Chandigarh, Feb. 23 -- A day after leading a crucial meeting seeking immediate financial aid from the administration, mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla wrote a letter to UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria urging allocation of grant-in-aid to the fund-starved municipal corporation as per suggestions of the 3rd Delhi Finance Commission (DFC) until the adoption of 4th DFC recommendations.

In August 2014, the 4th Delhi Finance Commission had made several recommendations based on the provisions of Section 84-A of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1976, as extended to Chandigarh. Although not legally binding, the recommendations were requested by the UT administration to strengthen MC's finances.

The commission had suggested that certain revenues generated...