KCR vows to turn Hyderabad into global city

Hyderabad, Feb 5 (INN): Overwhelmed with the TRS party's historic victory in GHMC elections, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao has promised to turn Hyderabad into a truly global city while making GHMC a corruption-free corporation.

Addressing a press conference at Telangana Bhavan on Friday night, the Chief Minister thanked all voters and said all the promises made in the TRS manifesto for GHMC elections and also the General Election 2014 would be fulfilled. He said people have assigned a major responsibility to TRS and its government in the State by giving it a landslide victory. He said it was the first time that a political party absolute majority in the municipal corporation. Therefore, he said that the TRS would leave no stone unturned to fulfil the aspirations of people.

The Chief Minister said it was the promise of 2BHK houses that played the magic in favour of TRS in GHMC elections. Therefore, he said adequate funds would be allocated in the next budget to construct one lakh units of 2BHK houses in the city. He said that the Finance Department has already been directed to prepare proposals for the same. He hoped that the construction of one lakh 2BHK units would be completed in the next one year. Further, he said the city would get two water reservoirs of about 40 TMC capacity. Three new hospitals will be established in different areas while existing Osmania, Gandhi and King Koti Hospitals would be upgraded. He said all six hospitals would be on par with other corporate hospitals where poor people would get free treatment, including diagnostics and surgeries.

KCR said a power island would be established to ensure uninterrupted power supply in Greater Hyderabad. He said the image of "Hyderabad Never Sleeps" would be created on par with Mumbai. The promises of multi-level flyovers, skyways, signal free city, new market yards, graveyards, multi-purpose community halls, etc., would also be fulfilled. He said there would be no compromise on Law and Order and anyone breaking the law would be dealt with an iron hand irrespective of their position.

The Chief Minister defended his earlier decision to minimise the time period for holding civic polls. However, he said that the High Court orders were honoured and GHMC polls were held as per its directions. Similarly, he said there were some issues related to voting rights for ex-officio members. However, it holds no relevance now as TRS has sufficient numbers to elect its Mayor and Deputy Mayor.

KCR sought the cooperation of all political parties to develop the city and said opposition leaders should play a constructive role. He said despite some sporadic incidents, the GHMC polls were very well managed elections. He said the decision on Mayor and Deputy Mayor candidates would be taken by a committee of city ministers.

Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali and other ministers were also present in the press conference.