CCMC yet to start budget work; opposition alleges staff shortage

THE fiscal year is drawing to a close, but the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) is yet to start preparations to table its budget proposals for 2025-26.

- ARAVIND RAJ @ Coimbatore

While opposition councillors say the civic body wakes up only at the eleventh hour, residents said most of the projects that were announced in the last two years are yet to be implemented.

While a few corporations in the state have presented their budget proposals, the CCMC has not started the work yet, sources said, adding the civic body was waiting for the state government to table its budget proposals in the legislative assembly.

It may be noted that CCMC was one of the local bodies that tabled its budget last in the past couple of years. The delay has been attributed to staff shortage. AIADMK floor leader Prabhakaran told TNIE, "The CCMC are in deep sleep. We've to wake them up and ask them to start the budget works. The Tiruppur corporation has conducted an all-party meeting regarding the budget but CCMC is yet to conduct a stakeholder meeting to receive suggestions from people."