Rajeev.dikshit@timsgroup.com Varanasi: Just a few days after formal inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, The Rudraksh – The International Convention Center has become a bone fight between the Corporator of the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) and smart officials and City Intelligent Varanasi Limited ( SCVL) as the first to want to use it to hold a home session, while the last is awaiting government guidelines.
The VMC house along with the salak auditorium was destroyed for the construction of Rudraksh – the International Convention Center after that the stone foundation was placed by PM on July 14, 2018.
Since then the VMC House session was being carried out at Gandhi Bhawan from the City Hall or Cultural Complex of Girija Devi with a temporary arrangement.
ICC has been submitted to SCVL.
After RS ​​186 Crore Rudraksh ICC was inaugurated by PM on July 15, the Corporators wanted it to be allocated to do a home session.
This problem was discussed by VMC Corporators, led by Vice Speaker Narsingh Das Bhartiya Party Janata with Commissioner of the City and Chief Executive Officer SCVL Gazang Rathi and other officials in a meeting held on Saturday night.
Interestingly, the BJP Canporators and Corporator opposition parties, including the Jamajwadi and Congress Party, have similar views on this issue.
SP tries to polarize the problem by stying sit-ins in front of the ICC on Sunday.
Speaking with Toi, the DAS said, “This is an emotional request from the selected public representative.
VMC has the right arrangement before being destroyed along with the tilated auditorium for Rudraksh ICC.
We have been convinced for permanent settings.
However, there is no work initiated in this direction so far This.
Corporators want that meeting room with 150 seats in Rudraksh ICC must be allocated to hold a VMC session until the permanent setting is made.
“On this request, said Rathi,” as a permanent setting, a house has been proposed on vacant land from the place of VMC and process The offer for its construction is in the pipe.
Until this house built Gandhi Bhawan City Hall is available to hold a home session.
Once government guidelines in Rudraksh come, SCVL will find out how to discuss the ICC facility at the level of concession to VMC to hold a special event.
“For Rudraksh construction VMC has destroyed tiliak prekshagrin (auditorium) which is also t Erdiri from the mayor’s house and the Corporator was selected on the east side of the main building in 2017.
A large campus behind the same auditorium, which was used as a parking zone for the 250 waste operator fleet, has also been drawn down.
Rudraksh ICC is part of the Kashi-Kyoto partnership agreement to preserve the ancient city inheritance, signed by PM and then his colleague Shinzo Abe in Kyoto in August 2014.
The ICC has been built with a joint effort from the Ministry of Urban.
And the Urban Development Department of the State Government with funds by the Japanese government through the Japanese International Cooperation Agency.