Overview
- Corporators from Congress, BJP and AIMIM joined forces to criticize widespread civic failures and alleged corruption in GHMC’s town planning and maintenance wings.
- Additional commissioner S. Pankaja confirmed that police cases have been filed over the sale of fake birth and death certificates.
- Commissioner R.V. Karnan said building permits have been fully digitalised since 2016 and that probes into repeated fire incidents at the Moghalpura Sports Complex town planning office are ongoing.
- Ahead of the session, BJP corporators staged a symbolic protest with water-clearance equipment to spotlight GHMC’s lack of monsoon preparedness.
- The meeting saw heated exchanges between BRS and BJP members over a Pahalgam attack blame game and local demolition disputes, and Congress corporator Baba Fasiuddin alleged a death threat linked to a BRS MLA.