GHMC general body approves Rs 6,983-crore budget for 2020-21

Hyderabad: The general body of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Saturday approved its annual budget with an outlay of Rs 6,983.63 crore. The corporation has allocated Rs 1,593.64 crore for the construction of double bedroom houses and roads in its limits.

Mayor Bonthu Rammohan presided over the meeting of the Council which passed a unanimous resolution opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act of the Union government.

Deputy Mayor Baba Fasiuddin tabled the resolution opposing the CAA. Speaking on the occasion, Mayor Rammohan said Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was a classic example of a secular leader in the country.

He reminded the council that the chief minister had already made an announcement that the State government would pass a similar resolution in the Assembly opposing the Act.

He said the council decided to pass the resolution by drawing inspiration from the State government. The resolution was unanimously passed by the council later. The council also decided to constitute a committee to look into the fines imposed on building waste.

MPs A Revanth Reddy, Ranjith Reddy, MLCs Syed Ameenul Hassan Jafri, Mirza Riyazul Hasan Effendi, MS Prabhakar Rao, MLAs Kaleru Venkatesh, Jaffar Hussain Meraj, Kausar Mohiuddin Ahmed Pasha Quadri and D. Sudheer Reddy were among others who spoke at the meeting