The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) handed over job placement letters to the selected candidates in job mela held at West Zone last month.

Mayor M Majid Hussain along with GHMC commissioner Somesh Kumar handed over job placement letters to the selected candidates at a programme held on Sunday at GHMC head office.

The Mayor shared his experiences with the recruits and requested the IT companies to take part in job melas to be organised by the GHMC in large numbers.

GHMC will conduct at least one job mela per month at zonal, circle offices which could provide employment to 1,000 youth.

GHMC commissioner said that in the job mela conducted at Kukatpally last month, about  40 companies have participated, 2,009 candidates attended the job mela, 726 candidates were shortlisted, 326 candidates were selected out of which 280 candidates have joined and 16 candidates who joined left the job later.

He further informed that the job mela will be a platform for the unemployed youth and the companies to choose candidates of their choice depending upon the educational qualifications and vice versa with employers selecting the right candidates.

As many as 325 works under corporators’ budget (`50 lakh each) for road repairs in their respective divisions, costing total `69.83 crore, have been sanctioned, along with another 297 desiltation works in 24 engineering divisions at a cost of `21.18 crore, and tenders have been invited for all the works, GHMC mayor M Majid Hussain has said.

Meanwhile, tenders have been finalised for 24 works taken up under phase-1 of BT road repairs at a cost of `11.85 crore and tenders have been called for six more works costing `2.56 crore, he said.

Under the Comprehensive Road Development Plan (CRDP), as many as 67 works had been sanctioned at a cost of `314.71 crore, which are at different stages of completion.

The GHMC has sanctioned 13 Multi-Skill Development Centers (MSDC) and planning to construct total 70 km  length of compound walls for 385 open spaces at a cost of `49 crore, he said.

GHMC commissioner Somesh Kumar said the corporation is developing a database of all the properties of GHMC in order to make it public.