Modern urinals to be ready soon: MCH official

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, NOV. 28. Fifty of the 150 modern urinals sanctioned by the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad in the twin cities, have been completed so far. The rest would be ready in the next two or three months, the MCH Additional Commissioner, Mr. Jaganaddha Rao, said on Wednesday.

He was replying to a query from a caller from RTC crossroads, Mr. S. Krishna, during the weekly `Face to face programme'. Spots for locating the modern urinals were already identified, he said, adding that 30 such urinals had been completed in the Secunderabad area. The complaint was about stench and overflow from open urinals near Odeon theatre, due to lack of proper facilities.

The Tourism Minister, Mr. T. Srinivas Yadav, replied to complaints regarding encroachment, inadequate water supply, overflow of drainage and delay in sanction of drinking water supply connections. Mr. M. G. Gopal, Managing Director, HMWS&SB, also answered queries. Officials of the APSRTC, APGenco, AP Telecom besides MCH and HMWSSB were present.

While Mr. Amarnath, of Kalasiguda, complained of illegal constructions in the area and lack of official response despite several representations, Mr. Solomon, of Musheerabad, spoke of grabbing of church land. Mr. Rao assured to depute Town Planning officials to look into the matter.

Mr. Jagadeswara Rao, of Premnagar, Khairatabad, alleged that vegetable pushcart vendors were occupying the recently widened road in his area rendering it useless for residents.

To a complaint from Mrs. Nasreen, of Himayatnagar, regarding congestion of the lane next to Galaxy Hotel, caused by overflowing dustbins and occupation by beggars and rap pickers, he said the lane had been included in the MCH plan to widen 200 roads in the City. Work on it was expected to be completed in six months.

Mrs. Atul Jain of Sultan Bazar, Mr. Mohd. Ibrahim of Adikmet, Messrs -- Madhusudhan and Karim, of Gunfoundry, complained about inadequate supply of drinking water. Mr. Gopal said the problem was due to dislocation of water lines and assured that the supply in twin cities would improve in the next three or four days.

Mr. Gopalakrishna, of Madhapur, Messrs -- Gopaiah and Nagesh of Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Kukatpally, said no water supply connections were released to them even after payment of the requisite fee. Mr. Raghu, of Sithaphalmandi, wanted the movement of lorries to be stopped for one hour in the mornings near the level crossing to enable school children move freely.

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