Municipal, Panchayat Raj Act will bring qualitative change, asserts KCR

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Monday asserted that the newly proposed Municipal Act and the Panchayat Raj Act, which is already in force, should bring in qualitative change in the development of villages and towns and offer corrupt free and effective governance.

At a review meeting on strengthening the Panchayat Raj Act and the action plan for its implementation and formulating a new Municipal Act here, the Chief Minister said it is important to implement the two acts in letter and spirit.

To ensure good governance to the people, these acts should be made as effective in implementation and people friendly.

"Acts should also be made to offer corrupt free and effective governance to the people for their overall development and welfare," he said. The Chief Minister instructed the officials to prepare an effective action plan for the new Panchayat Raj Act.

"We have to provide improvised governance to the people in municipalities, which are fast developing on a day-to-day basis. Hence, prepare the Municipal Act perfectly involving both the officials and public representatives.

The more we make the Municipal Act fool-proof, the better governance we will provide to the people," the Chief Minister said.