The
Hindu: Hyderabad: Tuesday, 29 December 2015.
Promises of a
clean and slum free Hyderabad have remained mere slogans despite the Greater
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) spending close to Rs.4,200 crore in the
last few decades, the Lok Satta GHMC unit alleged here on Sunday.
Releasing
information collected through the RTI and other sources, to the media here, the
Lok Satta Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation general secretary, Sambi
Reddy said while spending the funds all these years, the civic body failed to
improve the slums and make the city free of slums. “As per a government survey,
there were 1,476 slums in the year 2012, now there are 1,504 slums. In fact,
the number of slums had gone up in the city,” he told the mediapersons. The
GHMC over the decades has received funds to the tune of Rs.4,200 crore from
different sources including its own funds, Central government funds and also
from foreign agencies such as DFID (UK) and World Bank, he said. Those living
in government constructed houses in Borabanda for the last two decades were yet
to receive ‘pattas’ and the area turned into another slum for the city, the Lok
Satta leader said.
‘According to
a government survey, there were 1,476 slums in the year 2012, now there are
1,504 slums’
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