Parsigutta left to vultures

Hyderabad: The Parsigutta ward has seen little of the development promised by its mentor, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

Mr Rao had visited the area in July and made a slew of promises to improve the conditions in the locality.

Except for a small stretch of BT road laid ahead of the Raghav Function Hall and a structure in front of the Parsigutta Nala, no work has been carried out in the area.

That Parsigutta is very clear from the very entrance road. The road which is buzzing with vehicles is chock a block with shops and two-wheeler repair outlets. One RTC bus holds up all traffic.

The condition of the road leading to the Tower of Silence is pathetic.

Mr Anand Yadav, a local resident, said: “The garbage issue needs to be resolved. There are no GHMC sweepers allocated to this area. The waste is not lifted from garbage bins for days.”

He said that rainwater stagnates at various places as the roads are damaged. “The GHMC does not carry out fogging operations regularly and no team has carried out anti-larval operations,” Mr Yadav said. The area also has many dogs.

But then, it is not just the CM-mentored Parsigutta that is in this condition. Wards allocated to ministers and legislators have also not benefited from the exercise.

The story is different at Anandnagar, which has the Governor as its mentor. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan visited the colony in May and pulled up residents for dumping garbage in a vacant plot. The area was cleaned up, and the garbage collection issue has been resolved.

In October, the Governor’s office received a complaint regarding overflowing sewage. The Governor made a surprise visit on October 16 and spent over 45 minutes to get to the bottom of the issue. He directed the officials to sanction '50 lakh to segregate drinking water and drainage pipelines.

Unlike Mr Rao who promised to rebuild Parsigutta on the lines of Banjara Hills, besides constructing a junior college a market and a housing colony for the lower middle class, the Governor has focused on basic civic issues.

The adoption of city wards was part of Swachh Hyderabad, initiated in May.

Every second Thursday was supposed to be Swachh Hyderabad day, but this has been totally ignored. The city was divided into 400 Swachh units and hundreds of officials were given the responsibility of each unit.

The government allocated '200 crore for repair work in the colonies. After the first Swachh Hyderabad exercise, the government made a list of the various problems that people face in all the 400 units. Few colonies have seen much improvement since then.