Mayor mulls over proposals with MiC members
13 May 2023 08:05:54
Staff Reporter
An important meeting of Mayor-in-Council was held at Jabalpur Municipal Corporation headquarters, on Friday. Mayor Jagat Bahadur Singh chaired the meeting. He emphasised that the city is rapidly transforming into a metropolis and highlighted various development and infrastructure works that have been undertaken for overall growth of the city.
The Mayor mentioned that M-i-C made several important decisions in the public interest, including approval of various development projects.
Among these projects, a two-storey grand new House building and meeting hall will be constructed soon. Likewise, a number of works will be carried out to ease citizens’ concerns regarding lease, free hold, road construction, water crisis and waterlogging. The proposal for issuing a new tender of Rs 45 crore for sanitation workers was also approved during the meeting. The Mayor-in-Council meeting also approved the recruitment process of guest teachers in 5 Higher Secondary schools run by the Jabalpur Municipal Corporation. In addition, the meeting also gave nod to proposal for improving cleanliness, sanitation and solid waste management. In preparation for Swachh Survekshan 2023, the meeting also approved the innovative use of old unusable buses for public welfare, such as utensil banks, bag banks, libraries, museums and toilets.
The M-i-C also directed to conduct physical verification of allotment of land in village Kathonda for firecracker traders. After verification of the land, approval will be granted to allotment case. The Mayor also submitted the DPR for the construction of stadium and instructed the officers to decide on the agency for preparation, installation of solar plants, tender for electricity bill agency and provide relief to the citizens from waterlogging and drainage of rainwater by placing hume pipes on both sides of the drains. He also directed to issue a new tender for the work of tarring and administrative approval was granted for issuing a new tender worth Rs 45 crore for sanitation workers.
The Mayor reiterated that Jabalpur is changing and moving fast towards becoming a metropolis and continuous work is being done to push its development in the right direction. He stressed that all 48 development points included in the budget will be addressed and along with the meeting hall, a grand two-storey house with all the necessary facilities will also be constructed. Mayor-in-Council members, Municipal Commissioner Swapnil Wankhade along with other senior officials participated in the meeting.