In a significant move towards social welfare and urban development, Telangana government announced its initiative to provide double bedroom houses to the poor families residing alongside the Musi River. The individuals, who endured adverse living conditions, are set to be relocated to areas equipped with essential amenities. This will also free the river of encroachments. Approximately 10,000 double bedroom houses will be earmarked for this purpose. Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K.T. Rama Rao held a meeting with the MLAs on Thursday. Various aspects regarding growth of the city were discussed at the meeting.
MLAs from Hyderabad placed a unanimous request before the State government to address the existing challenges and irregularities along the Musi River. Their primary emphasis was on freeing Musi of unauthorized settlements and allotment of the state-built homes to the deserving populace. The proposed removal of obstructions from the Musi River is a strategic initiative, which lays ground for the upcoming Musi Project. The project is currently in its preliminary planning stage.
At the meeting, the MLAs thanked the State government and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao for ushering in development in the city and future plans for it. They said that the Strategic Nala Development Programme (SNDP) succeeded in preventing floods. The MLAs said that the regions that had a history of facing floods did not experience the problem this monsoon. On the occasion, they expressed support to the State government’s plans to strengthen Musi river and SNDP. Towards this end, they requested the State government to provide 10,000 double-bedroom houses to the poor people living in distressing conditions alongside Musi rover, and take measures to free the river of encroachments.
The MA&UD Minister appreciated the MLAs for coming up with the proposal which aligns with the State government’s vision to prevent floods in Hyderabad. He said that the State government will shift the poor people residing alongside the river, who are already identified, to a safer place and allot them double-bedroom houses. The Minister said that this will provide significant relief to the poor who are forced to live near the river because of poverty. Also, this addresses the existing blockages, in the form of unauthorized constructions, in taking up plans to prevent flooding of Musi river and other plans. The risk of flooding in areas alongside the river too will come down. He said that this paves way for works related to the Musi project. KTR said that the State government already completed the preliminary plans regarding the Musi project.
Minister KTR said that works related to SNDP Phase-II will be sanctioned soon. KTR said that distribution of double-bedroom houses will commence in the forthcoming week and the programme will be conducted at places where the houses are located. KTR said that they have reports that people are content with the widespread development in Hyderabad in the past ten years. He exhorted the MLAs to inform people of the development works in their constituencies and seek their support in the forthcoming elections.