When you visit the city next time, you will get a lasting impression and be left with fond memories. That is the promise the district administration seems to be making with the massive beautification programme that got underway.
The potholed roads, choked and overflowing drains and ugly looking environs in the Tri-cities of Warangal, Hanamkonda and Kazipet will soon be history.
As part of the beautification flexis and wall posters have been banned, medians are being remade with a modern and aesthetic touch, roads are being repaired and widened, compound walls on either side of the main thoroughfares are being painted with a theme or a message.
Feel happy
The city, which is aiming to be a Smart City would live up its name. “If you go round, you will feel happy,” Warangal Urban District Collector K. Amrapali told The Hindu.
The young and enterprising officers — Ms. Amrapali and Municipal Commissioner Sruthi Ojha — and proactive public representatives Mayor N. Narender and KUDA Chairman Marri Yadava Reddy have been holding series of meetings and constantly reviewing the ongoing beautification works.
KUDA is spending over ₹1 crore on areas allotted to them, Mr. Yadava Reddy said. The Municipal Commissioner said budget was not a criterion. “We are ready to allocate any amount depending on the need,” she said.
Wall painting works are going on at 31 select places in the tri-cities. Unlike conventional messages, the paintings are thematic and without slogans.
Thematic paintings
They convey the message loud and clear on issues like conservation of water, literacy, safety and superstition, among others.
The district headquarters has five entry points and at each entry point, compound wall have been painted reflecting separate themes — history and culture.
Similarly, road junctions are being redone they are being widened and plantation taken up. KUDA Chairman Marri Yadava Reddy said they were assigned to beautify road medians at three places where they were replacing old type of dividers.
New road medians
“We are digging up the centre of the road and constructing waist high wall. In the middle, we are planting flowering plants. We will now have ultra-modern medians that you would find nowhere else,” he said.
District Collector appealed to the citizens of the Tri-cities to cultivate a sense of belonging and to develop civic sense to ensure clean surroundings. “My earnest appeal is that government alone can do nothing but if citizens supplement our efforts, we can do wonders,” she said.
