Mysuru: In a strange incident, a Mysuru City Corporation official faced the ire of a Janata Dal (Secular) Corporator for refusing to clear a contract bill against unauthorised works.
Nataraj, area coprorator of ward No 57 verbally abused official Ninga Shetty over phone for not clearing the bill. It is gathered that official Ninga Shetty’s refusal to clear the bill related to an unauthorised work contract had enraged Nataraj.
Hurt by the developments, the official has registered a complaint against the corporator in Nazarbad Police Station.
Meanwhile, the corporation staff came in support of the official and demanded action against the erring corporator. Mayor Ravikumar intervened to diffuse the situation through talks, which remained inconclusive.
Mysuru misses smart city project due to financial resource mismanagement
According to rules, Corporators are not eligible to take any contract works within MCC limits. However, they manage to execute many contracts using other contractors’ names. The Auditor General had held the corporation responsible for having failed to give a proper account of Rs 2000 Crore received by it under National Urban Renewal Mission (NURM) program. The cultural city with “Clean City” tag missed the smart city project due to mismanagement of financial resources, it is learnt.
