FACING FLAK, UT ADMN ROPES IN COUNCILLORS

CHANDIGARH : The UT Administration has invited MP Kirron Kher and MC councillors for a meeting on August 18 to take their views on containing the Covid-19 pandemic in Chandigarh.

The call for the meeting, to be held via video conferencing, was taken in Thursday’s war room meeting chaired by Punjab governor and UT administrator VPS Badnore.

It comes in the wake of administration’s criticism for not involving local representatives while taking Covid-related decisions.

Critical of the administration’s Covid management efforts, Kher on Wednesday had tweeted, “#Helpmycity. PGI & other hospitals are under immense pressure. If medical facilities are not allowed in various parts of the city there will be fatalities due to #nobeds. I urge the administration to take necessary action.”

Congress councillor Devinder Singh Babla had also criticised the administration for failing to control the pandemic and written to the administrator to involve councillors in Covid-related decision making.