Protests against smart meters in Surat gaining momentum with night meetings organized in residential societies. Congress and AAP members sharing information and creating awareness about disadvantages of smart meters.
Leader of opposition in Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) Payal Sakariya was suspended from the general board meeting on Tuesday by Mayor Daxesh Mavani. Sakariya was demanding inclusion of AAP’s suggestions in the budget and refused to stop despite mayor’s request.
AAP workers were detained after holding a foundation laying ceremony of a municipal school in Punagam area of Surat. The school project, approved and funded, was not started.
She added that on December 16, 2023, the SMC commissioner accepted AAP's demands, allowing the school to come up on the plot. “The work order for the construction of the school was issued to Standard Buildcon for Rs 7.32 crore,” said Sakariya.
Surat: The city recently had the distinction of being declared the cleanest city in the country, but mounds of solid waste at multiple locations on th.