Councillors of Pugalur municipality belonging to various political parties on Wednesday staged a protest against the slow progress of development work.The councillors, led by Municipal Chairman Gunasekaran sat in the council hall and raised slogans against the Municipal Commissioner Venkatachalam. Of the 24 councillors, 22 belonging to the DMK, the Congress, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and the BJP took part in the protest.They said there had been no progress in development work since the Commissioner assumed office about five months ago.
The ongoing projects were literally stalled and no new works were started. Though the people’s representatives had brought various issues to the attention, the officials had failed to take needy action to address the issues.
It had affected the basic functions of the Municipality.They urged the State government to transfer the Commissioner with immediate effect. The protest that began around 11 a.m. continued beyond 8 p.m.Claiming that the Commissioner had been acting against the interest of the employees and workers, a section of staff members joined the protest with the councillor.
Published - November 04, 2026 08:32 pm IST