CM KCR gave clarion call that Pattana Pragathi programme should be conducted all over the State on the well laid foundation of Palle Pragathi. He wanted that all the Padayatras, programmes and rallies to be taken out by the public representatives should begin from Dalit Bastis where a majority of the poor live. He wanted focus should be more on the places where SC, ST and Minorities live. He said that town development action plans should be made on the Ward-wise and works also should be taken up from Ward-wise.
He wanted completion of construction of public toilets in all the towns and cities within three months and all the power related problems should be solved within 8 months period. Failing which the CM warned that the MLAs, Mayors, Chairpersons, Commissioners concerned should take the responsibility and may have to quit their posts. He wanted total discipline in fiscal matters and asserted that funds should be spent as per planning only. The CM is upset that the Mandal Panchayat Raj Officer have been negligent and did not undertake tour of villages to review Palle Pragathi programme. He has instructed the Collectors to camp and stay overnight in the villages and conduct Padayatras to achieve the Palle Pragathi targets.
The CM laid down the guidelines and road map for the proposed Pattana Pragathi programme:
Prepare Ward-wise Plans. Prepare annual, five-year town/city plans. Collector, additional Collectors should prepare the plan in consultation with Counselors/Corporators. Take opinion from the People’s Committees appointed ward-wise. Appoint Special Officer in each ward on a permanent basis. Scan each Ward like an X-Ray. Decide on what is the needed, what is happening now and what should happen?
How a Model town and City should look like and how it should be. Everyone should pose this question to one self. Search for an answer to this question, will tell us what one should do? Remove garbage, clean drainage every day and keep the town/city clean. Supply safe drinking water daily. Street lighting should be done properly. Roads should not have potholes, crates or damaged partly or fully. Towns and cities should resplendent with greenery. Create dumping yards to clear garbage. Cremation and burial grounds should be created for the decent burial or cremation of the dead. Based on the population, set up veg and non-Veg parks. Set up open playgrounds and Gyms for the youth. These are the factors for an ideal City or town.
Identify what are the minimum civic facilities needed and give top priority for the completion of them. Construct Public toilets for the use of local residents as well as the floating public. Utilize government lands to construct public toilets. The government will give powers to the Collectors to acquire and allocate government land of any department. Decide on how many toilets to be constructed and where and complete the task in here months.
Create Street vending Zones in towns and Cities for the benefit of street vendors. Create proper infrastructure there. Till a special place is ear marked and alternate arrangements are made for the street vendors, they should not be troubled and the government will give orders in this regard.
Creating parking places for Autos, Taxis, and other public transport vehicles to park them at specified places. The government will give power to the Collectors to utilize government places for the purpose.
Electricity power network should be accident free. Remove twisted poles, poles with rust, electricity poles in the midst of the roads, and transformers on the footpaths. Rectify power lines hanging dangerously on the house. Remove poles, which are short in length and replace them with larger poles. We will allocate funds in the Budget to take up these works. MLAs and officials with better coordination should solve all the electricity related problems within eight months. Or else, MLAs and Officials concerned will be held responsible. The Officials from the electricity department should send the required electric poles, wires, transformers and other material beforehand.
Like Sarpanches in the Villages, Counsellors and Corporators should take responsibility of growing the plants in towns and cities. They should take responsibility for 85 per cent survival of the plants. Arrange plant nurseries based on the need of the town city. If land is not available in city or town, set up nursery in the neighboring periphery village.
Distribute dustbins to each house separately to dispose of dry and wet garbage separately. Arrange adequate number of vehicles to transport garbage from homes. We have decided to arrange 3100 vehicles all over the State. Already 600 vehicles came and the rest will arrive soon. Purchase more vehicles, if need be.
Purchase and employ machines to clean the drainages.
For urban local bodies we will give Rs 148 crore from Finance Commission funds per month. If need be, we will curtail expenditure on other works and allocate the same for urban development like we have done for the village development. There should be financial discipline while spending these funds. Every Municipality should have a financial plan. Compulsory expenditure should be kept under Charged Account. Pay regularly without fail, the EMIs, salaries, electricity bills, and water bills. This responsibility of paying bills monthly is with the Commissioners. Allocate 10 per cent of funds for greenery while making financial plans. MPs, MLAs, MLCs should spend their development funds to the town and city development also.
Educate and create awareness among the people on the new Municipal Act. We take stringent action against irregularities. We brought in easy permissions for the construction of houses, sanction of layouts. We reposed faith in people. We take strict action if someone gives false information or indulges in illegal construction. We will demolish illegal structures without any sympathy. This message we ill like to give to the people clearly.
The government is considering giving another opportunity in the municipalities as it did with the towns and cities under GO numbers 58 and 59 for the regularization of constructions on the government lands.
The government will soon be taking up a programme to make Telangana State, a totally literate State. Counselors and Corporators should take responsibility in the programme. Everyone should take the responsibility on his/her self to turn the illiterate into literates.
