new delhi despite financial constraints of the municipal corporations there is no end to councillors demands while the officials proposed to distribute intel core i3 laptops the councillors are adamantly demanding i7 laptops while the i7 costs around rs 45000 60000 the i3 will cost just rs 1500024000 however when some of the councilors were asked the difference between the two processors they stared blankly last time the laptops distributed to became obsolete by the end of our term they would not work and no internet connection was given to us this time we have asked them the executive wing to give us the latest technology said yogender chandolia standing committee chairman north corporation after the erstwhile corporation launched its ambitious egovernance project last year a fourday workshop for councillors was organized to teach them the basic functioning of a computer however only 42 out of 272 councillors attended itwhats more the councillors have also demanded operators for the laptops of the 104 councillors in south corporation at least 80 do not know how to operate a laptop when mlas and mps are given operators to handle their appointments and schedule the councillors too should be given the same said subhash arya leader of the house south corporation the officials say that despite several assurances that i3 is good enough the councillors are just not ready to listen the councilors are demanding the latest laptops while we have briefed them of our financial constrains they are adamant the intel core i7 technology has been recently launched and it is yet to be tested and given a thumbs up the corporation officials use the i3 technology and it works absolutely fine said an it department official it department is one of the few departments which hasnt been trifurcated the east corporation has even sanctioned rs 4051 lakh to procure 64 laptops each at a whopping cost of rs 63290 the laptops will be with the councillors for a period of five years and at the end of their tenures they can either return the laptops or keep them by paying just rs 20718