Nominated disabled people B. Balaji and P. Jhancy Uma attended their first Council assembly on Friday.
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The Better Chennai Corporation (GCC) Council assembly on Friday changed into as soon as the predominant of its kind for two newly nominated people — B. Balaji and P. Jancy Uma, each and each people with disabilities. They thanked the State government and the Chennai Corporation for the nomination in their speeches at the assembly.
The Council passed plenty of resolutions associated to solid extinguish administration at the assembly, including a revision of wages for sanitation staff, fixing the day-to-day wage at ₹753 per worker.
The GCC will absorb bulk extinguish administration across all zones, to verify long-established series from bulk extinguish generators equivalent to residences, hotels, hospitals, and commercial buildings.
A complete of ₹6.47 crore has been allocated for a project to control home unsafe extinguish thru authorized personal companies. Approval changed into as soon as moreover granted to deploy 95 Tata Ace automobiles for door-to-door extinguish series at a price of ₹4.05 crore.
Resolutions were passed for legacy extinguish treatment thru biomining at predominant dump web sites. Biomining works at the Athipattu dumping ground were favorite at a price of ₹7.10 crore. The Council moreover reviewed ongoing biomining work at the Perungudi role and extinguish-associated actions pertaining to the Pallikaranai outdated dump yard, alongside with extinguish administration works under the Tamil Nadu Metropolis Habitat Pattern Board.
Many councillors flagged points referring to to frequent errors in starting up certificates, patta and OSR land complications, and stray cattle.
Published – December 20, 2025 05:30 am IST
