Mangalore: Corporator Pratibha Kulai on Wednesday, alleged that the security guard agency, which has been hired by Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) to post 12 security guards in Surathkal and surrounding areas, has employed only seven guards while agency is paid for 12 security guards.
At the MCC annual meeting on Wednesday, she said that the private security agency which has been entrusted with the responsibility of appointing and managing security guards to various properties of the MCC, was submitting wrong information to the Corporation and getting paid.
According to the claims made by the agency, it has recruited 12 security personnel in Kulai and Surathkal ward, but in reality, only seven personnel have been appointed. The total number of security personnel appointed in the crematorium, old and new Surathkal market and City Corporation’s Surathkal branch was not in consonance with the agency’s claims. The agency is deceiving the Corporation and swindling the money, she said.
Another neighbouring corporator too echoed her views and said there was an instance of the agency getting monetary claims for a security man, though the post is vacant since eight months.
Taking serious cognizance of the issue, Mayor Mahabala Marla constituted a team to investigate the issue and submit a report in three days.
MCC in-Charge Commissioner Gokuldas Nayak said the contract was given to Premier Security Agency for hiring and maintaining 90 security personnel in Corporation limits. “The MCC pays the agency based on the certification given by lower level officers,” he said.
Ward committee
When the agenda on formation of ward committees appeared before the council, no concrete decision was taken on it. Rather, the Mayor appointed a three-member committee to study the implementation of ward committees.
The committee led by Corporator Lancelot Pinto, with Vinay Raj and Naveen Chandra as its members, was asked to study the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 2011 Amendment and implementation of ward committees in other parts of the country.
