TIRUPPUR: The Tiruppur corporation council meeting held on Thursday was full of heated debates and protests over issues including property tax reduction, solid waste management, street lights and portraits of former CMs in the council hall. A special resolution was passed at the meeting urging the new state government to immediately allocate special funds to Tiruppur, considering it is the knitwear capital of India, to avert financial difficulties in solid waste management.
The resolution urged the government to immediately send an expert committee to Tiruppur to find solutions to the issues prevailing in solid waste management. The resolution also states that a committee from the corporation will soon meet the CM and other officials in person regarding this matter. Although the CPI was the first to raise this issue, the AIADMK was the first to insist on a special resolution, and subsequently councillors from all parties, including the DMK, supported it.
At the beginning of the meeting, Mayor (in-charge) R Balasubmaniam brought a special resolution. In accordance with the request made by all parties at the previous meeting, he put forward a resolution to place the portraits of former CMs and current chief minister in the council hall. All councillors supported this. However, the BJP insisted that PM Narendra Modi's portrait should also be placed. However, DMK councillors strongly objected to this. The mayor intervened and said that it would be considered and steps would be taken.
Last year, on March 3, 2025, a resolution was passed by the council urging the then DMK government to reduce property tax. The AIADMK urged the council to bring a special resolution pressing the same demand again to attract the attention of the TVK government on the issue. However, the Mayor refused to bring it. This led to debates on the subject. Finally, with the DMK also agreeing to the resolution, the mayor moved the special resolution. Subsequently, the resolution was passed based on a majority.
This aside, AIADMK councillors staged a sit-in protest inside the hall, demanding a solution to street-lighting issues. However, they called off the protest after Commissioner M P Amith assured them that action would be taken within 15 days.
Apart from this, of the 76 resolutions brought before the council, four were postponed, including a resolution to impose a distraint fee and fines on those who do not pay property tax.
