Residents of Palayampatti panchayat under Aruppukottai union on Monday thronged the Collectorate in large numbers to hand over hundreds of petitions opposing the State Government’s proposal to merge part of their panchayat with nearby Aruppukottai Town municipality. The villagers have been protesting against the proposal claiming that the economically weaker sections under the rural local body would lose their jobs …
More than 100 residents from Kootampuli, Thirumalaiapuram, Siluvaipuram, Siruppadu and Saveriarpuram villages under Kumaragiri panchayat submitted a petition at the weekly grievance redressal meeting in Thoothukudi opposing the integration of their villages with the Corporation. The Government of Tamil Nadu on January 1 released the list proposing the reorganisation of local bodies, which also included the merger of village panchayats …
Residents of Somayampalayam village panchayat have voiced strong opposition to the State government’s decision to merge the village with Coimbatore Corporation. One major concern is the potential loss of the 100-day employment scheme under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, which is available only to panchayats. As a panchayat, residents have more control over local decision-making, but the …
Opposing the merger of village panchayats with town panchayats and municipalities, as it would allegedly affect the families dependent on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, over 500 women submitted a petition to the Sub-Collector in Gobichettipalayam on Friday. Addressing the workers, Mr. Sundaram said the State government had recently issued a notification to merge 10 village panchayats with …
