North mayor vehicle has nameplate of ‘ Delhi mayor’

The erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Delhi may have two years back been trifurcated into separate civic bodies with their own mayors, but one of the official cars being used by the North mayor still carries the “Delhi Mayor” nameplate.

The discrepancy was noticed on Wednesday when North Delhi mayor Yogender Chandolia arrived at the Civic Centre office for an election in an Ambassador car which bore red “Mahapaur Dilli” ( Delhi mayor) nameplates at its front and back.

The corporation’s flag on the car, however, carries the correct description of ‘ mayor, North Delhi’ with the seal of the municipal body emblazoned on it.

Municipal Corporation of Delhi or MCD, the civic body for the capital city was in 2012 trifurcated into the North Delhi ( NDMC), South Delhi ( SDMC) and East Delhi ( EDMC) municipal corporations.

Since that time, the city has had three different mayors for the three zones. In recent mayoral polls, Mr Chandolia was elected unopposed as the mayor of North Delhi.

NDMC authorities were oblivious to the discrepancy until it was pointed out, but later said, “The mayor has now issued directions for rectification of the same.” When approached by PTI over the issue, mayor Chandolia, who has also served as a Standing Committee chairman during the unified MCD era, said, “The discrepancy in the use of nameplates on the car will be rectified soon.” “The junior staff did not bring it to our notice earlier,” said NDMC PRO Yogendra Singh Mann.