Owaisi prods officials to take up Mir Alam Tank rejuvenation works

​Hyderabad: Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday urged the officials to take up the works relating to rejuvenation of Mir Alam Tank immediately. The Hyderabad MP along with the Municipal Administration Principal Secretary Arvind Kumar and GHMC Commissioner Dana Kishore inspected various development projects in Charminar Zone on Friday. The MP said that Rs 40 crore was sanctioned for Mir Alam Tank and as such works should be launched at the earliest. Diversion of sewerage water, tank repairs and horticulture work, which were left incomplete, should be taken up immediately, he said.

Arvind Kumar directed the officials to remove encroachments on the Mir Alam Tank national highway. The proposed flyover near Aramgarh Zoo Park, to be built at a cost of Rs 636 crore, would help ease traffic congestion to a great extent, the MP said. GHMC officials said the flyover construction works would be taken up in May 2019 after taking up national highway extension works and would be completed in a year.

The officials further said the works on the Bahadurpura flyover were launched at an estimated cost of Rs 132 crore. Some properties should be acquired for this project. On the request of the MP to take up Mylardevulapalli inner ring road extension works, the GHMC Commissioner directed the officials to prepare road development plan at the earliest.

It was decided to tap World Bank funds for the skyway from Puranapul to Moosarambagh. Modernisation of Jiaguda slaughterhouse would be taken up soon. Additional Coommssioner Hari Chandana, Chief Engineers Ziauddin, Sridhar and Suresh, Zonal Commissioners Srinivas Reddy along with other senior officials were present.