People Have To Take The Initiative To Keep Their Localities Clean: KTR

On the 2nd day of the 10-day Pattana Pragathi program, the rallying point was in the dire need of active citizens’ partnership for urban development in Telangana. The TRS working President and Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, KT Rama Rao visited Devarakonda in Nalgonda district and Kalwakurthy in Nagarkurnool district on Tuesday. He minced no words in telling the Municipal Commissioners, chairpersons, councilors, special officers and committee members that change has to come from within and that the people have to take the initiative to keep their localities clean.

“It is your town and your ward. Please do not expect someone else to come from Hyderabad and do the job for you,” Rama Rao said. He said funds requested by the local Municipal chairpersons will be released only after they show results in 2 months. Rama Rao, who visited Hanuman Nagar and Ayyappanagar in Devarakonda town, observed.

Addressing the problems of people, the minister explained, "Most of the complaints are regarding pig, monkey menace and mosquito. All these issues are interrelated. If the municipality sends notices to the plot owners who leave their plots unattended without maintenance, the issue of mosquito menace will be resolved. If the household waste is segregated at source and also at the collection point, the issue of pigs will also go. If you plant enough trees to create a green cover, the monkeys will return to their habitat."