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`Most promises fulfilled'

By Our Special Correspondent

S. Ramamohana Rao

VIJAYAWADA, APRIL 7. Unlike several of his counterparts in the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, the former corporator of 8th division, S. Ramamohana Rao, has no complaints about officials and their response to problems highlighted by corporators concerned. The officials have been always cooperative and it is up to "us to raise the issue in a proper manner," he says.

Mr. Ramamohana Rao, who succeeded in having cement roads laid in his entire division, besides replacement of the old drinking water pipelines, asserts that officials promptly respond whenever they are told about the seriousness in a proper manner.

Roads get facelift

Mr. Rao, however, admits that there is a lull in the activity during the initial two years of his tenure following the replacement of municipal commissioners. But, the files have started moving fast after Praveen Prakash took over as the Municipal Commissioner. And the present Commissioner, V. Usharani, is continuing that momentum.

Mr. Rao is content with whatever he has been able to do. He fulfilled most of the promises he made to people before the elections. The condition of roads was improved, new pipelines for drinking water were laid with a cost of over Rs. 60 lakhs and all the 60 families residing on the hillslopes in his ward, including some tenants, secured houses in the Vambay colony. But, the only area he has not been able to do much to redress the grievances of people is traffic congestion and streetlighting to some extent, the former Congress corporator says. "There have been no complaints from people of my ward, as I have been with them for the past five years and taken up all issues they brought to my notice with the authorities concerned," he said.

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