The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) would ensure all required basic amenities for around 3,000 students who regularly visit the City Grandhalya Samstha at Chikkadpally to prepare for competitive examinations, GHMC Commissioner, Somesh Kumar said on Thursday.
He also announced introduction of the Rs. 5 food scheme at the library premises to provide quality meals for about 500 students and for more if required, according to a press release. The Commissioner visited the library following a request made by Musheerabad MLA K. Laxman and assured the students of facilities such as drinking water, furniture, toilets, renovations where needed and electricity within a month. Dr. Laxman said a committee with some of the students would be formed, which along with him would take care of the grievances and have it placed before the Commissioner.
Except for eight properties, almost 90 per cent of the inner ring road around Charminar taken up as part of the Charminar Pedestrianisation Project has been completed. The GHMC said in a press release on Thursday that the Paris Corner building at Panchmohalla spread over 317 square yards has been acquired under private negotiation and the land and structural compensation amount paid to the owners in recent times.
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A meeting of senior officials and heads of departments held on Thursday to discuss steps for making Hyderabad a world class city, covered 14 different infrastructure facilities such as drinking water arrangements, roads, electricity, communication, transport, energy, environment and safety and security among others.
According to a press release issued here, the interaction which had participation of B.V. Papa Rao, Advisor to Government, Narsing Rao, Principal Secretary, CMO, S.K. Joshi, MA&UD Principal Secretary, Pradeep Chandra, HMDA Commissioner, Somesh Kumar, GHMC Commissioner and M. Jagdishwar, HMWSSB Managing Director decided to come up with proposals in a day or two and have a meeting with the Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao. The officials discussed about providing a separate lake for Ganesh idol immersion near Indira Park and noted that nearly 110 major industries located at Kukatpally were releasing industrial effluents and drainage water in the Hussainsagar lake polluting the entire water body.
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