Chandigarh, March 27 -- Giving voice to the mounting civic and administrative concerns in the city, Chandigarh mayor Saurabh Joshi has written to UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria, seeking urgent intervention to address staff shortages, financial constraints and delays affecting the municipal corporation's functioning.

In his communication, the mayor flagged a shortage of senior HCS/PCS/DANICS officers, saying the growing administrative workload had stretched the civic body's capacity to deliver services.

With the city's population having expanded significantly and the municipal corporation now covering the entire city, departments such as solid waste management, taxation, vendor regulation and public grievances are under increasing ...