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Quli Qutub Shah Urban Development Authority caught in quagmire of fund crunch
The dysfunctional Quli Qutub Shah Urban Development Authority (QQSUDA) had been crippled to the core, following the continuous neglect of the State government in allocating funds and infrastructure development works. The authority was established in 1982 with the intention to carry out the development works in Old city but after three decades the body now remains dysfunctional.
The authority which looks after the development works in Old city has been facing problems regarding funds
Hyderabad: The dysfunctional Quli Qutub Shah Urban Development Authority (QQSUDA) had been crippled to the core, following the continuous neglect of the State government in allocating funds and infrastructure development works.The authority was established in 1982 with the intention to carry out the development works in Old city but after three decades the body now remains dysfunctional.
The standalone body whose chairman is supposedly the Chief Minister, functions under the supervision of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Commissioner. However, with no permanent administrator for a long time, the body could not function and deliver.
The body looked after the construction of school buildings, primary health centres (PHC)s, laying of roads and other repair and maintenance works so far. A QQSUDA official, who does not want to be recognised, said most of the works were now being taken up by the GHMC and no work is assigned to the body.
The official said, “Earlier the authority used to take up all the major infrastructure development works but now it is not the case. If government is not interested to give works to the authority it must shut it down.”Interestingly, there have been reports that the government was contemplating to close it down. It is to be noted here that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government did not allocate any funds for QQSUDA in the current 2017-18 budget.
L Kishan, administrator of QQSUDA, said it would not be easy to shut down the body all of a sudden. He said there were a staff of 100 members and government needs to accommodate all of them before taking any decision.He said the Authority was functional and delivered when there was a permanent or full charge administrator and for the past five years there were no permanent administrators.
He said QQSUDA had carried out many development works in old city during the past 30 years. It has developed roads, schools, PHCs and Parks in city and there used to be good funds with it, he added.It is noted here that most of the MLAs were not giving any work to the Authority under constituency development fund (CDF) further diminishing its existence. Earlier, MP and MLAs used to redirect all the repair, maintenance and construction works under CDF but now this has also stopped.
By Mohammed Younus
