Mohali: F&CC power to spend Rs 1 crore revoked, General House to decide such matters

The Punjab Local Bodies Department has revoked the power of the Municipal Corporation’s Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) to spend Rs 1 crore on the grounds that the F&CC cannot incur any expenditure directly.

The development is considered a setback to the Congress which has a majority in the House.

Showing the letter issued by the Director (Local Bodies) to the media, the councillors of Azad Group said that in a letter, dated June 27, to the commissioners of all Municipal Corporations, the director said that only after deliberations in the General House should any work be assigned to the F&CC.