Deccan Chronicle 25.09.2009

GHMC urged to expedite work

Hyderabad

Sept. 24: To evade being caught on the wrong foot during the campaign for the forthcoming GHMC elections, MLAs, local leaders and aspirant corporators are pressuring officials of the GHMC, Water Board and the HMDA to complete the developmental works at the earliest.

With the elections likely to be held during October-November, the leaders are thronging offices seeking prompt action to resolve people’s problems in the respective areas.

“Low lying areas are being inundated and roads are getting damaged when it rains in many places. So, we sought immediate attention of the GHMC officials,” said Mr D. Sudheer Reddy, Congress MLA from LB Nagar.
“We were told the works could not be taken up due to lack of funds. Anyway we are trying our level best to resolve people's problems in my constituency,” he said.

The state government has already directed both GHMC and R&B to resolve their dispute over road repair works. Both the departments have been asked to complete the repair work and lay new roads since the monsoon is over.

HMDA officials are also working round the clock to complete the ongoing projects as the notification is likely to be issued in the first week of October.

The 11-km P.V. Nara-simha Rao Expressway to Shamshabad airport is likely to be thrown open for public on October 2.

“The state government has already announced that the inauguration of the expressway will take place on October 2. It was the dream of late Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy. So, final touches are being given to the expressway, the biggest flyover in the country,” said an HMDA official.