Mayor-in-council constituted
   Date :21-Jan-2020

Mayor in council constitu
 
Staff Reporter :
 
RAIPUR,
 
Mayor Aijaz Dhebar constituted his 14-member Mayor-in-Council (MiC) by exercising the power vested on him by Section 37 of the Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation Act 1956. Mayor Dhebar made the announcement of MiC on Monday evening. Gyanesh Sharma was given the charge of Public Works Department (PWD), Ritesh Tripathi-General Administration & Legal Works Department, Shrikumar Menon-Town Planning & Building Permit Department, Anjani Vibhar-Revenue Department, Satnam Panag-Water Works Department, Naagbhusan Rao Yadav-Food, Public Health and Sanitation Department, Ajit Kukreja-Fire Brigade, and Engineering Department, Sameer Akhtar-Finance, Account and Auditing Department, Sahdev Vyahvar-Poverty Alleviation and Social Welfare Department, Draupati Hemant Patel-Women and Child Development Department, Sundar Jogi-Schedule Caste & Schedule Tribe Department, Jitendra Agrawal-Sports and Youth Welfare Department, Suresh Channawar-Environment and Horticulture Department, and Akash Tiwari-Culture, Entertainment and Heritage Conservation Department.
 
Talking to the media persons after announcement of MiC, Mayor Dhebar stated Departments were distributed according to experience of each Corporator. Important portfolios were allotted to people with good oratory skills. Names of Zone Chairmen will also be announced within 5 or 6 days. MiC meetings will be held every six months and position of each member depends upon their performance. Poor performing ones will be purged.
 
On the question of Deputy Mayor, Dhebar said it’s a decision of Chief Minister and he will just follow his instructions. He also expressed his intentions to develop the RMC run schools on par with Delhi Government Schools and to take task as pilot project. He also claimed of sorting out the issues with newly build inter-state bus terminus and said buses will soon be operating from the new terminus.