With state cabinet approving the proposal, to restructure the plan
for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), the officials hope
that it would help the corporation to extend better services to its
citizens in future.
The high powered committee constituted by the
state government suggested changes to as many as nine sections of the
corporation act.
The Prasada Rao’s committee on staff pattern in
GHMC and the state cabinet under the chairmanship of the chief minister N
Kiran Kumar Reddy gave their nod to the plans.
Speaking to the
Express, GHMC officials said that the sanctioning of as many as 2,607
additional posts will be a boon for the corporation as this would help
them to provide better administration and also extend various services
to its citizens particularly in town planning, engineering and
sanitation sections where there is dearth of staff.
The present staff of GHMC is 2,300 while others are recruited through outsourcing.
The
officials say that due to shortage of staff, several development works
in engineering section are getting delayed. The situation in town
planning department too is no better as people are made to run from
pillar to post to get their building plans sanctioned and also for other
town planning related works.
The other important decision is to
enhance the financial power of GHMC. The cabinet has agreed for the
proposal to increase budgetary powers of the corporation to Rs 5 crore.
The
standing committee can approve works up to Rs 2 crore from the existing
Rs 50 lakh and the GHMC general body can permit works worth Rs 5 crore
from the present Rs 1 crore.
Any work costing over Rs 5 crore
should go to the Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD)
department for administrative clearance.
