The Hindu 09.04.2013
Parking woes to be a thing of past soon
The GHMC is scouting for open plots, either government
or private, near the main roads with the help of GIS mapping for taking
up construction of multi-level parking in different places. The civic
body is also game to acquire private properties for constructing them,
said Commissioner M.T. Krishna Babu.
He also directed
the municipal officials to similarly identify government spaces so that
bus bays can be developed alongside the busy thoroughfares.
A
proposal to put up pedestrian guard grills for protecting the footpaths
from any further encroachments too was being considered, he said.
During
a recent meeting with Nampally MLA Virasat Rasool Khan, the
Commissioner also informed that road widening from government ITI
building to Hussain mosque, Government Junior College, Mehdipatnam
crossroads to Noble talkies, NMDC, Masab Tank to PVNR Expressway would
be taken up soon after holding discussions with all the parties
concerned.
A fresh boundary wall would also be
constructed once the work is done. But, before that the Central Zone
Commissioner Ronald Ross was asked to inspect the route accompanied by
the police. The HMWSSB was urged to being pipeline work from NMDC, Masab
Tank to the PVNR Expressway and also from the Crescent Hospital to NMDC
immediately as the municipal corporation has already paid Rs. 20 lakh
for it. Meanwhile, complaints about unauthorised constructions and
encroachments of public spaces continued to pour in various citizens’
interaction programmes including the ‘Face to Face’ hosted by Mayor
Mohd. Majid Hussain and Mr. Krishna Babu as well as the weekly
‘Prajavani’ held on every Monday morning.
While a
couple of BPS applications not cleared from Gandhinagar and Yousufguda
were brought to the Commissioner’s notice, illegal construction
grievances were reported from different areas like Hyderguda, Aliabad,
HMT Colony, Kacheguda, Sanathnagar, Champapet, Kukatpally, Erragadda,
Ramgopalpet, Regimental Bazar, Chilkalguda and so on.
Footpath
encroachment was reported near the British Library while a plea for
constructing bus shelters was made for sites at Karwan, Gudimalkapur,
Langar Houz, Golnaka, Tolichowki and Jiyaguda.