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Indian politician

Honey Benjamin
Mayor of Kollam(Quilon)
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 December 2019
Preceded byV. Rajendrababu
ConstituencyVadakkumbhagam,
Kollam City Corporation
(Ward No:9)
In office
27 November 2014 – 31 October 2015
Preceded byPrasanna Earnest
Succeeded byV. Rajendrababu
Personal details
BornKollam
Political partyCommunist Party of India
SpouseBenjamin
ChildrenHamin J.Benjamin,
Sandra J.Benjamin
Residence(s)'Sandra Dale', Kavadipuram Nagar-85, Asramam,
Kollam-02

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. Benjamin won the election by one vote, with a total of 28 votes against her opponent's 27.

Works and Contributions

As mayor, Benjamin focused on issues such as waste management and the provision of electricity. In January 2020, Benjamin announced a campaign to use drone-mapping to gather information about resource management in the city of Kollam.

To promote shooting sports in Kollam district an indoor shooting range was opened in the city, Mayor Honey Benjamin lighted the traditional lamp. 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.

References

  1. "Honey Benjamin New Mayor of Kollam". TNIE. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. "Women's police station opened in Kollam". The Hindu. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  3. "1,000 dogs to be sterilised in 90 days". The Hindu. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  4. "Kollam Pooram draws huge crowds". The Hindu. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  5. "Honey Benjamin New Mayor of Kollam". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  6. "In a first, Kollam gets CPI mayor in Honey Benjamin". Deccan Chronicle. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  7. www.ETGovernment.com. "Kollam to accord waste management as top priority: Mayor Honey Benjamin – ET Government". ETGovernment.com. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  8. Staff Reporter (29 January 2020). "Kollam Corpn. to create awareness of survey". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  9. "Kollam gets an indoor shooting range". The Hindu. 25 January 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  10. "Women's police station opened in Kollam". The Hindu. 29 September 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

External links

Mayors of Kollam


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