In the last 10 months, allegations and counter-allegations have been major highlights in the Municipal Corporation. While officials say the councillors “interfere in their work”, the councillors feel the officials “have no accountability and hide information”.

In this tussle for power and lack of coordination, civic work is the casualty.

On one hand, pending projects are haunting the civic body, and on the other, projects executed earlier are demanding attention. Newsline takes a look at the functioning of the civic body.

Pending for ever
Execution of numerous projects passed in the previous years is pending. Projects like construction of Sehaj Safai Kendras (SSK) in all sectors, installing multi-play equipment in greenbelts, revamping Sector 17, opening more laundry marts and readying community centres are stuck at various stages of execution.

Plans of some of these projects have to be cleared by the UT Administration. In others, tenders have been floated numerous times, but bidders don’t step forward.

MC officials blame it on “excessive agenda”. They say with the available resources, it is not possible to execute all the projects.

Councillor Jatinder Bhatia says there should be better communication between the officials and the councillors. “There is a gap between the officials and the councillors which needs to be removed. This was not the case earlier,” he says.

Too many inquiries
UT Administrator has ordered setting up of an inquiry committee to investigate the procedure followed in sanctioning foreign tours of councillors and officials.

The committee will also look into the purchase of equipment for various projects; whether rules and regulations are followed; and if not, will devise the corrective measures required.

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