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Corporation authorities also held mediation talks with the representatives and the strike was called off.
Patkar, the champion of the ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’ movement said development motivated by profit alone is destructive.
Permission is required only if the wall or fence is constructed close to a public road, public place or a public water body.
The Corporation had intensified night patrol to check waste dumping in the canal following the recent death of a worker.
Deputy Mayor M L Rosy raised serious allegations against Mayor M K Varghese at the council meeting on Saturday.
Mayor Arya Rajendran said that the civic body will communicate the decision to the state government.
The mayor's emotional outbreak in front of the Thiruvanathapuram Medical College Hospital comes amid criticisms about the corporation's inefficiency in clearing drains and pipes in the state capital.
He said he was praying for the life of the missing worker.
A man can barely stand upright in the tunnel and more than half of it is filled with waste.
Tharoor argued that humans should not be employed for such hazardous tasks when modern techniques are available to handle them.
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