Day two of Praja Palana continues to draw huge crowds

From as early as seven in the morning, long queues of people waiting to secure the Abhayahastham applications marked the Praja Palana centres in the city on Friday. Even as the authorities were creating awareness of the availability of forms for free, many continue to purchase their photocopies elsewhere.

Ward Offices, Tahsildar Offices, and all Praja Palana centres will provide these forms at no cost, informed Hyderabad Collector’s official X account. Making it easier for the public, many corporators in the old city also distributed black and white copies of



the applications for free.

While confusion over the location of centres, details to be provided and eligibility seem to have dwindled on day two, concerns over why bank account details were not taken and the reason for using paper forms instead of online remain.

Less grievances, more applications:

Though the initiative aimed to both gather information on public grievances and receive applications for the Abhayahastham schemes, the number of grievances received is significantly less than the number of applications.