One crore plants for Haritha Haram this year

Convergence meetings effective for coordination among civic departments

This year, GHMC and other civic agencies have planned for one crore plantations as part of the Haritha Haram programme among which many of them would be medicinal plants, plants to thwart mosquitoes and other saplings as demanded by the citizens, said Commissioner B. Janardhan Reddy.

HMDA Commissioner T. Chiranjeevulu informed that every municipality within its jurisdictional limits will be provided with at least one park. He also requested Medchal Collector to provide two acres of land for the seven municipalities to carry out plantation.

About 1.80 crore saplings have been procured already.

Convergence meeting

The officials were speaking at the convergence meeting of all civic departments held at the Medchal Collectorate, Keesara on Saturday.

Mr. Chiranjeevulu said survey of 2,300 lakes out of 3,182 was completed and action plan prepared for protecting them from encroachment.

Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) Managing Director M. Dana Kishore stated that drinking water facilities would be extended to 183 villages and seven municipalities adjoining the Outer Ring Road (ORR), at a cost of ₹628 crore.

Interacting with his colleagues from other departments, Dr. Reddy observed that several issues were tackled successfully in the past one year since the convergence meetings first started, bringing in more effective coordination among different wings.

Road repairs

The municipal corporation was also trying to fill the potholes formed in recent rains on priority basis. Repairs were to be carried out with technology borrowed from the Raipur Municipal Corporation.

He also appealed for details of vacant lands from the revenue authorities for two-bedroom housing, sports facilities and community halls.

Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) was asked to provide radium stickers at all the metro pillars as per the norms of the Road Congress. Medchal Collector M.V.S Reddy sought thatthe 70-odd water laden quarry pits be filled up with construction debris generated in the city,since many people were going for a swim and getting drowned in them.

He also touched upon the issues on drinking water, sewerage, parks and burial grounds.