The Hindu 20.02.2013
GHMC to streamline services
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has
decided to strengthen the IT infrastructure of its Citizen Service
Centres (CSCs) at all Municipal circles for issuing digitised birth and
death certificates within a fortnight, said Commissioner M.T. Krishna
Babu on Tuesday.
“We will talk to the IT Secretary
about the issue,” he said, following an overwhelming demand from
corporators that CSCs continue to issue certificates at the general body
meeting presided over by Mayor Mohd. Majid Hussain.
The
Government had earlier issued an order directing the GHMC to stop
issuing certificates at CSCs as the Meesevas were equipped to issue
digitised certificates from computerised records between 2006 and 2012.
The
Government’s intention was to disallow the issuance of certificates
with ink signatures by the medical officer concerned as was being done
at CSCs, explained Mr. Babu.
On the delays in land
acquisition for road widening works, the Commissioner said the
Government’s nod was sought to give sufficient powers to the Special
Commissioner akin to those of a District Collector.
Storm water drains
Corporators
– Singireddy Srinivas Reddy (TD), Mirza Mustafa Baig (MIM), Diddi
Rambabu (Congress) – and many others were critical of the ‘slow pace’ of
remodelling of drains.
The Commissioner pointed out
that of the Rs. 266 crore granted under JNNURM six years ago, Rs. 88
crore was spent on various stretches, and that there was progress
wherever there was cooperation from public representatives. Interference
by local leaders and contractors’ refusal to take up works are causing
hindrance, he said.