Thane mayor slams civic administration for not informing him about city getting Swachh award
Thane Nov 25 PTI Thane Mayor Naresh Mhaske has accused the civic administration of keeping him in the dark about the municipal corporation receiving the central governments Swachh Survekshan award 2021 The mayor has written a strongly-worded letter to Municipal Commissioner Vipin Sharma saying that he came to know about the Thane Municipal Corporation TMC receiving the award through the print media As per the awards declared last week the TMC stood at the 14th position in the garbage-free city and waste management category The civic administration has been insulting and sidelining the mayor and the elected representatives he said in the letter that was shared with the media on Wednesday The administration did not even have the courtesy to inform him about the award for which the general body would have lauded the administration during the general body meeting he said In other civic bodies the mayor and other office-bearers were present to receive the awards but in case of Thane the civic officials conveniently did not inform the mayor and other office-bearers Even the additional municipal commissioner in-charge of the waste management was not told about it Mhaske claimed He said that the elected representatives in TMC are completely upset over the protocol not being followed and the repeated insult of the mayor and added that they are planning a non-cooperation movement He told the civic chief that the administration and the elected representatives act as two wheels But this attitude of the administration are turning things sour he said The mayor asked the commissioner to carry out an inquiry into the episode and take action against those responsible for it PTI COR NP NP
Thane Nov 25 PTI Thane Mayor Naresh Mhaske has accused the civic administration of keeping him in the dark about the municipal corporation receiving the central governments Swachh Survekshan award 2021 The mayor has written a strongly-worded letter to Municipal Commissioner Vipin Sharma saying that he came to know about the Thane Municipal Corporation TMC receiving the award through the print media As per the awards declared last week the TMC stood at the 14th position in the garbage-free city and waste management category The civic administration has been insulting and sidelining the mayor and the elected representatives he said in the letter that was shared with the media on Wednesday The administration did not even have the courtesy to inform him about the award for which the general body would have lauded the administration during the general body meeting he said In other civic bodies the mayor and other office-bearers were present to receive the awards but in case of Thane the civic officials conveniently did not inform the mayor and other office-bearers Even the additional municipal commissioner in-charge of the waste management was not told about it Mhaske claimed He said that the elected representatives in TMC are completely upset over the protocol not being followed and the repeated insult of the mayor and added that they are planning a non-cooperation movement He told the civic chief that the administration and the elected representatives act as two wheels But this attitude of the administration are turning things sour he said The mayor asked the commissioner to carry out an inquiry into the episode and take action against those responsible for it PTI COR NP NP
