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Telugu Desam, YSRC corporators clash at civic meeting

Council session discusses construction of multiplex.

Rajahmundry: Municipal corporation council session on Thursday witnessed uproarious scenes with the ruling Telugu Desam and opposition YSR Congress corporators levelling charges against one another on the ongoing construction of a multiplex. The work has been going on without the mandatory building plan approval being obtained by the builders.

Soon after the session began with mayor P. Rajani Sesha Sai on the chair, YSR Congress floor leader M. Sharmila Reddy asked the ruling TD corporators who had given permission to construct the multiplex and who was its owner. Reacting to this, the deputy mayor Vasireddy Rambabu and TD floor leader Varre Srinivasa Rao asked the YSR Congress floor leader whether the eatery owned by her family had all requisite permissions. They were informed that the eatery was in possession of all the necessary permissions from the town planning authorities.

This was followed by allegations and counter allegations between the TD and YSR Congress corporators on the issue, The mayor then adjourned the session for some time. When the discussion resumed, BJP MLA Dr Akula Satyanarayana admonished corporators from both the parties and asked them not to behave like school students.

He stressed that they welcome the construction of malls and multiplex as part of developmental works but underlined the need to find out lapses in the construction activity and take measures to avoid any damage to property and loss of life.

TD MLA Gorantla Buchaiah Choudhary said he has taken stock of the developments of the multiplex through his relations living close by and raised objection to the involvement of the Rajahmundry MP M. Murali Mohan in the issue. He said that experts from JNTUK and IIT, Madras, have inspected the damaged multi-storied building. Based on their report, he added, they would fix responsibility on the builder and take the officials responsible for the lapse to task.

Reacting to the statement of the TD MLA, YSR Congress corporators demanded an inquiry into the multiplex issue with vigilance authorities.

Responding to this, Mt Choudhary asked the corporators if they were ready for a similar inquiry into the Venkateswara General Market owned by YSR Congress leader. This resulted in another exchange of heated arguments between TD and YSR Congress corporators and leaders. The session witnessed pandemonium for some more time forcing the Mayor to adjourn the session for a brief time.

When the session resumed, YSR Congress corporators reached the podium and staged dharna alleging that the mayor was not showing respect to its members and raised slogans against her. As the YSR Congress corporators were not allowing the session to conduct its proceedings, the mayor called the marshals to evict the male corporators while female corporators were lifted by She Team personnel from the council hall. Later, the evicted YSR Congress corporators staged dharna in front of the municipal corporation office and asked the ruling TD members as to how much bribe they had taken to allow construction of multiplex.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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