The Smart City Thiruvananthapuram Ltd (SCTL), which has of late witnessed a spate of exits at various positions, recently took the decision to constitute a project implementation unit (PIU) and empanel independent consultants at additional cost disregarding the decision of the previous board meetings. The board meeting held in March had approved a decision to empanel consultants to provide handholding support to the SCTL and seven independent consultants were recruited for civil, electrical and legal and HR departments. While the recommendation was to fix remuneration for these consultants at Rs 6,000 per day for their service of 20 days a month, the board revised it as Rs 3,000 per day...
