The Hindu 02.08.2012
GHMC offers to check overflowing sewage
The GHMC Commissioner, M.T. Krishna Babu, has offered to pick up the cost of improving the sewer lines in case of a major work to prevent perennial overflow of sewage on the roads in various parts of the twin cities.
Continuing his daily inspection tours on the road stretches identified for developed for the Conference of Parties (COP) international bio-diversity summit on Wednesday, Mr. Krishna Babu once again noticed overflowing sewage on the roads at Erramanzil, S.R. Nagar, Ravindra and several other places.
Even while directing his engineers to keep the Water Board informed about the leaks, he said that if the work necessitated a bigger intervention, the municipal corporation would provide funds.
Irked with engineers
An underground stormwater drain should be taken up on Erramanzil-Punjagutta road, he said. The Commissioner was irked with the engineers over the poor maintenance of footpaths, road repairs and water stagnations. He was informed that work for laying 4.4 km footpath on both sides of the roads from S.R. Nagar to Punjagutta has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.98 lakh.
Later, the Commissioner also visited Begum Bazar, Afzal Gunj, Charminar, Lad Bazar, Hussaini Alam, Karwan, Langar House, Golkonda, Shaikpet, Tolichowki, Mehidipatnam etc., a release said.
