The Hindu 19.08.2013
Municipal ward visits made compulsory every Thursday
Buoyed over the successful conduct of Gram Sandarshana (village visit) programme, Collector M. Veerabrahmaiah has announced the conduct of Municipal Ward Sandarshana (municipal ward visit) on all Thursdays in municipalities and corporations in Karimnagar district.
At a meeting with the municipal commissioners here on Sunday, the Collector instructed the municipal officials to conduct “ward sandarshana” on all Thursdays by covering at least two wards in each visit. He said that they would also appoint special officers for the successful conduct of ward visit programmes to solve the residents’ problems. The municipal team along with the respective ward teams will visit the respective municipal wards and conduct the programme from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Medical camp
During the early hours, the municipal team will take up sanitation, street lights, drinking water supply works etc. from 7 a.m. onwards, the authorities will conduct a medical camp at the Urban health centre. From 9 a.m. to 9.30 a.m., students and womenfolk will take out a rally to create awareness on sanitation, health and other welfare programmes. Later, the team will inspect the PDS, schools, anganwadi centres, hostels etc.
From 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m., the authorities will conduct a meeting and collect petitions from the residents for issuing ration cards, aadhar cards, pension etc. Later, the officials will conduct an internal meeting and chalk out programmes for the development of wards. The Collector asked the authorities to invite the local MP, MLA, MLCs for the ward visit programme. Joint Collector H. Arun Kumar, Karimnagar municipal commissioner Ramesh, DM&HO Aleem, CPO Subbarao, district employment officer Ravinder and others were also present.
