Telangana Government spent Rs 16K cr on development works in 141 civic bodies: KTR

Hyderabad: Municipal Administration Minister K T Rama Rao on Thursday said that the Telangana government has spent Rs 15,961 crore for 141 municipalities across the State, excluding Hyderabad, in the last eight and a half years, an achievement which no other State in the country has attained. Addressing Municipal Commissioners, Assistant Collector Local Bodies (ACLBs) and others, gathered at a workshop on Pattana Pragathi in the City on Thursday, Rama Rao asked the officials to review the implementation of TS-bPASS (Telangana State Building Permission Approval and Self Certification System) at a ground level and suggest changes to it, if any.

The minister said that a comprehensive report on the money spent and developments that have taken place in the State would be shared across all the MLAs, MLCs and MPs, during the next Assembly session and even to Municipal Commissioners, Assistant Collector Local Bodies (ACLB) in order to let them know on as to how the State government is trying to improve towns. He said that the expenditure includes money spent on Pattana Pragathi, CM assurances, Mission Bhagiratha, among other works.