Hyderabad: Some housing colonies in heavily Hyderabad may have to stay with a broken road and open holes for a longer time.
This, with the contractor now threatens to postpone emergency work if the Civic body failed to let go of a delayed bill since January.
Emergency civil works of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) include the construction of existing waterways and repairs, ratifying and covering open channels, etc.
This can be influenced in the coming days if the works are not continued.
“A large hole has been excavated to take the disposal work box, which can provide a permanent solution to the problem of waste that haunt us during the rainy season.
This pit has been excavated right in front of our house.
If the contractor stops work at this time, we are afraid that even one Rain spells can cause a puddle of major water in the area, “said Adbul Rahman, a resident of Mirjalguda in Secunderabad.
The situation remains even though the GHMC contractor association provides representation to the Commissioner to release payments.
Sharing open hole images, drainage holes in Charminar and Malkajgiri and street office commissioners, where works have stopped, BT Srinivasan, Secretary General, United Federation of Resident Welfare Association, Greater Hyderabad said, “GHMC must ensure that emergency civil works are not Stop in any circumstances.
The population has suffered greatly and faces serious threats because of a goth hole with several regions.
The city is unable to carry out such delays in civil works, especially during the rainy season when most of these areas are susceptible to inundation.
“The GHMC contractor association decided To intensify their protests after the Civic body failed to give them a guarantee to release at least some of their contributions so that they could complete the ongoing emergency work in several regions.
“There are nearly 2,000 contractors from 30 GHMC circles demanding the release of delayed contributions.
Nearly 90% of the work has been postponed.
We asked the officers to at least provide the release order for pending February and March so we could continue emergency work and continue the work left , “said R Hanumanth Sagar, Secretary General, the GHMC Contractor Association.
“We asked Minister Maud KT Rama Rao to intervene and give us guarantees or at least give us a promise to discuss our problem,” said Secretary General Toi.
However, when contacted, the additional commissioner of GHMC (Finance and IT) D Jaya Raj Kennedy refused to comment on this problem.