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GHMC chief sets 45-day deadline

Tuesday, 11 August 2009 12:40 administrator
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The New Indian Express 11.08.2009

GHMC chief sets 45-day deadline

Express News Service

HYDERABAD: GHMC Commissioner SP Singh has directed Town Planning officials to speed up the disposal of BPS applications and called for an action plan to complete the entire process within 45 days.

While reviewing the status of disposal of BPS applications, he said out of the 2,04,320 applications received, only 17,870 (8.75 percent) had been cleared so far and the remaining were in various stages of processing.

Expressing unhappiness over this state of affairs, the commissioner asked the additional commissioner and chief city planner (CCP) to visit various GHMC circles to personally monitor the process.

He also asked the deputy municipal commissioners to convene BRS melas, if needed, for the convenience of the public and asked officials to set up help desks in circle offices.

If required, all the officials in the tax and engineering sections, besides town planning, should be utilised to counsel the public on BPL cases.

The commissioner advised officials to collect the BPS fee in a crossed bank demand draft taken in the name of the Commissioner & Special Officer, GHMC.

Announcing that he would review the disposal of BPS applications every Saturday, he asked the Deputy Municipal Commissioners to form inspection teams and visit housing colonies in their respective areas and guide the public on obtaining the certificate from licensed structural engineers.

Chief City Planner Purushotham Reddy has told all the DMCs that while acknowledging the receipt of BPS applications, the date of disposal be intimated to the applicants so they can come to office and collect copies of the final certificate on the day mentioned.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 August 2009 12:41
 

Eco Park to come up in city soon

Tuesday, 11 August 2009 12:31 administrator
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The New Indian Express 11.08.2009

Eco Park to come up in city soon

HYDERABAD: Denizens will soon get another breathing space in the heart of the city to spend their weekends and holidays.

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) is developing an Ecological Green Park (Eco Park) at the Minister’s Road, near KIMS Hospital, Secunderabad.

The park is coming up under the Hussainsagar Lake and Catchment Area Improvement Project with the financial assistance from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). After the Lotus Pond at Jubilee Hills, it will be the second eco park in the heart of Greater Hyderabad.

Senior HMDA officials told `Expresso’ that people visiting the eco park would get the feel of moving in the forest as it possesses many plant species, including bamboo and wild grass.

Of the total 42.5 acres land available for the development, the eco park will be set up in 36 acres at a cost of Rs 1 crore. Already a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) is under construction in 6.5 acres of land. The Buddha Purnima Project, a wing of HMDA, will take up desilting of 85,000 cubic metres mass.

The water spread area will be increased from the existing 21 acres to 24 acres.

The water holding capacity will also go up from the existing 1.20 lakh cubic metres to 2.55 lakh cubic metres. The treated water will be impounded for various purposes, including water sports.

A 2.5 km peripheral walkway will also be laid as part of the eco park.

Walking and jogging tracks, special illumination and adequate parking space are the other features of the eco park.

Desilting and bund formation works have already started. The park is likely to be thrown open to public by the end of this year.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 August 2009 12:39
 

Metro ‘lands’ properties

Tuesday, 11 August 2009 10:47 administrator
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Deccan Chronicle 11.08.2009

Metro ‘lands’ properties

August 11th, 2009
By Our Correspondent

Bengaluru, Aug. 10: After the initial hurdles, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has almost completed the land acquisition process for the Metro Rail.

BMRCL had identified 931 private properties out of which it has acquired 710 so far and demolished 548 structures. Apart from technical challenges, acquiring private properties, shifting utilities and carrying out underground work are the major challenges that BMRCL faces, said BMRCL spokesperson B.L. Yeshwanth Chavan.

The company has also come out with a model of the Jayanagar railway station. With the company committed to meeting its deadline of October 2010 on Reach-1, there has steady progress in the work.

Work on the viaduct in Reach–1 is underway on MG Road and the foundation work is nearing completion on CMH Road. The Adarsha Junction-Trinity Circle has also been taken up in a big way. The Byappanahalli depot and workshop work, which have been entrusted to Ms URC Limited, are progressing at full swing. But residents of CMH Road and Indiranagar are apprehensive about safety at the work sites after a few accidents occurred at the Metro sites.

BMRCL authorities were engaging unskilled workers at work sites which requires some minimum skills. Unskilled workers from the North-East are being roped in to cut costs, alleged advocate Pramila Nesargi. But company authorities maintain that all necessary safety measures are in place. All workers are insured and in case of accidents, contractors will bear the medical expense and the victims will also be given adequate compensation, they said.

Tor Steel, which is overseeing quality assurance, said lack of common sense in executing civil works was responsible for the accident on CMH Road.

 
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