The Hindu 17.09.2013
Mayor wants State to scrap merger order
Mayor Mohammad Majid Hussain on Monday wanted the State
government to immediately take back the orders on merger of 35 gram
panchayats with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).
Speaking
to the presspersons after the GHMC Council meeting here, the Mayor
said, the municipal corporation was struggling with its meagre means to
take care of present jurisdiction and adding more areas was only going
to create problems.
“The orders were issued in a
hasty manner without giving any clarity on a host of issues including
budget and the roles of different departments. In fact, we at the GHMC
do not understand our role itself in these merged areas.”
On
the GHMC officials taking over the merged areas and holding meetings
with officials from there, Mr. Majid Hussain said neither he nor any of
the elected representatives were consulted before the move.
Today the Council rejected the merger and asked the Commissioner not to take up development works there with GHMC budget.
“If they still go ahead, then it will be perceived as contempt of the Council,” he quipped.
The
Mayor contended that the merger move would not only end up as an
injustice to the area and population of civic body but also those in
newly merged ones.
“Frankly speaking, given our
financial constraints and manpower shortage, we are unable to do justice
to present jurisdiction. There is no way we can stretch our limited
means,” he added.
