Arbitrary billing by AP Transco criticised

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, NOV. 29. The arbitrary billing being done by the AP Transco came to the fore at the weekly `Face to Face' programme of the civic administration here on Wednesday.

Dr. Swaroopanand from Azamabad complained to the Ministers and senior officials at the MCH office that he was paying his power bills on time but was given irregular and high billing on the guise that the meters were "sluggish". Though he had given an application to the area engineer concerned, remedial action was not taken.

The Chief Engineer (Metro Zone), AP Transco, Mr. K. Balakrishna Rao, asked the person to come to his office at the Mint Compound to sort out the problem. Even as he gave the answer, the assembled officers told the Roads and Buildings Minister, Mr. K. Vijayarama Rao, that this problem was quite a common one.

Mr. Rajesh from Golconda area said they were facing the problem of erratic power supply and stray dogs. Mr. Rao said he would send his personnel to look into the issue while the Minister said the MCH would take care of the dogs.

Mr. Bhadravartha of Jubilee Hills wanted the police to streamline the Sunday bazar on Road no.10 which was encroaching onto the road and causing congestion. Mr. Ravi from Borabanda wanted to know when the promised road from AG Colony to Kalyan nagar would be completed. Mr. Vijayarama Rao instructed the police and the MCH to initiate action.

The Minister also assured Mr. Babu Bhaskar from Tarnaka that he would write to the department concerned to take up a sewerage treatment plant in the area so that the sewerage coming from the dairy plant could be treated taking care of the mosquito menace. To a complaint that the RTC had withdrawn its services, he said, at least a few buses would be restored in the area.

Prof. Nanchariah from Manikonda wanted drinking water facility to their colony and also a permanent road. The Managing Director of the HMWSSB, Mr. M. Gopal, said the works could be taken up if the residents could bear the restoration costs. The MCH Additional Commissioner, Mr. Sisodia, the Hyderabad Collector, Mr. Rajeshwar Tiwari, and the DGM of Hyderabad Telecom, Mr. Janardhan Rao, also participated.

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