Kochi Corporation Council meeting on Monday likely to be stormy
The Hindu
Special session to discuss issues related to waste management
The special session of the Kochi Corporation Council to be held on Monday is likely to be a stormy one with the Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) councillors likely to hold the civic administration accountable for its various acts.
The stance of the Communist Party of India (CPI) that the civic body needs to retender the bid for running the existing waste treatment plant has added power to the UDF campaign that all is not well on the waste management front.
The CPI is of the view that the technical bid submitted by the agency, which was selected for the job, was a faulty one and hence unacceptable. The civic administration needs to float the bid once again. The CPI had raised the issue at an earlier meeting of the council, said a party leader.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.