Published: February 2024 (2 years ago) in issue Nº 415
Keywords: Auroville Safety & Security Team (AVSST), Funds and Assets Management Committee (FAMC), Aurovilian maintenances, Budget Coordination Committee (BCC), Finance and Security
Auroville Safety and Security
On 19 January 2024, five of the six Aurovilian members of the Auroville Safety & Security Team (AVSST) received an email from the Budget Coordination Group (BCC) informing them that "BCC & FAMC are unable to support maintenance on your current positions. Your maintenance will be rearranged according to the attached policy document”. No grounds on which this decision was made by the BCC and GB FAMC were provided. Another Aurovilian AVSST member did not receive any email from BCC, although from another BCC communication thread BCC it was clear they would be affected in the same manner.
Due to this decision, AVSST has to unfortunately announce that it will no longer be able to serve the community on an emergency basis from 1st February 2024 onward and its 24/7 emergency number (9443090107) will not be available until further notice.