A KEY meeting of the Mayor-inCouncil (MiC) of Bhilai Municipal Corporation was held in the presence of Mayor Neeraj Pal and Additional Commissioner-cumSecretary Rajendra Kumar Dohre. Several important proposals related to public welfare, infrastructure development and strengthening civic administration were approved after detailed discussion. The council agreed to reconsider and approve the legal procedure for change of land use for plots allotted on 30-year lease by the Special Area Development Authority.

 

This decision is expected to resolve many long-pending cases. Approval was also given for road asphalting works in Zone-3, including the stretch from Baikunthdham gate to the Health Office in Ward 31, and from Kishan Chowk to Pump House No. 1 via Pappu Chowk in Ward 35, which will improve traffic movement. The meeting approved strengthening waste management through better segregation at SLRM centres and composting of wet waste.

 

The purchase of new resource vehicles under the 15th Finance Commission’s Million Plus City scheme was also cleared. The council decided to hand over the operation and maintenance of the playground in Vaishali Nagar, Zone-2, to private or institutional agencies for better management. It was further decided to place before the advisory committee the proposal to invite Expression of Interest for the operation of Gardens No. 1 to 4 located on GE Road in Nehru Nagar.

 

Fresh proposals will also be prepared for the auction of abandoned and illegally parked vehicles, as well as for renting out community buildings and vacant premises. Several service-related issues of regular and placement employees were also discussed. The meeting was attended by MIC members Laxmipati Raju, Siju Anthony, Sandeep Nirankari, Ekansh Banchhor, Keshav Chaubey, Aditya Singh, Lalchand Verma, Chandrashekhar Ganwai, Rita Singh Gera, Neha Sahu, along with senior officers and department heads.