The
Hindu: Hyderabad: Sunday, 27 September 2015.
They had Rs.
690 crore at their disposal to usher in development and improve amenities in
the city. They, however, ended up using just about Rs. 239 crore.
In their
five-year term, most of the 150 corporators of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal
Corporation (GHMC), whose tenure ended last December, did not utilise the funds
available to them for development of their wards.
Presenting
the details collected through a Right To Information (RTI) application, Sambi
Reddy, general secretary of Lok Satta Greater Hyderabad, rued the opportunity
lost by the elected representatives . “In five years of their term, each
corporator had Rs. 4.60 crore as development fund . But for J. Satyanarayana,
the corporator of Rajendranagar, none tried to avail the funds,” he said.
According to
him, of the Rs.4.60 crore, 12 corporators spent less than Rs. 1.20 crore on
their wards and another 48 corporators used less than Rs.1.50 crore.
The RTI
available with Mr. Reddy shows Dhoolpet corporator Anil Singh spent Rs.0.33
crore, Goshamahal corporator M. Venkatratnam availed Rs.0.73 crore, while
Puranapul corporator Srilata spent Rs. 0.79 crore on her ward. The other low
spenders include Champapet corporator Ramana Reddy (Rs.0.83 crore), Saroornagar
corporator Y. Bhargavi (Rs.0.86 crore) and Nacharam corporator N. Suresh
(Rs.0.98 crore).
“Apart from
Rajendranagar corporator J. Satyanarayana, and Mylardevpally corporator Prem
Das Goud , very few corporators sought to use the Rs. 4.60 crore fund available
to them,” he said. The remaining , Mr. Reddy said, had either been uninformed
of the funds available or did not display the required interest in capitalising
the amount to develop their area.
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