The Hindu 24.10.2013
New GHMC Commissioner to focus on bad roads, slums
Somesh Kumar on Wednesday took over as Commissioner,
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), and said all the good
work done by his predecessor M. T. Krishna Babu would be taken forward.
Priority areas
Speaking
to presspersons after taking charge, Mr. Kumar listed out his
priorities for the city which included repairs of roads badly affected
due to the rains, ensuring speedy redressal of citizens’ grievances and
strengthening the decentralisation initiatives.
He
underscored the need for the civic body to emerge as a nodal unit for
all the other departments and promised to focus on the slums and the
poor in the city. The Old City too needed much attention, he conceded.
Mr.
Krishna Babu said the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation which had
Rs.490 crore overdraft not only strove to overcome it but managed to
reached a comfortable position.
Clearance of the
contractors’ bills which used to take months was now taken up on weekly
basis and those related to projects, on the same day. Through various
initiatives each penny was streamlined and best efforts were made to
usher in transparency in the civic body, Mr. Krishna Babu claimed.
To focus on road repairs, speedy grievance redressal and strengthening decentralisation initiatives.
