GHMC commissioner MT Krishna Babu has appealed to the citizens of GHMC to lodge their complaints regarding dilapidated buildings and compound walls of their area through GHMC toll free call centre i.e., 155304 to avoid mishaps during ensuing monsoon season.

The commissioner held a review meeting on monsoon preparedness with all the 21 line departments. He directed the zonal commissioners to check the dilapidated buildings listed out last year and whose owners have given undertaking for strengthening those structures and failed to do so. He further directed the zonal commissioners to demolish those structures within a week’s time.

He requested the people of the twin cities to lodge their grievances pertaining to monsoon related issues such as inundation, missing manholes, falling of trees etc, to the GHMC call centre.

He asked the officials to check manhole covers and use fibre reinforce plastic) manhole covers with grills.

Krishna Babu also directed the officials to attend to works on 14 major stagnation points at Villa Mary College, Model House, Mythrivanam, Road No 1 and 12, Banjara Hills, Road 12 Kaman, Banjara Hills, Yousufguda Checkpost, Rani Gunj under bridge, Karbala maidan, Fever Hospital, Ganga Bowli, Lal Bazar Railway Bridge, Alugadda Bavi etc., 

The disaster management wing should send SMS alerts to the all senior level officers of APCPDCL, HMWS&SB, police, revenue and fire departments and wanted all the officials concerned to take the alerts seriously.