Salem Mayor, councillors start indefinite sit-in against Corporation Commissioner

Salem Corporation Mayor A. Ramachandran and 20 DMK councillors began their indefinite sit-in against Salem Corporation Commissioner Lalitaditya Neelam on Friday (September 25).

The Mayor alleged that the Corporation Commissioner did not send the resolutions passed in the council meetings to the State government.

Speaking to reporters, Mr. Ramachandran said the decision to privatise the drinking water supply in Salem Corporation should be cancelled. From the British era, it was the Salem Corporation that supplied water to the public, and it should continue. If a private company started supplying water, charges would be increased threefold.

Also, the transfer of land, worth ₹1,000-crore, for free for a waste-to-energy project should be dropped. If the plant was established, waste from five districts would be dumped in Salem, which would pollute land, air and water.