Rent of community halls hiked citing revenue dip

THE Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has hiked rents for two of its popular community halls — Amma Arangam in Anna Nagar and Sir PT Thiyagaraya Kalaiyarangam in Kodambakkam — citing reduced revenue and management challenges. The halls will be leased to private agencies for five years on a hybrid revenue-sharing model, according to a resolution passed at the council meeting on Tuesday.

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The GCC also passed resolutions for park maintenance across zones 2 to 15 for a year at a cost of ₹3.80 crore. While 871 parks have been created and are maintained in zones 1 to 15, with 89 parks under adoption, the GCC will now maintain the remaining 595 parks. GCC also allocates ₹24 lakhs per zone for the retail expenses at the Amma Unavagams