CMC President P D Ponappa (Center) with the Vice President(seated Left) and the Commissioner. Ponappa said that no secret deal with City Pearl was arrived at while awarding the contract.

Refuting the charges of opposition leader in the CMC T.M. Aiyyappa on the  private bus stand and various other issues, CMC President P.D. Ponappa said that  the opposition members were unnecessarily raising imaginary issues.  He clarified that the proposal to hand over development of the new bus stand to Bangalore based  City Pearl Group of Companies was yet to get the final nod from the government  and that the infrastructure department is going through the agreement and only after the department clears the proposals will the land be handed over.

The CMC president told reporters here  that a resolution in this regard  had been passed  at a full board meeting  of the CMC on April 23rd and the proposal  was cleared at the second meeting held on June 29, 2010. which was attended by Muneer Ahamad, T.M. Aiyyappa and other councillors. Ponappa further clarified that no secret deal was arrived at  in awarding the contract and the decision of the CMC will have to be ratified by the government.