The Hindu 05.03.2013
GHMC ready to handle cost of maintenance works
The GHMC proposes to spend Rs.35 lakh to Rs.40 lakh for
maintenance works at the divisional level brought into focus during the
area sabhas and ward committee meetings.
GHMC
Commissioner M.T. Krishna Babu on Monday accepted that the conduct of
area sabhas and ward committees was not satisfactory with just a few
meetings held in a majority of the 150 divisions in the last three years
although it was mandated in the Act.
Orders to corporators
Letters
were written to all the corporators to conduct the area sabhas every
three months and ward committee meetings every two months, he said,
pointing out that the A.P. High Court too had issued directions to the
municipal corporation to conduct these local meetings regularly as per
the Act.
Interacting with presspersons after the
third round of ‘Prajavani’ where he received grievances from the
citizens, Mr. Krishna Babu explained that a voluntary body had
approached the HC complaining about irregular conduct of the two
grass-root level meetings.
Ward committee meetings
“We
have already held a meeting with all 150 ward committee secretaries and
18 Deputy Commissioners to sensitise them about holding purposeful ward
committee/area sabha meetings as the HC called for action against
officials responsible. Resolutions passed during the ward committee and
area sabha meetings should be computerised and sent for necessary
action,” he said.
Grievances
Earlier,
the Commissioner received 36 complaints mainly about encroachments,
illegal constructions, neighbours unauthorised constructions, delay in
processing BPS applications, high property tax rates and so on.
CPI
MLA G. Mallesh sought construction of public toilets at Durganagar
basti as the previous one had collapsed. Mr. Krishna Babu said the civic
body is ready, provided the maintenance part is taken care of.
Among
the complainants were: Habiba Sultana of Mallepally about neighbours’
construction invading her privacy with windows facing her house, P.V.
Narasimha Reddy and others appealed for saving their plots from road
widening at Gachibowli while P. Lakshminarayana claimed his BPS
application was not being processed.
Municipal Commissioner proposes to spend Rs.35-40 lakh at divisional level.
