Councillors may lose jobs if garbage collection fails: Harish Rao

Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday said municipal councillors will be held accountable if garbage collection vehicles fail to collect trash from households on a daily basis. Explaining the tough new Municipal Act, the Minister said failure to ensure collection of garbage daily can even mean councillors losing their jobs.

Participating in “Pattana Pragathi” progaramme in Dubbak Municipality, Rao said the citizens will also be penalised if they fail to dispose off the garbage after segregating it properly.

“Garbage has become a global menace,” the Minister observed, adding that the citizens can reduce the burden on sanitation workers by segregating it properly that would also help reduce the amount of the garbage reaching dump yards considerably.

Calling upon the citizens, officials and elected representatives to make Dubbak a clean and green town, he said that 800 double bedroom houses were ready for allotment in Dubbak Constituency which will be handed



over to the beneficiaries on the eve of Ugadi festival, setting off a thunderous round of applause. “The government will soon sanction funds to poor families who have land to help them construct their own houses,” he said.

Rao said a 100 bed hospital would also be inaugurated in Dubbak in a couple of months. Earlier, the Minister laid the foundation stone for Mahila Bhavan, which will be constructed at a cost of Rs 50 lakhs. Elaborating the government’s commitment towards improving towns in Telangana State, he said the TRS government was spending about Rs 78 crore on each municipality every month. The Minister announced that the administration will also construct vegetable and meat markets in Dubbak on the lines of Gajwel and Siddipet markets.

He explained how Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had put a permanent end to drinking water problem and power cut issues, among other things, that plagued the region before the formation of the State. Dubbak MLA Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy and others were present.