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Venkatramana is TUDA chief

Wednesday, 12 February 2014 05:28 administrator
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The Hindu              12.02.2014

Venkatramana is TUDA chief

Former MLA M. Venkatramana has been appointed as the 12th Chairman of the Tirupati Urban Development Authority (TUDA). He will hold the position for a period of two years.

Amid heavy sloganeering by his followers, Mr. Venkatramana arrived with the orders this afternoon and took charge at the TUDA office. He announced an ambitious plan to get 8,000 houses built with an outlay of Rs.93 crore.

The swift and unexpected move to fill the post, which has been lying vacant for close to four years, is viewed in the political circles as an attempt by the Congress to keep its flock together, in view of the rumours making rounds that several senior leaders of the party could hop the fence ahead of the general elections round the corner. Mr. Ramana, in fact, has been taking active part in the ongoing Samaikyandhra agitation and flaying the Centre’s decision till recently.

TUDA Secretary K. Madhavi Latha, Planning Officer K. Krishna Reddy and senior officials extended wishes to their new Chairperson.

 

Sharan takes charge as new RMC Commissioner

Tuesday, 11 February 2014 08:47 administrator
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The Pioneer              11.02.2014

Sharan takes charge as new RMC Commissioner

Awanish Kumar Sharan, an IAS officer of 2009 batch took over charge as the Commissioner of Raipur Municipal Corporation on Monday.

Prior to this, Sharan was posted as Commissioner of Bilaspur Municipal Corporation where he served for 18 months. He was welcomed by Additional Commissioner JR Soni, Deputy Commissioner of General Administration Department RK Dongre, Deputy Commissioner of Revenue Department Lavkush Singraul, RMC Secretary Pritam Mishra, President of RMC Employee Union Arun Dubey and others. After taking the charge, Sharan held an introductory meeting with Zone commissioners and RMC officials. He sought an overview of facilities and development schemes in the eight zones of the city. He also visited various departments of the RMC and briefly interacted with the heads. Former commissioner of the civic body Narendra Dugga has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Development in Durg.  

 

BBMP Budget Next Monday

Tuesday, 11 February 2014 07:31 administrator
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The New Indian Express            11.02.2014

BBMP Budget Next Monday

The BBMP has announced that it will present its annual budget on Monday. This will be the first budget to be presented on time by the ruling BJP in the BBMP Council.

Mayor B S Sathyanarayana  told reporters on Monday that a draft of the budget is ready. M S Shivaprasad, chairman of the BBMP’s Taxation and Finance Committee, will present it.

 “The budget will be discussed for three days from February 20 and after getting approval will be sent to the government by February 25. I hope the government will approve it soon,” the Mayor said.

When asked about the size of the budget, he said it will be smaller than that of previous years. “We are trying to present a budget with an outlay of `7,500 crore. This will be a realistic budget,” Sathyanarayana added.

Interestingly, District In-charge Minister R Ramalinga Reddy claimed he was not informed about the budget date. He emphasised that if the Council presented a realistic budget, it would be approved within a week.

However, opposition leader in the Council Manjunath Reddy termed the budget a gimmick ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

“They (BJP) have not informed us about presenting the budget. They are supposed to give us the draft seven days before presenting it. They should have called an all-party meeting before preparing it. I am sure this budget will be presented for the sake of publicity as Lok Sabha elections are round the corner,” he said. Referring to last year’s budget, Reddy  said only 38 per cent of the proposals were implemented.

 
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