The Hindu 04.03.2013
GHMC to clear pending trade licences
The GHMC has a database of over 1.5 lakh trades when it
is estimated that there could be over 2.5 lakh trades yet about 35,000
take trade licences every year. Commissioner M.T. Krishna Babu said that
Rs.21 crore could be collected by issuing licences on time.
Stating
that several provisional applications for trade licenses were pending
for disposal at the medical officers’ level, the Municipal Commissioner
gave them a week’s time for clearing the pending ones or they would face
deduction of penalties from their salaries.
The
municipal corporation provided the facility to apply for provisional
trade licences at all meeseva and citizen service centres.
Ward committee/
area sabhas
At
a separate meeting with all Zonal and Deputy Commissioners, Mr. Krishna
Babu wanted ward committees to meet every two months and area sabhas
once in three months. If the corporator concerned was not holding the
meetings despite repeated reminders the majority of members can hold one
with the consent of the secretary, he said.
‘Face disqualification’
The
Commissioner also pointed out that corporator concerned is liable to
face disqualification if he fails to conduct the ward committee meetings
regularly.
Ghansibazar, Mehdipatnam, Saleem Nagar, Azampura and Puranapul divisions were especially lagging behind, he said.
Similarly,
area sabha meetings too could be held if more than 50 voters of that
particular ward and a majority of the members were present with the
secretary’s consent, he added, according to a press release.
