No harassment of BRS applicants: Mohanty

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, JULY 27. The MCH Commissioner, Dr. P.K. Mohanty, has denied harassment of people who have applied under the building regularisation scheme (BRS).

He said the MCH had so far disposed of 18,412 cases of the 26,000-odd cases applied for the BRS. About 4,243 of these were multi-storeyed buildings violating all norms. About 3,585 cases were rejected but a decision was yet to be taken on their demolition. The Commissioner said the corporation was of the view that demolition should be a threat and not a solution. A committee was going into the details and a final decision would be taken soon.

Referring to a complaint by one Narasimham from Indian Airlines colony in the Face-to-Face programme, he said though the complainant was eligible under the BRS they could not clear the application as the matter was in the court. He also said for queries on the BRS people could directly approach him or the Additional Commissioner, Mr. K. Valevan.

To clear the pending applications, the MCH would hold BRS melas and `BRS Mukha-Mukhi'. The dates would be announced soon, he added.

Development strategy

Meanwhile, Mohanty said the Government is coming out with a sophisticated structural planning of all departments as a part of the Vision 2020 document, keeping in view the burgeoning needs of people. Stating this here at a press conference on Friday, he said the project--a part of city's alliance project supported by the World Bank--envisages to prepare a development strategy. Hyderabad is the only city in the country to have been selected under the project.

He said the HUDA was also revising its master plan to meet new challenges. Studies were being done and policies framed on services like sewerage lines, traffic, stormwater drainage, fibre optic lines, drinking water and cable network. Work on these projects is likely to begin in six months.

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