Government releases Rs.700 crore to GHMC to take up major works
The BRS government had just ahead of the Assembly polls promised funds to GHMC and the ZCs had prepared proposals
Hyderabad: With a year left for the GHMC elections, the state government has released Rs.700 crore to the corporation. GHMC commissioner K. Ilambarithi has directed the six zonal officers to prepare proposals worth Rs.25 crore each.
"The proposals should include only major works such as storm water drains, laying/restoration of roads and development of parks," said a GHMC official here on Thursday.
The BRS government had just ahead of the Assembly polls promised funds to GHMC and the ZCs had prepared proposals. The money was never released.
Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, corporation officials said the ZCs’ proposing works cannot be linked to next year’s elections.
The standing committee, at its last meeting, approved 15 proposals, while another six proposals were placed as table agendas (instant proposals), which secured a nod.
The 15 proposals include H-CITI projects, multi-level flyovers near Kasu Brahmananda Reddy national park in Jubilee Hills, Khajaguda junction, and IIIT junction and road widening works.
The table items include remodelling and improvement of storm water drain from BRS Bhavan in Banjara Hills to Banjara lake and road development plan for the proposed 30-metre wide missing link road from Pragathinagar to Mahadevapura veterinary hospital.
The proposal to construct a RCC box drain from SBI in Darussalam and laying of RCC pipeline from Vivekananda statue to Kaverinagar culvert in Chilkanagar (Uppal) was also approved.
The other proposals approved are migration and hosting of 'e' office application work through RailTel Corporation India Limited for a period of three years at an estimated amount of Rs.3. 09 crore and procurement of 1,600 centralised control monitoring system (CCMS) boxes for streetlights at an estimated Rs.2.26 crore.