The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation on Thursday decided to conduct a comprehensive survey on the hoarding in its limits.
Following discussions during the second session of GHMC’s general body meeting, GHMC Mayor Mohammad Majid Hussain directed the officials to conduct a comprehensive survey of hoardings in the city and submit the report before the Standing Committee for further action. Earlier, participating in the debate Kaleru Venkatesh of Congress pointed out that there were just 25 employees in the GHMC advertising department to monitor the ad agencies who are making profits of over Rs 100 crore per annum. Jaffer Hussain Meraj of MIM said that one agency which owed Rs 17 crore to the corporation has vanished. He suggested that all hoardings from the GHMC limits be removed to make it a ‘hoardings’ free city’.
TDP floor leader Singireddy Srinivas Reddy and Bangari Prakash of BJP also expressed over mishandling of GHMC’s advertising department. Meanwhile, Additional Commissioner Dhananjay Reddy informed the council that efforts were being made to modernise 596 hoardings at different bus shelters in the GHMC limits.
The Mayor also directed the officials to submit a detailed report on the status of street lights in the GHMC limits during the next meeting of Standing Committee.
Although the council was scheduled to discuss six important issues including building permissions, BPS/LRS, nala desiltation works, the agenda could not be followed with opposition TDP corporators insisting on passing a resolution against the hike in petrol prices. However, the proposal was rejected by both the Congress and MIM corporators stating that the GHMC council was not right forum to discuss such an issue.
–Agencies