RWAs demand civic amenities in expanded GHMC limits

Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs) of Greater Hyderabad have urged the GHMC to improve civic amenities in newly added areas following the expansion of 27 urban local bodies. Their demands include better roads, uninterrupted water supply, sanitation, streetlight maintenance, and stray dog control.

Hyderabad: Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs) of Greater Hyderabad called on the GHMC to ensure the provision of essential civic amenities within the newly expanded limits of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).

The expansion of 27 urban local bodies brought several residential areas under the jurisdiction of the GHMC and residents urged improvements in infrastructure and services.

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The RWAs demanded better roads, uninterrupted water supply, streetlight maintenance, sanitation, waste management and control of the stray dog menace in newly added areas. They also requested the GHMC to prioritise the development of parks and recreational facilities to enhance the quality of life.

B T Srinivasan, general secretary of the United Federation of RWAs (Uferwas) of Greater Hyderabad, an apex body of RWAs, instructed the RWAs to meet Zonal Commissioners in their respective GHMC zones and represent these issues.

He told Telangana Today, “Our top priority is that all the damaged roads should be given a facelift. Most of the road network was damaged during the heavy rains in this monsoon and GHMC authorities are temporarily attending to repair works.

The Uferwas is demanding that all 12 Zonal Commissioners have to visit the residential colonies in their respective zones and interact with the RWAs to know the ground reality on the civic issues.”

He also said that weekly markets often block main roads, causing significant traffic jams and obstructing access to residential colonies. He urged Zonal Commissioners to identify open spaces and shift weekly markets to avoid traffic woes.

Uferwas sought HMWSSB’s intervention to ensure improved water supply, tanker management, extension of water line networks to the newly added areas and ensure at least an alternate-day water supply instead of once in three/four days,” they said.

Uferwas also pleaded for the allocation of resources and planning of infrastructure projects such as FOBs and footpath improvements to enhance living conditions in the expanded GHMC limits.