Elected members of the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) nixed the proposed plan to establish a demolition squad to tackle unauthorised constructions in the area.
At the Board meeting held under the chairmanship of the new president and Andhra Sub Area Commander Major General C. Anantha Krishnan, the members argued that it would cause an additional financial burden and it was better to use the services of the existing staff.
With over 1,200 unauthorised constructions in Cantonment since 2005, authorities wanted to have a 10-member demolition squad to keep a check on such constructions, particularly after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had conducted raids on the SCB office and members' houses last year.
Save for approving the revised estimate for construction of a 30-bed hospital at Bolarum, the elected members' also negated proposals for allotting the contract for transportation of garbage and new traffic signals.
The contract to allot picking and transportation of garbage from Cantonment to private dump yards was especially objected to by the members. Three firms - Ramky Enviro Engineering, Rudram Constructions and Power Private Limited had bid for the contract.
Though Rudram Constructions offered to collect, transport and process the garbage free of cost, the members wanted to examine the organisation's “credibility” as it was yet to establish its factory. Authorities said that the company had offered to pay Rs.1 lakh per month to the board till it established its factory, but the decision was put off for the next meeting.
A proposal to install new traffic signals at Lothukunta, Agricultural Market, Priyadarshini Hotel Junction and Kendriya Vidyalaya, Trimulgherry too was objected. Members said that Stan Corp organisation, which was installing and maintaining traffic signals in Cantonment, had not been effective in the previous contract and it had also not yielded any revenue to the Board.
Members, in fact, wanted a meeting with the traffic police on installing traffic signals at Diamond Point as it was leading to “chaos”.
