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| Office | Mayor of Kollam(Quilon)
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| Term start | 16 December 2019
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| Predecessor | V. Rajendrababu
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| Predecessor | Prasanna Earnest |
| Successor | V. Rajendrababu |
| Constituency | Vadakkumbhagam, Kollam City Corporation (Ward No:9)
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| Born | Kollam
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| Political party | Communist Party of India |
| Spouse | Benjamin |
| Children | Hamin J.Benjamin, Sandra J.Benjamin
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Honey Benjamin is the former mayor of Kollam city. She is a CPI party member and politician from Kollam city, India. She is the first CPI mayor of Kollam City Corporation.[1][2][3][4] Benjamin won the election by one vote,[5] with a total of 28 votes against her opponent's 27.[6]
Works and Contributions
As mayor, Benjamin focused on issues such as waste management and the provision of electricity.[7] In January 2020, Benjamin announced a campaign to use drone-mapping to gather information about resource management in the city of Kollam.[8]
To promote shooting sports in Kollam district an indoor shooting range was opened in the city, Mayor Honey Benjamin lighted the traditional lamp.[9] Honey Benjamin presided over the inauguration of Kollam women’s police station which has become the second district in the State to have a women’s police station whereas Kannur holds the first place.[10]
References
- ↑ Honey Benjamin New Mayor of Kollam. TNIE.
- ↑ Women's police station opened in Kollam. The Hindu(29 September 2015).
- ↑ 1,000 dogs to be sterilised in 90 days. The Hindu(30 September 2015).
- ↑ Kollam Pooram draws huge crowds. The Hindu(17 April 2015).
- ↑ Honey Benjamin New Mayor of Kollam. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
- ↑ In a first, Kollam gets CPI mayor in Honey Benjamin. Deccan Chronicle(2014-11-26). Retrieved 2020-02-13.
- ↑ Kollam to accord waste management as top priority: Mayor Honey Benjamin – ET Government, www.ETGovernment.com. ETGovernment.com. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
- ↑ Kollam Corpn. to create awareness of survey. The Hindu(2020-01-29). Retrieved 2020-02-13.
- ↑ Kollam gets an indoor shooting range. The Hindu(2015-01-25). Retrieved 2021-10-21.
- ↑ Women’s police station opened in Kollam. The Hindu(2015-09-29). Retrieved 2021-10-21.
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