After 15 months, Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is all set to conduct its first offline civic common physique (GB) assembly on June 18. This would be the first in-person assembly of corporators after the state banned such conferences final yr throughout the lockdown section.
The determination to carry the assembly was taken after the state relaxed Covid restrictions and the civic our bodies had been directed to carry GB conferences. The PCMC assembly might be held with 50 % attendance. However, the administration stated that no determination has been taken whether or not solely vaccinated corporators might be allowed to attend or whether or not COVID testing might be made obligatory for corporators earlier than the assembly.
“The state has given permission to the PCMC and other civic bodies to hold general body meetings in person. The government has allowed 50 per cent attendance of corporators,” stated PCMC extra municipal commissioner Ulhas Jagtap, who can be the municipal secretary.
Following the directions of the state, Municipal Commissioner Rajesh Patil issued an order to prepare the GB assembly with 50 % attendance.
Jagtap stated, “Though the town chief’s order doesn’t point out something about vaccination and Covid testing of corporators, standing committee chairman Nitin Landge has written to the commissioner, demanding that every one civic conferences be held offline as a result of The corporators have obtained each vaccine doses. “
Another extra municipal commissioner Vikas Dakhane stated, “As far as testing and vaccination is concerned, we will discuss it with the leaders of the House and the mayor and take a decision accordingly.”
Patil stated that he has not but taken any determination on whether or not the Covid take a look at needs to be made obligatory for the corporators or they need to get themselves absolutely vaccinated earlier than the assembly. Jagtap stated that after this all physique conferences might be offline with 50 % attendance.
He stated {that a} whole of 164 councilors can sit within the common physique assembly on the PCMC headquarters. “We have 130 corporators, of whom five are co-opted. Three councilors died in the last one year. But we have a seating capacity of 164. Hence, at least 82 corporators will be allowed in the meeting hall,” he stated.
Usually the assembly of GB is held on twentieth of each month. Officials stated that since June 20 is a Sunday, the assembly has been postponed until June 18. Jagtap stated that masks and hand sanitisation could be obligatory for all attendees earlier than coming into the assembly corridor. “The corporators shall sit at a distance of six feet from each other.”
Jagtap stated the Leader of the House of every get together will determine who will attend the assembly this month or the next months until the most recent authorities order concerning 50 per cent attendance is applied. “The mayor will write to the leaders of each party’s house to decide who will attend this month’s meeting,” he stated.
Shiv Sena councilor Rahul Kalate stated that although the federal government had banned offline conferences, Mayor Usha Dhore was current in GB assembly corridor throughout such conferences. “The officers used to be present online. At least 30-40 councilors used to be present in the hall and watch proceedings online,” he stated.
NCP councilor Shyam Lande stated, “A number of irregularities got here to the fore throughout the on-line conferences. It was troublesome to catch what was taking place. We couldn’t inform which invoice is being put up and which proposals have been permitted. We couldn’t discover out who was talking because the audio was of poor high quality.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
