Mysuru metropolis municipal company commissioner Shilpa Nag has introduced her resignation.
Mysuru:
A day after the Mysuru metropolis municipal company commissioner Shilpa Nag introduced her resignation, alleging harassment by the deputy commissioner of the district Rohini Sindhuri, the latter on Friday claimed she had solely sought from her particulars of the Rs 12 crore CSR fund utilised within the metropolis, in addition to Covid an infection particulars.
“We wanted to utilise the Corporate Social Responsibility funds for COVID management under a government programme ‘Vaidyara Nade, Halli Kade‘ (Doctors’ march towards villages). So I asked where the funds had gone. I wanted to know whether the entire Rs 12 crore of CSR fund was spent on the city and how it was utilised,” Ms Sindhuri stated on the sidelines of a operate.
The deputy commissioner stated the funds had been required for the VNHK programme, however the particulars haven’t been shared but. Ms Sindhuri added that she had sought Gram Panchayat and municipal ward sensible particulars of COVID infections to make sure that Mysuru district is free from COVID by July 1.
“We need to join hands and give correct data.It cannot be right if one day you say there are 400 infections and 40 the next day. These discrepancies should not be fed to the COVID war room,” Ms Sindhuri added.
She stated that she has already introduced all the main points to the discover of Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar.
“We have already issued a press note and we have brought the entire thing to the notice of Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar”, she stated.
Sources within the authorities stated Ravi Kumar reportedly requested Ms Nag how she carried out a press convention with out bringing the matter to his discover.
Meanwhile, the federal government directed the Regional Commissioner of Mysuru to conduct a probe on reviews in regards to the building of a swimming pool and a gymnasium on the Mysuru deputy commissioner’s official residence at a price of Rs 50 lakh.
The regional commissioner has been requested to furnish the report inside per week.
As the struggle between two senior IAS officers got here out within the open, former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy stated this incident confirmed the “inability” of the federal government.
“The open quarrels between the Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru district and the Municipal Commissioner of Mysuru city have raised suspicions in the state whether the government is in existence or not,” Mr Kumaraswamy tweeted.
Commenting on the problem, the Congress state chief DK Shivakumar stated: “Yatha Raja, Tatha Adhikari (As is the king, so are the officials).”
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