Overview
- Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Singh suspended BMC veterinary officer Dr. B.P. Gaur during the January 13 council session.
- The House also approved suspensions for 11 additional employees pending a departmental inquiry into the slaughter case.
- Council chairman Kishan Suryavanshi declared the municipal slaughterhouse permanently closed, announced a citywide ban on animal slaughter, and ordered the contractor blacklisted.
- MIC member R P Singh Baghel told councillors that the slaughterhouse operator had been arrested and sent to jail, with further action to follow based on the police report.
- Despite protests, adjournments and a Congress walkout, the council passed proposals for individual household water connections, a revised marriage registration fee of Rs 130 within 60 days rising to Rs 1,100 thereafter, and the issuance of Rs 200 crore in Green Municipal Bonds under AMRUT 2.0.