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Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
By Our Staff Reporter
The MCH Commissioner, Chitra Ramachandran, replying to a question during the general body meeting of the Corporation on Wednesday. The Mayor, T. Krishna Reddy, is in chair. — Photo: Mohd. Yousuf
The MCH Commissioner, Chitra Ramachandran, stated this at the seventh general body meeting of the elected council here on Wednesday. Replying to the questions by the members, she said contrary to the views expressed by them, the Corporation was spending about 27 per cent of the taxes recovered towards slum development. Once the ODA was cleared even notified slums would be provided with necessary amenities. She told the Kavadiguda corporator, T. Indira, that it was not possible to spend higher amounts on a single slum as the MCH was responsible for providing facilities to all the 800-odd notified slums and the works were being taken up phase-wise. The Administrative Staff College of India had only conducted a survey in 12 slums about the requirement of basic amenities and proposed works to the tune of Rs. 7.79 crores. The Additional Commissioner (Health and Sanitation), Malsur, informed that proposals of ASCI were sent to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board for laying sewer lines and water supply. Already, Rs. 54 crores shared by the MCH and water board was spent in five slums by the body and remaining works would be taken up in a phased manner. The general body meeting being held after a gap of seven months had for the first time completed the entire listed agenda of 17 items including the formation of five special committees that was a long-standing demand of the corporators. Together with the question and answer session, the council sat for about four hours. And, save for a couple of issues there appeared to be a remarkable unanimity among the corporators and officials.
Nampally Sarai
The meeting decided to go in for a "mixed" building in the place of the Nampally Sarai providing for a rest house, commercial establishments and parking with the modern structure to be built on the lines of the dilapidated old building, which the heritage committee wanted to preserve. Corporators of almost all the parties sought approval to such a proposal. For the `sarai' near the Kachiguda railway station and another pavilion on the Tank Bund it was decided to take it before the city civil judge.
Emergency cell
The MCH Commissioner asserted that the central emergency cell continued to function round the clock. "We are not closing it even though the drain-cleaning was transferred to the HMWSSB. We are further going to strengthen it and engage swimmers as well," said Mrs. Ramachandran to a query by S. Prabhakar Reddy. Corporators demanded that the MCH not give up cleaning the drains as the HMWSSB to which the job was transferred as per the Government direction was claiming it had no funds. Officials said the matter was in the court and there was little the civic body could do. Members felt that the stay was only for transfer of funds and not to stall any work. The Mayor said a meeting of floor leaders would be held to discuss the issue when Mohd.Shareef, who raised the issue, insisted. It was also decided to send the proposal to sell MCH quarters to employees to the Government .
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