Prajavani to Solve People's Problems: GHMC Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi

Hyderabad: GHMC Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi today said prajavani programme was aimed at solving the problems of the people. The Mayor directed the concerned officials to take the initiative to look into the complaints received in the public domain and resolve them immediately.

The Mayor and the Deputy Mayor Mote Srilatha Sobhan Reddy along with the people from all over the city received grievances for the prajavani held at the GHMC headquarters on Monday. The complaints were handed over to the concerned authorities and the issues were ordered to be resolved.

Speaking on the occasion, Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi directed the officials to resolve the complaints received in the public domain from time to time without any delay. The petitioners were told that any problem should be brought to their notice and efforts would be made to resolve the issue by her. She also suggested that the right way to resolve the issues should be found and added that the petitioners should not be turned around the office and steps would be taken to resolve the grievances of the petitioners at the earliest. The petitioners have been asked to exercise restraint by her.

Four requests were received through the phone-in programme and were sent to the concerned authorities for redressal. Deputy Mayor Srilatha Sobhan Reddy said the authorities should make special efforts in resolving the grievances of the petitioners. She instructed the officials to take steps to ensure speedy justice to the requests from time to time. Of the 43 requests received in the Prajavani programme held at the GHMC headquarters, the Town Planning department received the highest number of complaints at 26, followed by health (4), ENC department (3), tax section, UBD and FA departments (2 each) and legal, lakes, HMWSSB, LWSB, LWS and S departments one each.

A total of 103 applications were received in the six zones under the GHMC limits. Of these, 62 complaints were received in Kukatpally zone, 19 in Serilingampally zone, 11 in LB Nagar zone, four in Secunderabad zone, four in Khairatabad zone and three in Charminar zone.

Additional Commissioners Shiva Kumar Naidu, Nalini Padmavathi, Yadagiri Rao, Venugopal Reddy, Geetha Radhika, Pankaja, Ashok Samrat, Raghu Prasad, Subhadra Devi, CCP Srinivas, CE Bhaskar Reddy, Additional CCP Gangadhar, Lakes SE Narayana, CM&HO Dr Padmaja, Veterinary Chief Dr Abdul Vakil, Joint Commissioners Mahesh Kulkarni, Uma Prakash, Vanisree, Water Works D G Housing SE Krishna Rao, PV Ramana, Rajeshwar, UBD Director

Srinivas and Advertising Officer Durdana Begum were present.