GHCM Mayor asks people not to panic

Hyderabad, Oct 25 : GHMC Mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain appealed to the citizens of the twin cities not to panic as the GHMC is taking every care to meet the emergency situation.

The Mayor Mayor along with GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar inspected the FTL (Full Tank Level) at Hussain Sagar today around 5 PM. He directed the Zonal Commissioners, Deputy Municipal Commissioners and the entire staff of Engineering, Health, Town Planning and emergency squads to be alert to face the situation. He also informed that the GHMC Commissioner in coordination with the Hyderabad District Collector have visited various low lying areas and cautioned the residents in case of emergent situation they may be more alert and to shift nearby community halls and various places identified by the Urban Community Wing of GHMC.

The GHMC Commissioner said that the GHMC was ready with eight emergency teams to face any untoward incident and they are ready to depute more teams, if necessary. He further said that it has been raining since last three days and the Hussain Sagar lake reached to the FTL point at the moment there is no danger however the low lying areas of nine colonies i.e., Sabarmathi Nagar, Mothi Nagar, Datta Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Arundathi Nagar, Ambedkar Nagar, Shivanand Nagar, Ratna Nagar and Arvind Nagar where the GHMC officials have alerted all the residents of the low lying areas of the above said colonies and prepared them to shift to the nearby identified community halls in case of any untoward incident, the GHMC has taken up all precautionary measures in all angles and citizens are requested not to be panic at the moment.

Somesh Kumar has directed all the Zonal Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and the entire wings of Sanitation, Engineering, Town Planning, Emergency squad in all the zones to be available on wireless sets and the Commissioner and H.W.Mayor may visit to the areas in case of emergency at any moment and the Commissioner has appealed to the citizens to call 155304 for their grievances and also to contact the emergency cell at the Zonal Offices.

The GHMC Control Room numbers are: Emergency Operation Centre – 9704601866; Central Zone at Khairtabad ZC Office – 23314289,23394566, 8985304015; East Zone at L.B. Nagar ZC Office – 24043600; South Zone at Sardar Mahal ZC Office – 24500254; South Emergency at Darushifa Nurkhan Bazar – 24419508; West Zone at Serilingampally ZC Office- 23010062 and North Zones at Secundrabad ZC Office – 27807321and 27804022. INN