Southern States - Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad

Over Rs. 9-lakh penalty levied under cleanliness drive

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD April 20 . For the first time in the city, over Rs.9.15 lakhs has been collected as penalty from the people during the Clean Hyderabad Drive launched by the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad from April 10 to 19, the Mayor, T. Krishna Reddy, and the MCH Commissioner, Chitra Ramachandran, told presspersons here on Saturday. During the drive, the MCH spent Rs.30 lakhs and deployed 7,430 lorries for clearing debris in the twin cities.

During the Clean and Green Programme, the Mayor said as a precautionary measure, various nalas in city would be cleaned before the onset of monsoon. Encroachments in and around the nalas would be removed in a phased manner so the floods of August 2000 don't recur.

Mr. Krishna Reddy expressed happiness that the HUDA had bagged the Green City Award for 2002 and hoped that the MCH would get the Clean City Award this year also. Mrs. Chitra Ramachandran said the MCH was able to clear the debris thanks to the people's cooperation. The levy of penalty during the drive was a message to the people to develop civic sense.

The Tourism Minister, T. Srinivas Yadav, pointed out that thanks to the implementation of the Clean and Green Programme, Hyderabad was able to bag the Clean City Award for the last four years. He wanted people to cooperate with the MCH in finding solution to their civic problems. Tree plantation taken up as a drive in the last four years would be continued, the minister said.

The Mayor, the MCH Commissioner and the Minister saw the work of widening of the Necklace Road nala and deepening of the water body at Shyamalakunta in Sanathnagar. The DFO, Wildlife, A. Sankaran told them that work to deepen the water body in the Kasu Brahmananda Reddi Park would be completed in a fortnight. The park has 300 peacocks and 130 varieties of birds, he said.

At Gowrishankarnagar in Banjara Hills, the MCH officials handed over six tricycles to local residents for taking up garbage clearance. The Deputy Mayor, Subash Chander, the Collector, Rajeshwar Tiwari, the MCH Additional Commissioner, D.Jagannadha Rao and local corporators accompanied the Mayor and the Minister.

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