A new car for Deputy Mayor

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe Corporation Council will put four of its old vehicles for auction and buy a new car for Deputy Mayor G Happykumar. The proposal for this was approved by the Council meeting on Thursday. If it’s a car for the Deputy Mayor, then why not mobile phones and interest-free loans for councillors, many were heard thinking aloud.The Finance Committee agenda said that the Ford Fiesta 1.5 Style car would cost Rs 10,45,494 and would be bought on the auction money with the permission of the government and DPC. UDF councillor Chandavilla Mohanan said that the zonal offices had only one car and sometimes they were called for duty at the Corporation main office. When four cars are being auctioned, the vehicle crisis will only get bigger. What is the solution for that, he asked. UDF councillor Sureshkumar (Vazhuthacaud) said that it was okay for the Deputy Mayor to enjoy the new car but should not we be given at least mobile phones to call each other. Considering our honorarium, phone bills are a nightmare, he added. Medical College councillor Sreekumar said that the Council should write to the Government to ask whether councillors could avail of interest-free loans. Many others could be heard asking if the Works Committee Chairman would miss a new car and some even lamented that Appeals Committee chairman Syamkumar was allotted no vehicle.first published:August 17, 2012, 11:50 ISTlast updated:August 17, 2012, 11:50 IST
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The Corporation Council will put four of its old vehicles for auction and buy a new car for Deputy Mayor G Happykumar. The proposal for this was approved by the Council meeting on Thursday. If it’s a car for the Deputy Mayor, then why not mobile phones and interest-free loans for councillors, many were heard thinking aloud.

The Finance Committee agenda said that the Ford Fiesta 1.5 Style car would cost Rs 10,45,494 and would be bought on the auction money with the permission of the government and DPC.

UDF councillor Chandavilla Mohanan said that the zonal offices had only one car and sometimes they were called for duty at the Corporation main office. When four cars are being auctioned, the vehicle crisis will only get bigger. What is the solution for that, he asked. UDF councillor Sureshkumar (Vazhuthacaud) said that it was okay for the Deputy Mayor to enjoy the new car but should not we be given at least mobile phones to call each other. Considering our honorarium, phone bills are a nightmare, he added.

Medical College councillor Sreekumar said that the Council should write to the Government to ask whether councillors could avail of interest-free loans. Many others could be heard asking if the Works Committee Chairman would miss a new car and some even lamented that Appeals Committee chairman Syamkumar was allotted no vehicle.