Councillors question delay in payment to contractors

Bengaluru | Saturday | 23rd June, 2018

Summary:

Newly-elected MLA from Jayanagar Sowmya Reddy (left) made her debut in the BBMP Council meeting, at the civic headquarters, on Friday. “The BBMP has already taken up programmes under the Nagarottana scheme and other State funds, but the funds have not been released yet. Sathyanarayana said it seemed that the BBMP would release payments to contractors only if they staged a protest. 10,000 crore had been approved under State infrastructure grants and Nagarottana grants, and the government had released Rs. Councillors said that the police often call them to complain about inadequate street lighting..