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Erring Corporation officials to face disciplinary action

KOCHI: Disciplinary action will be initiated against officials who disobey the directives of the Corporation Council, said Kochi Mayor Tony Chammany.

Announcing the decision at a council meeting here on Tuesday, Mr. Chammany also directed the Corporation secretary to submit a report on the violation of guidelines regarding road works.

The Corporation council had earlier decided that the quality of road works should be inspected by the working group of the Corporation and the details of the work should be displayed at both ends of the road.

However, this was not complied with in a large number of cases. It was also decided that the time schedule regarding the works should be communicated to the working groups.

According to an agenda that came up before the council meeting, in all zones of the Corporation except Edapally, work began without observing the guidelines. In Fort Kochi, 12 works were begun violating the guidelines. Violations were also reported in Vyttila zone (17 works), Central zone (11) and Palluruthy zone (seven works).

The Corporation engineer admitted that violations had taken place in these zones and Corporation officials and contractors were responsible for it.

T.J. Vinod, the Development Standing Committee chairman, said that shortage of staff was one reason for lack of supervision.

The possibility of utilising the services of apprentices for supervision should be explored, he said.

In his reply, Mr. Chammany said that the officials were duty-bound to implement the directives of the Corporation council.

The council urged the State government to write off the arrears of water charges of the civic body. The State government's decision to deduct the arrears due to the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) from the various grants and allocations to the civic body would upset its development programmes, Mr. Chammany said.

The corporation might have to resort to legal recourse against the move, he said.

K. J. Sohan, the Town Planning Standing Committee chairman, said that the actual number of public taps in the city was 3,500 against 5,000 as projected by the Authority. The Corporation had entrusted the task of counting the number of public taps to an agency, he said.

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