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.

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

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.