Chandigarh: F&CC nod to inflatable emergency light towers for rescue services

A meeting of the municipal corporation’s finance and contract committee was held here on Thursday under the chairmanship of mayor Sarabjit Kaur Dhillon

A meeting of the municipal corporation’s finance and contract committee was held here on Thursday under the chairmanship of mayor Sarabjit Kaur Dhillon.

50% concession of five-day ground rent with respect to the Circus Ground in Sector 17 was also approved by F&CC. (HT File Photo)

It was attended by councillors Mahesinder Singh Sidhu, Saurabh Joshi, Jasbir Singh, Gurbax Rawat and Taruna Mehta, besides senior MC officials.

The committee members accorded approval to purchase of six inflatable emergency light towers for fire and rescue services at an estimated cost of ₹13.71 lakh.

50% concession of five-day ground rent with respect to the Circus Ground in Sector 17 was also approved.

Besides, the committee granted approval to the rough cost estimate for the replacement of old/broken 6-inch PVC pipelines with 6-inch HDPE pipes at the parks of Sector 46 at an estimated cost of ₹25.97 lakh.

Sidhu raised the issue of piles of horticulture waste outside people’s houses. He said for the last few months, the collection system had become irregular.