Gzb councillors stage sit-in for meeting details

Several councillors of the Ghaziabad municipal corporation staged a sit-in at the corporation headquarters at Navyug Market on Friday and demanded that official minutes of the board meeting held on June 30 be released.

- Peeyush Khandelwal

They added that the sit-in will continue at night as well.

The board meeting held on June 30 was called by Mayor Sunita Dayal. During the session, the board, with a resounding majority, rejected the proposed property tax hike as per the newly implemented structure. Ever since, the councillors have been demanding that the official minutes of the meeting, which had only one agenda, should be prepared and released at the earliest.

The minutes also hold significance as three former councillors have already moved to Allahabad high court in a public interest litigation (PIL) to oppose the property tax hike, which they say will burden residents.