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100-cr loss yearly
Several lower rung officials of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) are collectively bleeding the corporation of least Rs 100 crore from about 3,000 unauthorised hoardings erected across the city.
Hyderabad: Several lower rung officials of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) are collectively bleeding the corporation of least Rs 100 crore from about 3,000 unauthorised hoardings erected across the city.
Highly-placed sources in the corporation said that several circle-level officials were hand-in-glove with advertisement agencies and have turned a blind eye to assess these unaccounted hoardings, resulting in a huge loss to the corporation.
Apart from 2,620 official hoardings across GHMC limits, there are about 3,000 unauthorised hoardings which have been unaccounted for the past several years.
According to GHMC official data, the corporation has been generating Rs 36 crore from all hoardings erected in the city.
Sources said that due to the negligence and connivance of circle-level officials, another 3,000 unaccounted hoardings have come up in various parts of the city which have a potential to generate Rs 100 crore.
The corporation removed as many as 2,500 illegal hoardings in a day after the unipole collapse incident in Jubilee Hills this May following a directive from Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K Taraka Rama Rao.
A large number of illegal banners, posters and flexies of private institutions and political parties in areas like Ameerpet, Maitrivanam, Begumpet, Somajiguda, Punjagutta, Khairatabad, Secunderabad, Jubilee Hills and several other parts of city have also been posing danger to residents and commuters alike.
A senior GHMC official told The Hans India that the corporation is clueless about the number of hoardings in the city, except for the data furnished by circle-level officials. However, he said that the corporation has already started a special drive to identify illegal hoardings across the city.
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