Hyderabad: The day he returned from his official trip to the United States, minister K.T. Rama Rao on Monday took up an unscheduled road inspection in the city.
Mr Rao, who arrived at around 3 am on Monday, was driving through Hitec City and Kukatpally to attend a personal event later in the day when he was troubled by the bad roads and went in for an immediate inspection.
He started his inspection at Sri Nagar Colony where Transco had dug up roads for underground cabling over six months back and left them unattended. The minister rang up the contractor and asked him to complete the works within 15 days. He also walked to the Yousufguda check-post inspecting Hyderabad Metro works.
Potholes, encroached footpaths and dug-up roads were identified and Mr Rao asked GHMC authorities to note down the exact number of potholes that were to be repaired.
He later had lunch at a Rs 5-a-meal centre at Shapur where he was served dal, sambar, rice, chutney, potato curry and curd. He paid Rs 500 for the meals of 100 people at the centre.
