The Fact News Service
Chandigarh, November 24
Gulab Chand Kataria, Governor Punjab and Administrator UT Chandigarh attended the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh House meeting to address various pressing issues of the city beautiful.
City Mayor Kuldeep Kumar welcomed the chief guest Sh. Gulab Chand Kataria and briefed about the various areas of activities under the ambit of MC Chandigarh including roads, gardens, sewerage, toilets, and other areas.
MC Commissioner Amit Kumar, IAS, gave a brief presentation about the last five years’ grant in aid received with time head-wise break; expenditure under the capital head and revenue head respectively; annual operations and maintenance costs.
The MC Commissioner also said that the Corporation is working in the direction to increase revenues and curtail expenses. He also requested for positive intervention from the Chandigarh Administration to come out of the financial burden.
The Administrator took round of introduction of all the councilors, shared his public life experiences from his vast political career, and said that once elected, the councilor belongs to the public at large.He said that the purpose of this visit is to listen to the issues of the MC house, understand them, and help in finding solutions.
The Administrator advised that working committees may be formed within the MC house regarding various important subjects in order to increase the efficiency of the house.
The Administrator also suggested roping in volunteering brilliant retired officials and experts to discuss such pertaining matters and utilise their expertise in finding solutions.
Giving a holistic view, the Administrator said that to increase the potential of revenue generation in Chandigarh, we need to build world-class education facilities.
Promote medical tourism, and organize Sports competitions regularly at national and international levels. The Administrator also said that third-party audit may be carried out for all projects under MC.The administrator said that one of the most important revenue source is Property tax and therefore, Property valuation should be done periodically.
UT Administrator emphasized ring road proposal to decongest the traffic passing through the city. He assured all help in this regard to obtain funds from the Centre.
The Administrator assured all councilors that they are welcome to meet and discuss important issues, ideas and solutions in future also. He assured cooperation in all aspects for public welfare.
