CM wants comprehensive action plan for core urban region within ORR
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has instructed the officials of the Municipal Administration department to prepare a comprehensive policy for the development of core urban region located inside the Outer Ring Road.
Simultaneously, a policy with action plan for all round development of semi-urban and rural areas should be prepared, he said. The Chief Minister reviewed the status of ongoing and pending works in the Municipal Administration department with senior officials on Wednesday. Officials briefed him about the developmental works that were in different stages.
Mr. Revanth Reddy instructed the officials to prepare a comprehensive plan to meet the future needs of the core urban region. The action plan should accord priority to drinking water supply, drainage, roads, metro connectivity and elevated corridors. He wanted the officials to ensure that the infrastructure development works that were being taken up in the core urban region should take into consideration the requirements of the growing urban population in the next 25 years.
A transparent policy should be prepared for semi-urban and rural areas along with an action plan on the way forward.
The Chief Minister enquired about the progress of the ongoing drinking water supply and sewage treatment plant works under the GHMC limits. Officials were instructed to complete the pending works at the earliest.
He advised officials not to neglect sanitation in the city and to take precautions against the spread of seasonal diseases like Dengue and Chikungunya as the monsoon had set in. Identification of water stagnating points on roads and preventive measures was also discussed in the meeting.
Strict measures to prevent drainage overflow during the monsoon and appropriate steps to prevent the contamination of drinking water and mosquito menace was also reviewed.
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