Rain ruins files kept in the open at Kozhikode municipal corporation

Kozhikode: Many  files of the Kozhikode municipal corporation are getting drenched because they have been dumped in the open inside the  office.

The files, mostly related to the health department,  are said to be for disposal, but the officials are not sure.   

The files get damaged  as the roofing of the building, made of plastic, is leaking. “Nobody knows whether they  are actually needed.  They should properly preserve  them or dispose them of,” said Vidya Balakrishnan, corporation councillor.

Corporation  additional secretary P. Sudhakaran said that he would look into the issue. “I don’t know whether the files are required or not, but  keeping files in this manner would send a  wrong message to  the public,” he said. “There are clear guidelines to dispose of the files,” he added.

Health standing committee chairperson Janamma Kunjunni said that the files might be for disposal. “But I am not sure about all the files kept there,” she said.