The Hindu 20.12.2009
Rs. 1,000 cr. additional funds sought
Special Correspondent
HYDERABAD: The GHMC has requested the Centre to sanction an additional grant of Rs. 1,000 crore immediately under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
Mayor B. Kartika Chandra Reddy in a memorandum to Union Minister for Urban Development S. Jaipal Reddy on Saturday in New Delhi pointed out that several projects sanctioned under the Mission were in various stages of progress including those of housing for poor.
About 26 projects to the tune of Rs.2, 027.90 crore were sanctioned under the Mission of which GHMC’s share was Rs. 407.09 crore. She said the capital’s citizens had tremendously benefitted by completion of three flyovers funded under the Mission.
And more funds would make the city, the best metro in the country as many developmental works are being taken up, she said.
