The Hindu             05.11.2013

GHMC chief inspects roads, bus shelters

Improper seating, broken tiles and dirty surroundings of bus shelters in the twin cities attracted the attention of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Commissioner Somesh Kumar during an inspection of the Presidential route from National Police Academy (NPA) to Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, on Monday.

He immediately directed his officials to take steps to improve the maintenance of bus shelters for the convenience of passengers as the municipal corporation has the onerous responsibility to provide cleaner and comfortable bus shelters. Water-logging points, illegal debris dumping en route and damaged footpath tiles were also noticed upon which Mr. Kumar wanted immediate repairs.

Focus areas

The Commissioner reiterated that he would be on the roads everyday to concentrate on bettering the road network, hence all senior officials concerned of the respective departments like engineering, town planning and sanitation should be available on wireless sets.

Additional Commissioners D. Ronald Rose, N. Chandra Mohan Reddy, L. Vandan Kumar, Zonal Commissioners -- K. Siva Parvathi, S. Hari Krishna -- and other officials were also present, according to a press release issued here.