Expedite work on 100-day action plan: CM

Hyderabad, April 18 (INN): Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday asked officials to complete all the remaining works of under the '100-Days Action Plan for Hyderabad City' immediately and said that he will inspect the works along with Ministers and Legislators soon.

He had earlier reviewed the '100 Days Action Plan' with the concerned officials at the Camp Office. Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy said that greater coordination is needed between various departments to provide better civic amenities to the citizens in the areas of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.

Special Chief Secretary to Chief Minister J Satyanarayana, Secretary to Chief Minister KS Jawahar Reddy, GHMC Commissioner Sameer Sharma, HMDA Commissioner Rajeswar Tiwari, Commissioner of Police for Hyderabad, AK Khan, Cyberabad Commissioner of Police Dwaraka Tirumal Rao, Additional Commissioner (Traffic), CV Anand, GHMC Additional Commissioner Dhananjay Reddy, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewage Board MD Jagadeeshwar, APCPDPCL MD MT Krishna Babu, representatives of RTC, R and B etc explained the achievements and progress of works in their respective departments under the 100 days action plan to the Chief Minister.

When Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy enquired about the Outer Ring Road works and funding under the JICA loans due to the recent earthquake in Japan, officials explained that the funding is already well tied up and said that the works are in full swing.

The GHMC Commissioner explained that under the 100 days action plan, works costing Rs 110.54 crore are already completed so far and this include CC roads, BT roads, sidewalks, bus shelters etc. Works are completed as far as 25 parks/medians and refurbishments are concerned.

Under the Outer Ring Road Project, stretch from Pedda Amberpet to Gachibowli is completed and opened for traffic from 1st March 2011. The stretched from Narsingi to Patancheru would be completed by May 31, 2011 and the remaining works are under progress including radial roads.

Officials explained to the Chief Minister that Hussainsagar Lake and Catchment area improvement project is also under progress. The Master Plan for extended area of HMDA are also getting ready and will be notified for public suggestions soon.

Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy was informed that the PVNR Expressway ramps at Hyderguda, Aramgarh and Laxminagar are completed. The R and B repairing works to damaged BT surfaces from KM 524 to 535 on Pune-Hyderabad section of NH 9, Hyderabad-Vijayawada section of NH 9 and Hyderabad- Bhoopalapatnam section of NH 202 are under brisk progress.

The road works taken up under R and B has completed 25 kilometers so far. Special repair works were completed for 68.63 kilometers pertaining to 68 roads out of which 15 are already completed and others are in progress.

In APSRTC, 100 mini buses and 50 AC buses are being introduced in Greater Hyderabad zone and achievements are so far about 70 per cent. The CPDPCL has taken up construction of 12 substations of 33/11, augmentations of 29 power transformers, interlinking of 33 KV lines, adding of 130 additional transformers, 309 single column RTC structured plinth works for distribution transformers.

These works taken up costing Rs 205 crore includes construction of new sub stations and underground cabling.

The Chief Minister was informed that APTRANSCO has taken up updating of conductor with AL 59 to Madhapur, enhancement of transformer capacity at Bandlaguda, enhancement of PTR capacity at Asifnagar, construction of 132 KV Chintal SS etc.

The Traffic Police has taken up Traffic signal system, Road signages, road infrastructure, traffic engineering cell, traffic equipment, traffic education and new equipment for traffic police etc and the works are all being taken and will be completed in 8 months.

APCPDCL MD Krishna Babu informed the Chief Minister that the AP Transco is executing Power Network and Infrastructure improvement programme with JICA assistance costing Rs 2,500 crore in the GHMC area.

Work is going on at brisk pace and will be completed by 31st March, 2012. This will provide long-term benefit for the power consumers in the GHMC area.