Removal of Electric Poles may cost huge
There is something to cheer for the local people as General Body of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has passed the proposal to remove the electric poles and Distribution Boxes (DBs) standing tall on the roads and creating severe problems to the vehicular traffic and posing a great threat to the life of local citizens.
This decision was taken in the special meeting held on Friday afternoon at Raje Raghojirao Bhonsle Nagar Bhavan, Mahal. Total 13 proposals including three old and 10 new proposals were placed in the meeting. Of total 10 new proposals, seven were passed while two were reserved for the consent of Mayor and one for Hearing Committee. The three old proposals were kept unheard.
The proposal to remove Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited’s electric poles and DBs standing tall on roads was among the seven proposals passed by the General Body. With the consent of General Body, NMC will raise funds of Rs 100 crore. The work will be done immediately as per the directives of High Court. NMC will pay Rs 15 crore per year for the debt of Rs 100 crore. The other six proposals passed by the General Body include to change the reservation of seven acres land located in Jaitala for crematorium and send the proposal for the approval of State Government, to demolish the lavatory located in the ground in front of Siddharth Library in Ward no-52, to change the reservation of Dispensary and Maternity Home to residential purpose on 0.5760 hectare land located in Parsodi, to constitute selection committee for taking personal interview for the 10 posts of Food Inspectors under Health Department, to promote 18 persons for the post of Junior Health Inspectors as per the Promotion Committee report (with couple of corrections) and to demolish the dilapidated building of NMC Marathi Primary School located in Ward no-70, Mahal. The two proposals that have been reserved for the consent of Mayor include Divisional Committee Report on Abdul Nazir Khan, Assistant Teacher, Tajbag Urdu Primary School, to freeze his pension and recruitment of four family members of deceased NMC employees as per their educational qualification. The one proposal that has been reserved for the consent of Hearing Committee include Divisional Committee Report to dismiss P B Gosh, Malaria Worker, Malaria Department.
The three old proposals that were unheard include to increase the rates of Yeshwant Stadium ground, to develop the roads with the help of local citizens, and to develop NMC owned roads. It may be mentioned here that, the special meeting that started about three hours late from scheduled time came to an end in meager 10 minutes. There were no discussions on the proposals and Mayor Maya Iwnate read the proposals as passed. Visnupad Bute, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Kishor Kumeriya, Deputy Mayor and other office bearers and officials of NMC were present. Aseem Gupta, Municipal Commissioner, who is on Mumbai tour was not present in the meeting.
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