Uproar over move to merge villages with HMDA

HYDERABAD: The proposed inclusion of villages from 18 mandals in the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) master plan rocked the Rangareddy district review committee (DRC) meeting held here on Wednesday.
Raising the issue, Ibrahimpatnam MLA M Kishan Reddy urged the government not to include the villages in the HMDA master plan. He said the villagers would face hardship to construct their houses in case these villages come under the jurisdiction of the urban authority.The HMDA has already started sending notices to gram panchayats informing them that permission from the authority was mandatory for constructing houses. He asked civil supplies minister and RR district in-charge D Sridhar Babu, who was chairing the meeting, to take all MLAs to the chief minister to discuss the issue before finalising the HMDA master plan.
The minister gave an assurance to bring the issue to the CM's notice. A resolution to this effect was also passed unanimously at the DRC.
Parigi MLA K Hareesh Reddy said the agriculture department has failed to distribute Rs 10 crore allotted under input subsidy. The minister asked the agriculture department officials to distribute the allotted fund in the mandals by conducting special drives.
The MLAs asked the government to set up Rythu Bazars in each Assembly constituency. Sridhar Babu asked the officials to identify suitable place to set up Rythu bazaars.
Meanwhile, Medchal MLA K Lakshma Reddy claimed middlemen were getting involved in selling produce at Rythu Bazars. He suggested either collector or joint collector monitor the functioning of Rythu Bazars. The minister asked RR district collector A Vani Prasad to allot the responsibility to a joint collector.
Other issues like bogus ration cards, seven-hour power supply to agriculture, drinking water problem and filling up of 12 doctor posts and 130 auxiliary nurse midwife (ANMs) posts.
Home minister Sabitha Indra Reddy directed AP Transco officials not to supply power to 42 stone-crushing units. She said Transco was supplying power to these units despite the High Court ordered their closure. She said efforts would be made to supply Krishna water to Rajendanagar within three months.