion, seven different agendas were presented in the Municipal Corporation. The first agenda was to install radiographic machinery and complete the work of X-ray room, ultrasound room and operation theatre in the Veterinary Hospital, Raipur Kalan, Chandigarh. Which was passed with consent. The second agenda was of water pipeline in Burail village, which was kept for consideration in the upcoming meeting. The third agenda was presented for special repair of Rani Lakshmi Bai Bhawan located in Sector 38, which was passed with everyone’s consent.

The fourth agenda in the meeting was the processing of fresh wet waste in the dumping ground located at Daddumajra, which was passed unanimously. The fifth agenda was to extend the contract period of ABC centers in Sector 38 and Raipur Kalan and increase their capacity, this agenda was also passed by the House. The sixth agenda was to hire 50 tractor trolleys to remove tree litter from the roads, which was passed.

The seventh agenda was to declare Chandigarh as a 7-star garbage free city as per the protocol laid down by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, which was passed with the consent of all the councillors. Under this, the city has to be made garbage free in a better way. In which work is to be done on different 24 main points including door to door collection, geo-mapping of wards like ward boundaries, drains, water bodies, waste processing, waste processing facilities, landfills, dumpsites, sanitation and domestic hazardous waste. Processing and dry waste, sale of waste-waste by-products, scientific landfill, grievance redressal, plastic ban etc. are to be worked upon.

On this occasion, Chairman Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board and co-in-charge, Aam Aadmi Party Chandigarh, Dr. SS Ahluwalia said that today is a very important day for the people of Chandigarh, when the agenda of 20,000 liters of free water and free parking was passed by Mayor Kuldeep Kumar of India Alliance in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. He said that in today’s House meeting, BJP councillors created many obstacles to keep the city residents away from this facility, but overcoming all the obstacles, the councillors of India Alliance got these agendas passed