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CPI (M) demands end to illegal collections by contractors
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The complaint alleged that contractors were illegally collecting money using receipts bearing the municipality name and extracting lakhs from traders who conduct business at the Pebbair market every Saturday
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CPI (M) demands end to illegal collections by contractors
Wanaparthy: A complaint was lodged during the ‘Prajavani’ under the aegis of the CPI (M) Pebbair mandal committee on Monday, demanding an end to illegal collections by certain contractors at the Pebbair weekly market.
It alleged that some contractors are illegally collecting money using receipts bearing the municipality name—without actual authorisation—and are extracting lakhs from traders who conduct business at the market every Saturday. Thousands of families depend on the market for livelihood, running small businesses.
People from poor and middle-class backgrounds sustain themselves by trading in vegetables, running food stalls, and selling items like ropes, poultry, goats, rams, buffaloes, and oxen. They are being targeted by people claiming to be market contractors.
The CP(M) leaders complained that it is astonishing that neither the municipal governing body nor the officials have acted against the contractors, despite the situation persisting.
The market is held on a 30.19-acre land parcel belonging to the Venugopala Swamy temple. Previously, payments were made to the Gram Panchayat. Following the transition of Pebbair to a municipality, the practice of managing the site for development purposes continued in accordance with a resolution passed by the governing body.
The CPI (M) leaders expressed concern and complained in ‘Prajavani’ alleging that the market contractors are appropriating the revenue. Notably, an auction was indeed conducted for 2023–2024, Gonela Balaswamy, president, Venugopala Swamy Land Protection Committee, stated.
The committee comprising 16 members and a president was formed to oversee operations from March 2024 through 2025. Balaswamy said from March 2024 to April 2025, the market generated Rs 6.4 lakh a week; over the course of 52 weeks; Rs 3,32,80,000 was deposited in the municipal account. For 2025-26, after excluding seven weeks, the market operated for 45 weeks at a rate of Rs 6.4 lakh a week, resulting in a total of Rs 2.9 crore being held under the committee’s supervision.
He noted that while the contractors had previously misappropriated Rs 20 lakh for personal use, Rs 5 lakh was recovered on May 15, 2026, and Rs 3 lakh on July 17. The amounts were deposited with the committee; a deadline has been set for the recovery and deposit of the remaining funds.
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