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Mysuru deputy commissioner Rohini Sindhuri said she had only sought from city municipal corporation commissioner Shilpa Nag details of the Rs 12 crore CSR fund utilised in the city, besides Covid infection details.

A day after the Mysuru city municipal corporation commissioner Shilpa Nag announced her resignation, alleging harassment by the deputy commissioner of the district Rohini Sindhuri, the latter on Friday claimed she had only sought from her details of the Rs 12 crore CSR fund utilised in the city, besides Covid infection details. "We wanted to utilise the Corporate Social Responsibility funds for COVID management under a government programme 'Vaidyara Nade, Halli Kade' (Doctors' march towards villages). So I asked where the funds had gone. I wanted to know whether the entire Rs 12 crore of CSR fund was spent on the city and how it was utilised," Ms Sindhuri said on the sidelines of a function. The deputy commissioner said the funds were required for the VNHK programme, but the details have not been shared yet. Ms Sindhuri added that she had sought Gram Panchayat and municipal ward wise details of COVID infections to ensure that Mysuru district is free from COVID by July 1. "We need to join hands and give correct data.It cannot be right if one day you say there are 400 infections and 40 the next day. These discrepancies should not be fed to the COVID war room," Ms Sindhuri added.