GHMC to entrust road works to private agencies

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has come up with the Comprehensive Road Maintenance (CRM) programme to improve the maintenance of roads in the city.

MA&UD Minister KTR chaired a review meeting on Monday along with Mayor Bonthu Ram Mohan at the Secretariat. During the meeting, Minister KTR spoke about the CRM programme and its importance.

Earlier, laying of new roads, identifying damaged roads, filling of potholes, making estimations and allocation of works were taken care of by different wings of GHMC, which led to coordination challenges.

To address these challenges, the GHMC has initiated the CRM programme, under which a total of 709 km of Hyderabad roads will be maintained.

The CRM programme is aimed at providing better quality roads to the citizens. The main roads of Hyderabad city will be divided into eight units to take up maintenance works on a war-footing. For a term of five years, GHMC would invite tenders for road maintenance by working agencies.

From laying of roads to maintenance, from building footpaths to cleaning and maintenance of greenery, the agency will be responsible.

The agencies will also take up the necessary digging and relaying works, for which they shall take permissions from HMWS&SB and TRANSCO departments, six months in advance.

This will improve road infrastructure maintenance and work standards. Constant monitoring of the quality of works done by agencies would be taken up by GHMC.

MA&UD Principal Secretary Arvind Kumar, GHMC commissioner Lokesh Kumar, joint commissioners and Engineering staff participated in the meeting.