MCH Five-Year-Plan soon

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, OCT.9 The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) will shortly prepare its tenth Five-Year Plan. This decision follows discussions held in New Delhi with officials of the Urban Development Ministry this week, the MCH Commissioner, Dr. P.K. Mohanty, said here on Tuesday evening.

Talking to newspersons, he said the decision on the plan was a sequel to a move by the Planning Commission to include municipal plans in the all-India plans. "I have presented my views on the MCH plan in Delhi. It is for the Planning Commission to decide on the shape of the plan", he said, adding that the stress in the plan would be on technology management and capacity-building.

Dr. Mohanty praised Mr. Sundar Raj, a retired armyman, of Siddharthanagar North, near Ameerpet, for voluntarily collecting Rs.4.5 lakhs from about 60 houses in the A.G. Colony as property tax (self-assessment) for the current year.

After receiving the cheques for the amount, he instructed the additional commissioner concerned to take up work sought by the residents. The works include laying of indoor roads, development of a park and installation of sodium vapour lamps. Work of the park would be taken up in a week.

The MCH Commissioner said about 1,000 road repair works to fill the potholes and bad patches would be taken up in a phased manner before December. This year, about Rs.30 crores was being spent on repairs. He stated that potholes/bad patches on 70 roads were filled the day before yesterday. But they were washed away in rain. The MCH would take up a drive to complete the work.

Dr. Mohanty stated that a study conducted by the Town and Country Planning Organisation had shown that the land prices in Hyderabad had not fallen, unlike in the other cities in the country. The study had covered every colony in Twin Cities.

Referring to the face-to-face programme on Town Planning issues conducted last week, he said it did not generate sufficient interest because of heavy rain. The programme would be organised every Saturday.

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