Source : The Hindu Date : 10.06.2009

Plan to utilise Rs. 2.77 crore for improving burial grounds

Special Correspondent

KADAPA: Mayor P. Ravindranath Reddy on Monday proposed to utilise Rs. 2.77 crore sanctioned under BRGF for improving facilities in burial grounds and graveyards in Kadapa, if corporators were willing.

Addressing a meeting the municipal corporators and municipal corporation officials here, the Mayor said, proposals were forwarded to the government seeking sanction of Rs. 6 crore for improvement of facilities in the Hindu and Muslim graveyards and Christian cemeteries in the city. The government has sanctioned Rs. 2.77 crore and released Rs. 90 lakh as first instalment, he said.

For slums too

The funds would not only be used to develop graveyards but also to provide basic amenities in slum areas, Mr. Ravindranath Reddy said. While some corporators agreed to the proposals, others pointed out that more funds were sanctioned to some municipal divisions. The Mayor assured to grant funds equitably to all the 50 municipal divisions in Kadapa.

14 graveyards

Fourteen graveyards would be improved this year, the Mayor said. Deputy Mayor K. Nabi Rasool, Municipal Commissioner S. Aleem Basha, Superintendent Engineer Umamaheswara Rao, municipal engineer Sivarami Reddy, executive engineer of public health Mohan and DEs Dhanalakshmi and Adinarayana participated.