prajavani grievance redressal

A 30-year-old Jagtial youth, Beeram Rajesh, created a flutter at the Monday 'prajavani' (public grievance redressal and monitoring system), when he lodged a complaint, alleging wine shops in his area don't stock Kingfisher beer.

Though Mondays are reserved for ‘Prajavani’, a weekly public-grievances redressal programme, the Hyderabad collectorate wore a deserted look on Monday. Hardly, half a dozen petitioners thronged the collectorate and represented their grievances to the officials.

Rising Covid-19 cases – with many being reported from inside the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) headquarters – has left its grievance redressal system in a disarray.

A National Aids Control Organisation (NACO)-funded specialised Integrated Counselling & Testing Center (ICTC) mobile van, meant to reach out to inaccessible high-risk areas for conducting tests, is lying parked in a garage for repairs since February 2014.

Despite numerous writ petitions, the GHMC has struggled to curb illegal constructions, identifying only a fraction of the actual number in 2024. Deadly fires in Bazar Ghat and Gulzar Houz, claiming 27 lives, highlight the dangers of unauthorized commercial operations in residential buildings.

It's a well-known fact in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation circles that spouses of women corporators rule the roost.

In a strange twist in tale, the Telangana State Aids Control Society (TSACS) has sought to cover up its failure in managing the fleet of mobile Integrated Counseling & Testing Centre (ICTC) by sacking a whistleblower early this month.

Both Sanjeevulu and lab technician Raju quit as they salaries for nine months running into more than Rs one lakh remained unpaid.