Poor upkeep of MCH office irks CM

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, DEC. 16.

By office time, he was on the road and this time, to see how clean and green are the localities of the city. And the MCH office housed in the Sardar Manzil near Charminar was not all that clean, let alone being green.

Making a real surprise visit to the place on the suggestion of accompanying journalists on the 27th round of the Clean and Green, undertaken all over the State on Saturday, the Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, found the situation not all that satisfying. Even by noon, most staff were absent in several sections of the office, while those present were seen loitering.

Mr. Naidu drew himself into a section and, to his dismay, found none. Furious at this, he took the register and read out the names up to four, one by one, and ordered for their immediate suspension.

In the meantime, Mr G. Narasinga Rao, an LDC and a loner in his section, covered the bundles of old files lying over an almirah which gathered dust, with linen lest he should also draw the wrath. But he was too late. Noticing this, Mr Naidu grilled him for not changing his mindset though the clean and green message was given to him 27 times so far. The Chief Minister pulled off the cover and stamped one of the files on the table, asking the staffer if he could see the rising cloud of dust and if so, whether he would be able to concentrate in such a condition.

The MCH EE, Mr G. Rajalu, who was the highest official present in the premises, came around this time and the Chief Minister asked him if this was the "punctuality" he was maintaining. With the Labour Minister, Mr C. Krishna Yadav, holding the mike for him, Mr Naidu said "if this is the state of affairs, the State goes to dogs". He found the canteen to be the "only clean thing" in the premises and even as he was leaving after issuing instructions to the MCH Commissioner, Mr P.K.Mohanty, an old man, Mr Hazkar, accosted him, complaining that he was made to go from pillar to post for the past two years for sanction of layout for construction of house at Noorkhan Bazar. He was assured of redressal.

A person branded "mentally retarded" and named "Baba" caused a heart-rending scene as Mr. Naidu arrived at the place earlier. Beating his chest, he yelled at him "(I have) no mother..no father" and, moved at this, Mr Naidu asked the Hyderabad Collector, Mr T. Rajeswar Tiwari, to do something for him and if necessary, he would release some amount from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Some youths of the area shouted slogans in his favour holding "yellow" flgas, and their demand for withdrawal of a `false' case against a handicapped person was too conceded. Facing another group of restive youths at Machli Kaman, the Chief Minister stopped and promised repairs to the aging historical structure.

The surprise visit undertaken by the Chief Minister after a long gap, enthused people. As he moved from place to place in his Chaitanya Ratham, starting from his Jubillee Hills residence, people cheered him. The tempo was undying even at Ameerpet where even the "affected" people under the recent road-widening waved at him.

Accompanied by the Roads and Buildings Minister, Mr. K. Vijayarama Rao, and the HUDA Chairman and MD, Mr T. Krishna Reddy, and Mrs Lakshmi Parthasarathy Bhaskar, the Chief Minister inspected the Brahmananda Reddy National Park Road which is being widened to six lanes with a provision for "walkers park" ( an unpaved road ) in addition. On being told that a stretch of land belonging to Forest Department and Jubilee Hills Housing Society turned out to be obstacle stopping the six-lane road, Mr Naidu instructed that the land could be acquired and the road made ready by the month-end.

Winding up the visit for proceeding to Mahabubnagar, Mr Naidu appealed to the people, especially Government staff, to take up the programme sincerely.

He announced that the City Coordination Committee would undertake visits every day till 2 pm and its members would attend office work up to 5 pm.

Regarding widening, he categorised Charminar-Falaknuma Road, Airport-Hi Tec city Road, and Airport-Kukatpalli Road, as the major projects. Details were being worked out. The Nandanavanam project and Musi clean-up project were handed over to HUDA.

In reply to a question, the Chief Minister said the Quli Qutb Sahah Urban Development Authority was not wound up as feared, and the Government would activate and strengthen it.

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