The Hindu       23.12.2014

GHMC to launch 2nd phase of driver-cum-owner scheme

: The GHMC is getting ready to launch the second phase of ‘driver-cum-owner’ scheme where close to 200 unemployed youth are likely to be given brand new Maruti Dzire cars.

The first tranche of the scheme saw 105 vehicles handed over by Deputy CM Moahmood Ali four months ago.

Special Officer and Commissioner Somesh Kumar said that in the second phase, 90 per cent of the bank loan has been allotted to SC/ST category with 10 per cent beneficiary contribution and for others, it will be 80 per cent bank loan and 20 per cent beneficiary contribution.

All the first phase vehicles are being utilised by the municipal corporation for official use by paying a rent of Rs.25,000 per month.

Special discount

The Maruti Suzuki firm itself is giving a special discount of Rs.76,000 and loan is by the State Bank of Hyderabad for a period of six years. A subsidy of 35 per cent is given to SC/ST beneficiaries under SCSP/TSP component of Industrial Investment Promotion Policy (IIPP) 2010-15.

Unclaimed bodies

GHMC has also constituted a panel of officials including the police and health department to take a call on providing the unclaimed bodies in the Government hospitals in the city to the teaching hospitals for a prescribed fee. Mr. Somesh Kumar also stated that there was a strange situation where medical colleges were not getting bodies for teaching while many bodies were rotting in the mortuaries. Steps will also be taken to ensure that such bodies are disposed of with 72 hours, a press release said.

e-office

The municipal corporation will also become the first civic body in the country to go for total e-office soon and already close to 5,000 files have been digitised with the help of the National Informatics Centre (NIC). Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will be officially launching the e-file after the number reaches 10,000 files, added Mr. Kumar.