The Hindu 05.06.2013
7 towns to be developed as model cities
Regional Director holds review meeting with Municipal Commissioners.
Ravindra Babu, Regional Director of the Department of
Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Rajahmundry division, on
Tuesday informed that seven municipal towns have been selected for
development as model cities in the region.
Speaking
at a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners from the Rajahmundry region,
comprising East Godavari, West Godavari and Krishna districts, he said
the civic administrations in these select-seven cities were expected to
shape them as model cities in any one of citizen services such as water
supply, sanitation and public health etc.
Saying that
the civic authorities in the region fared better in collection of
property taxes last year, the Regional Director appealed to them to
repeat a similar performance this year also.
The Commissioners informed him that the demand notices were being prepared for serving on the property owners.
The
Regional Director asked the Municipal Commissioners to be transparent
in identification of BC voters in their respective towns.
The process of delimitation was completed in all the towns and cities under the Rajahmundry region, except Kakinada and Tanuku.
The
number of wards was expected to be up in Kakinada and Tanuku in view of
merger of surrounding villages with these urban centres, Mr. Ravindra
Babu said.
Election cells
He
requested the civic body authorities to open election cells in their
respective towns in the light of fast approaching municipal elections.
The
Municipal Commissioner of Amalapuram said supply of drinking water in
the current summer became a problem in the colonies on the outskirts of
the town for want of response from the contractors to bid for hiring of
tankers.