The Hindu 06.08.2013
GHMC road repair work on track
The GHMC, which has taken up temporary restoration of city roads that were battered due to recent rains, has attended to nearly 60 per cent of the identified stretches.
Speaking after the weekly ‘Prajavani’ programme here on Monday, Commissioner M.T. Krishna Babu said targets were already set for the remaining works and they were being taken up. Leakages of water and sewerage and rain water stagnation were the main culprits damaging the roads and associated departments were asked to address these issues, he said. The Hyderabad Metro Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) has been asked for a comprehensive plan and the same was awaited. The R&B Department and also the National Highways have stepped up their efforts in road restoration works, he said.
On the JNNURM housing scheme, the Commissioner said the GHMC has constructed 56,000 houses under the scheme but there were some issues related to identifying beneficiaries not willing to pay the beneficiary contribution. A meeting with Collectors of Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts would be held to address the issue.
In ‘Prajavani’, a group of beneficiaries of Unni Kota housing colony had met Mr. Krishna Babu and represented their problems. The Commissioner later said the beneficiaries here had come forward to pay their contribution but the contractors were reluctant to complete the construction citing rise in rates. The remaining work in the colony was in finishing stage and initiatives would be taken to complete it at the earliest, he added.
Leakages of water, sewerage and rain water stagnation the main culprits damaging roads M.T. Krishna Babu, GHMC Commissioner.
