Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation commissioner Somesh Kumar on Saturday directed the zonal commissioner to remove illegal temporary huts at Laxminagar crossroads near Pillar No 68 of the PVNR Expressway as they were causing inconvenience to the people, leading to accidents at the said location.

He instructed the officials to identify places for rehabilitating the slum-dwellers and also put up  proposals for road-widening from Laxminagar to Gudimalkapur.

The commissioner along BJP floor leader and area corporator Bangari Prakash and senior officials of the Central Zone visited few areas of Mehdipatnam division at the request of area corporator.

The corporator informed the commissioner that several accidents were taking place almost every day and requested the commissioner to take steps for road widening at the earliest.

He also visited Bhojagutta area and inspected the grave yard and directed the executive engineer and the zonal commissioner to coordinate with the mandal revenue officer for marking the boundaries and to take up the construction work of the compound wall.

The corporator has also shown a government land for setting up night shelters.