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    Left outfits protest GCC move to privatise Amma Arangam, Sir Pitty Thyagaraya Hall

    DYFI Central Chennai district secretary K Manikandan led the demonstration in front of the corporation Zone 8 of- fice at Shenoy Nagar raising slogans against the rent hike and the decision to lease out the hall to private contractors.

    Left outfits protest GCC move to privatise Amma Arangam, Sir Pitty Thyagaraya Hall
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    CHENNAI: Members of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) on Saturday staged a demonstration against Greater Chennai Corporation's move to hand over the operation of Amma Arangam at Shenoy Nagar and Sir Pitty Thyagaraya Hall in T Nagar after hiking the rent steeply.

    In a recent council meeting, GCC adopted a resolution to lease out the halls for five years and contractors shall be entitled to collect a revised tariff from users. The full-day rent for the 20,000 sqft Amma Arangam Hall has been hiked from Rs 3.4 lakh to Rs 5.4 lakh for a 24-hour booking, while for Thyagaraya Hall it has been hiked from Rs 20,650 to Rs 59,000 a day.

    DYFI Central Chennai district secretary K Manikandan led the demonstration in front of the corporation Zone 8 of- fice at Shenoy Nagar raising slogans against the rent hike and the decision to lease out the hall to private contractors.

    In a memorandum submitted to the corporation zonal officer, they demanded the civic body reconsider the deci- sion to privatise the halls as it would not cater to all sec- tions of the people. "We demand the government to scrap the resolution and reduce the rental prices so it would ben- efit large number of people," it said.

    DTNEXT Bureau
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