Zone-level meetings have not been held for last five months, complained councillors
Councillors from the DMK and AIADMK parties in Madurai protested the five-month delay in holding mandatory zone-level meetings. The protest led to a commitment from the Corporation Commissioner to resume these meetings in early September.
Why it matters
The incident highlights local governance accountability and the friction between elected representatives and administrative officials regarding municipal transparency and revenue collection.
Councillors from the DMK and the AIADMK joined together and raised eyebrows over the failure to conduct zone-level meetings in the Madurai Corporation for the last five months and demanded that the authorities come out with a solution.
The Council meeting, held at Anna Maaligai on Monday, was chaired by Mayor (in-charge) T. Nagarajan. Commissioner Gaurav Kumar and other officials participated.
Even as the meeting was called to order, AIADMK councillor Solai M. Raja raised the issue and demanded a response from the Commissioner for not convening the meetings at the zone level. Joining him, DMK councillors, including Jayaraman and others, were on their toes. There was chaos as too many members were seen speaking and shouting at the official machinery.
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