The Hindu 15.09.2010
GHMC seeks funds for road repairs
Special Correspondent
| Congress, TDP, BJP, MIM floor leaders and Mayor meet city-based Ministers |
plea to extend date for regularising illegal water connections
Graveyards with all amenities, toilets in government schools sought
HYDERABAD: GHMC's elected representatives, including Mayor B. Kartika Reddy and floor leaders of all parties, met all the three city-based Ministers – Sabita Indra Reddy (Home), Mukesh Goud (B.C. Welfare) and D. Nagender (Health) — to seek generous financial assistance from the government to tone up the city infrastructure.
Floor leaders of Congress K. Venkatesam, Telugu Desam's Singireddy Srinivas Reddy, Majlis' Mirza Mustafa Baig and BJP's B. Prakash, accompanied the Mayor for a meeting in the Secretariat, sought funds to improve all the main and internal roads badly damaged in the recent rains on a war footing within the next 10 days.
All the footpaths and flyovers should be repaired and retaining walls or fencing should be built in all vulnerable populated areas of the storm water drains.
They demanded unauthorised encroachments around the storm water drains be removed and the affected persons be rehabilitated suitably.
Krishna project
With regard to the drinking water availability, they wanted Krishna water phase three to be taken up immediately as it could be done with a Rs. 800-crore budget instead of the ambitious Godavari water project that cost Rs. 3,600 crore. The floor leaders pointed out that most paper work and land acquisition work for the Krishna water project was ready to ground the project within a short span of one year. Last date for regularising illegal connections should be extended by the Hyderabad Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) and a nominal penalty of Rs. 1,000 should be collected per connection for more compliance and to generate revenues.
Graveyards should be developed by providing all the necessary amenities like water supply, toilets, greenery, lightning, compound walls, etc. The floor leaders also highlighted the need to construct toilet facilities for students of government schools in the capital as well as water filters for drinking water supply.
The Ministers gave a patient hearing to the representatives and assured them of taking the matter to Chief Minister K. Rosaiah. GHMC Commissioner Sameer Sharma, Water Board MD Jagadeeshwar, R&B Chief Engineer and other senior officials of civic departments attended the meeting.
