Absence of officials irks Kishan Reddy
The Hindu
Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy expressed displeasure over officials for not attending DISHA meeting in Hyderabad. He asked why they skipped it for flyover inauguration. Railway officials said GHMC not cooperating, resulting in delay. Mr. Reddy suggested Collector coordinate between them. He was angry over State allocating 75 cents of land for Tribal museum. He asked how it would be sufficient. Meeting attendees said drainage system deteriorating, pollution increasing. Mr. Reddy suggested officials implement schemes to improve public lives.
Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy expressed his displeasure over officials for not attending the meeting of the DISHA held in Hyderabad on Saturday.
“The meeting schedule was fixed almost almost three months ago. How can the officials skip the meeting in the name of inaugurating the flyover?” he asked furiously.
The railway officials informed the Minister that though the department had agreed to the construction of Road over Bridge (RoB), the officials of the GHMC were not cooperating. This was resulting in a delay of work, they added. “There are no officials to answer our doubts. Though the railways are ready to take up works, they are not progressing as there is no cooperation from local officials,” said Mr. Reddy, and suggested the Collector coordinate between GHMC and railway officials.
Mr. Reddy became furious when the officials informed him that the State Government had allocated 75 cents of land at Abids for the Tribal museum. “How will such a small piece of land be sufficient for a historical museum?” he asked
Some of those who attended the meeting said that drainage system in the city was deteriorating and the problems would become more serious if it was not addressed on the lines of increasing population. They also pointed about the increasing pollution.
Mr. Reddy suggested the officials to implement the schemes so that there would be some improvement in the lives of the public.
Rajya Sabha member K. Keshava Rao, Collector Anudeep and others have attended the meeting.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.