DRO: Decision on Prajavani revival will be taken soon

Hyderabad: Notwithstanding the surge in Covid-19 cases, authorities said a decision on reviving ‘Prajavani,’ a grievance redressal programme, will be taken soon.

Hyderabad district revenue officer (

DRO

) K Anil Kumar said any decision would be taken only after meeting Hyderabad district collector Sweta Mohanty. “Covid-19 positive cases are steadily rising in the city and mass gatherings are already restricted,” he told TOI.

He said petitions from the general public are accepted through in-ward section on all working days and uploaded in to the system. “Petitioners whose grievances need immediate attention are any way allowed to meet the collector and other officials during the visiting hours,” said Anil Kumar. A separate counter was also opened at the collectorate premises to accept applications to issue SADAREM (Software for Assessment of Disabled for Access Rehabilitation and Empowerment) certificates to people having hearing impairment, mental retardation, visual impairment and physically challenged.

“Most of the petitions are about allotment of 2BHK houses and Aasara pensions. All the petitions, which are applied online at MeeSeva centres in the city seeking 2BHK houses, are given acknowledgements,” said a collectorate official. The DRO said to avoid inconvenience to the petitioners, an office on the right side of Hyderabad collectorate was opened in September last year.