KCR may visit Old City next week

Further, the Chief Minister is also likely to distribute cheques among some of the beneficiaries of 'Shaadi Mubarak' scheme during the programme.

According to TRS senior leader Rashid Shareef, who is also the incharge of Hyderabad Parliamentary constituency, the local TRS leaders have been inviting the Chief Minister for the last few weeks. However, due to busy schedules, the Chief Minister's tour programme could not be fixed. However, he said that the local TRS workers have been given indications that the Chief Minister might visit the old city next week. He said that the State Government has extended several benefits to the residents of Old City during the last seven months.

For the first time ever, Rashid Shareef claimed, that thousands of old age persons, widows and physically handicapped persons got pensions. Similarly, nearly 3,000 applications under



'Shaadi Mubarak' scheme, which provides Rs 51,000 to the poor Muslim girls at the time of their marriage, have been forwarded for approval. The TRS workers have also started gathering data on the deserving beneficiaries under weaker section housing programme and the same would be forwarded to the government, he said adding that the Chief Minister might give approval to those applications during his visit.

The TRS leaders are also preparing a wish list for the Old City to be presented to the Chief Minister during his visit. They include demands like conversion of Quli Qutub Shah Urban Development Authority (QQSUDA) from a registered society to a full-fledged authority with sufficient budget allocations. Further, they have taken up the issue of regularisation of about 2,800 contract employees of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). They claim that majority of those workers hail from the Old City and are living in deplorable conditions due to non-regularisation of their services. They have also submitted a memorandum to Deputy Chief Minister Mahmood Ali on this issue on Saturday.

While the TRS leaders are making arrangements for the Chief Minister's visit, the officials are busy collecting details on various projects of the Old City. They include Charminar Pedestrianisation, Musi River cleaning and other projects. The Chief Minister might also interact with the police officials on the law and order and crime situation. The South Zone police has recently closed the rowdy sheeters of nearly 200 youth of the Old City.