Raising issues of his ward, a Congress corporator created ruckus during the general council meeting of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation here on Tuesday. He alleged that the concrete roads sanctioned three years ago are not being constructed.
The corporator, of ward 39, Mohammed Akbar, rose on his feet as soon as the House assembled and raised the issue of non-construction of CC road in Antyodaya Nagar and Aishbagh localities. When the BJP corporators attempted to interrupt him, he got annoyed and all of a sudden tore off his kurta and reached the well.
On this, other Congress corporators of Narela Assembly segment also joined Akbar and they staged a dharna in the well. later, the agitation was stopped after Mayor Krishna Gaur assured that within a week the construction work would commence.
There were also heated arguments between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Congress members over proposed multilevel parking at New Market and MP Nagar. The Opposition benches registered ire over handing of Narmada scheme to private vendors. Besides they were also angry that the general council meet has been called after three months due to that many developments works got stick.
The meet discussed the construction of service lane from Habibganj to New Market and auction of vacant plots in Transport Nagar of Kokta.
Mayor Krishna Gaur nominated Kishan Suryawanshi as the new Mayor in Council (MiC) water works department in-charge for the remaining tenure of the council.
Earlier, before the commencement of the meeting a two-minute silence was observed over the demise of water works department in-charge and corporator Ashok Pande. Homage was also paid to the departed soul by the House. The BMC corporators on their arrival at the new auditorium hall were accorded welcome by municipal authorities with panicles. A group photo session of the corporators was also held outside the new auditorium of the BMC at ISBT. Senior Congress corporator Shahid Ali refused to be part of the group photo. The meeting was the last meeting of council’s tenure. Being the last meeting of Mayor Krishna Gaur’s tenure because elections are due for the BMC, all the corporators met cordially with each other.