Proposal to allot residential plots to elected members unanimously opposed in corporation meeting

Kalaburagi City Corporation unanimously opposes proposal to allot residential plots to corporators, instead focusing on providing housing to the poor.

The general body of the Kalaburagi City Corporation has unanimously opposed the proposal by one of its members to allot residential plots to corporators in the city.

Just as corporator Sajid Kalyani presented the demand in the general body meeting held at Town Hall in Kalaburagi on Tuesday and appealed to the house to resolve in favour of it, Mayor Vishal Dargi and Corporation Commissioner Bhuvanesh Devidas Patil, with smiles on their faces, said that a decision on the matter will be taken after examining the legal provisions and feasibility.

However, senior corporator and former Mayor Syed Ahmed took serious exception to the very proposal itself by Sajid Kalyani and also the sort of assuring response that came from the Mayor and Commissioner to it.

“We are elected and sent to the civic body to discuss and address people’s problems and not to create better opportunities for ourselves. There are several poor people in our city who don’t have shelters,” he said.

”Instead of exploring the possibilities of providing housing to them, we are discussing the possibility of granting residential plots to ourselves. On the one hand, the civic body appears to be financially so poor that it has been unable to pay compensation of ₹5 lahk that it promised to a poor girl who was attacked by stray dogs,” he said.

“On the other hand, we are exploring the opportunities to get residential plots for ourselves. It is objectionable,” Mr. Ahmed said.

Though Mr. Kalyani tried to justify his demand and push for it, many elected members, one after the other, rallied behind Mr. Ahmed to oppose the proposal forcing the member [Mr. Kalyani] to stop pressing for it.