Citizens Council flags inter-departmental coordination failures over incomplete projects
HYDERABAD: The Citizen Council raised serious concerns about inter-departmental coordination within the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation and warned that fragmented functioning leaves public projects incomplete, unsafe, and unusable.
Building on these concerns, the Citizens Council (TCC), led by Founding Chairman Sitaram Dhulipala, called for an urgent overhaul of planning, tendering, and execution of development works across departments, including Engineering, SNDP, Sanitation, Urban Biodiversity (UBD), Health, City Planning, and Taxation.
The representation noted, “Before the merger of municipalities into GHMC, officials executed most development works in an integrated manner. After the merger, multiple departments have distributed functions, each reporting to their respective Heads of Department. While this specialisation offers administrative advantages, it has also caused a lack of coordination.”
To further illustrate the issue, the group highlighted an example from Nemalinagar. The UBD department initiated a children’s play area, but the project remains half-finished because the Engineering department controls related civil works such as compound walls, pathways, and basic infrastructure.
Despite these efforts, the complaint stated, “We brought this issue to the notice of all concerned two months ago, but no one has taken corrective action. The play area remains half-finished and poses safety hazards due to stones and debris.”
Expanding on the park development efforts, according to the representation, UBD developed several parks with significant budget allocations. However, the Nemalinagar play area was excluded because the Engineering department has not completed preliminary civil works.
Recognizing these coordination gaps, Dhulipala wrote, “This clearly highlights the gaps in inter-departmental coordination.” To address this, the Citizens Council made four requests to the Zonal Commissioner, to treat all development works as comprehensive projects during review meetings with participation from all relevant departments, invite tenders that cover all required project components to ensure completeness and usability from the outset, review stakeholder representations collaboratively at the planning stage, and establish a formal mechanism to synchronize departments before finalizing and executing any development work.
Dhulipala said, “Such an integrated approach will ensure officials efficiently utilize public funds and deliver safe, functional infrastructure to citizens on time.”
Since the Nemalinagar play area remains hazardous two months after the issue was raised, the Council urged the Zonal Commissioner to intervene directly and establish a coordinated review framework.
