The incident occurred Monday when residents of the Warasiya area arrived at the VMC headquarters in Khanderao market to complain about the contaminated water in the locality.
The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) is facing challenges in controlling the level of faecal coliform bacteria in treated waste water from its sewage treatment plants. The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued notices to VMC regarding this issue. VMC operates 12 STPs in the city, and the concern is specifically related to three of these plants.
Vadodara: The standing committee of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) cleared the budget proposed by the municipal commissioner with a minor in.
The Congress corporators were backed by corporator Ashish Joshi of the BJP who had already written a letter to the VMC Commissioner on January 22 demanding strict action against officers concerned for "negligence" in the case.
Soon, BJP corporator Joshi also delivered a fiery address giving an 'ultimatum' to the Municipal Commissioner to "ascertain the liability of the officers concerned" by the next general board meeting and threatened to join the Congress corporators on the floor.