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MIM seeks special package for old city

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, JULY 2. Akbaruddin Owaisi, Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) floor leader, on Friday demanded a special package to develop the old city of Hyderabad in all respects -- education, sports and employment. He wanted the Government to come out with a special allocation of over Rs.5,000 crores to develop Telangana and to revive regional boards in three regions for ensuring their speedy development.

Participating in the budget debate in the Assembly, he praised the Finance Minister, K.Rosaiah, for his "brave and courageous" efforts , but wondered how he proposed to cover the deficit and augment finances for taking up irrigation projects, after declaring its intent not to levy new taxes.

Referring to development of the old city, Mr. Owaisi faulted the Government for cutting the budgets of the MCH and Quli Qutb Shah Urban Development Authority, as it would have an impact on the works to be taken in the twin cities.

He wanted the major chunk of the enhanced foreign grants received by the HUDA to be spent on creation of a `mega old city' and for the Krishna Water Project-II stage. The Government should sanction one lakh houses for the minority community and expeditiously implement the Musi clean-up project, for solving, among others, the severe mosquito problem.

Mr. Owaisi pressed for restoring the budget for minority welfare which, he alleged, was cut by half by new Government, despite the minorities supporting the Congress in the Assembly elections. While asking the Government how it proposed to implement the 5 per cent reservation for Muslims, he said the bill should be foolproof.

The MIM member pleaded for creation of an official language commission for Urdu. If this was not possibe, the Government could appoint officials to implement Urdu as official language. While hailing enforcement of Urdu as second language in 12 districts, he demanded appointment of translators in all departments to take action on Urdu representations.

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