The crater Hyderabad road challenge

September 02, 2014 01:09 am | Updated November 17, 2021 10:47 am IST

HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, 01-09-2014: A two-wheeler rider struggles as he meanders his way past a badly damaged road in Kachiguda of Hyderabad after heavy rains lashed the City in the last few days.
PHOTO : SATYANARAYANA GOLA (INTERN)

HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, 01-09-2014: A two-wheeler rider struggles as he meanders his way past a badly damaged road in Kachiguda of Hyderabad after heavy rains lashed the City in the last few days.
PHOTO : SATYANARAYANA GOLA (INTERN)

Last week’s rains have left the city’s roads battered. Denizens are forced to struggle with water-logged and pothole-ridden stretches and consequently unsafe driving conditions.

This has prompted floor leader of the TDP in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Singireddy Srinivas Reddy to pose a challenge to Mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain and GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar.

“Please keep aside the comforts of your car and travel on a motorcycle for once to understand the woes of the road users,” he says.

Mr. Reddy says he is ready to provide a two-wheeler and have the fuel tank topped too.

“Both of you drive around the city and see if you can negotiate the bad road conditions without a fall. And if you comfortably avoid the potholes and ditches and craters on the road and return without falling down anywhere, then all 45 TDP corporators will resign immediately,” he challenges!

Simple fare,

right example

The proprietor of Haleem maker Pista House, Abdul Majeed, performed the marriage of his son Mohd Abdul Mohsi the other day. While everyone expected a lavish party, there was nothing of the sort. No four-course dinner as is the case usually.

The guests were treated to just the lip-smacking Haleem. The ‘nikah’, which was held at Jama Masjid, Darulshifa, was a simple affair without any fanfare. Mr. Majeed is believed to have deliberately scaled down celebrations to set an example. With the money saved, he plans to help perform marriage of poor Muslim girls, it is said.

Where the confusion never ends

There is never a dull moment at the AP Information Commission these days. The Comm-ission is nobody’s baby as a result of State bifurcation. The initial confusion was regarding its inclusion in Schedule IX or X, and till date it figures in neither.

Then it was plagued by salary headaches. Most APIC employees got their salary late since both State governments took their own sweet time to pool in money to fund the Commission.

The latest issue has the personal secretaries fuming.

Recently, a personal secretary was appointed at the APIC at the lowest pay scale fixed by the AP government. Now the rest of the personal secretaries earn a good Rs.10,000 more than the new one. While the new appointee is hoping that his pay will be increa-sed, the remaining have been told unofficially that their salaries too might be brought down on par with the new entrant.

Care to ask who will have the last say in fixing these scales – will it be the government of Telangana or AP? Now, a new-found confusion.

Reporting by

T. LALITH SINGH,

J.S. IFTHEKHAR & RAHUL DEVULAPALLI

Mail to hyderabaddesk@thehindu.co.in

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