Councillors Officials missing works stalled

Tribune News ServiceJalandhar August 20A new issue has arisen between the MC officials and the councillors The councillors who are also the part of ad hoc committees met Mayor Jagdish Raja and told him that the officials are not present in their offices whenever they go to meet them to get the works doneIt has been happening for a long time We have asked the mayor that the officers of every wing of the Municipal Corporation must remain in their cabins for two hours in the evening so that we can get the works of our wards done Balraj Thakur chairman of the Health and Sanitation Ad hoc Committee saidThey said that if one official was available and the documents were signed by him another is absent and the whole process gets stalled and gets postponed to the next dayThakur said even the councillors remain on field in the morning and listen to the problems of the residents of their respective wards and when in the evening they take the problems to the officers to get some solution the latter are not found The Mayor agreed to our demand to have a meeting with the officials and to advise them to remain in the office Thakur saidAnother councillor said every work cannot be done on the phone and some works are only completed after a proper meeting Works like getting signatures and discussions on files related to estimates on various projects ward related works etc are suffering The councillors also said that a work which should complete within a day takes more than four to five days to get accomplished