Corporation Council to set ball rolling
By G Saravanan Published on December 31: CHENNAI: With the Tamil Nadu government announcing its intention of expanding the boundaries of Chennai Corporation by assimilating adjacent local bodies, the civic body’s Council meet slated for Thursday is expected to formally set the ball rolling on the merger and reorganisation by tabling the government order (GO) on the subject at the meeting. According to sources, the government notification issued a few days ago would be placed at the Council meet for acceptance of by the councillors. Within the next few days, the civic body is expected to form a team of officials drawn from all departments with an IAS officer at its helm. Besides preparing a list of issues faced by the local bodies that are to be amalgamated with the Chennai Corporation, the team would study their financial condition. A detailed report on proposals, such as the number of new wards that need to be created, basic amenities in different local bodies and the absorption of em...