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The Hindu
10-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Municipal dept. prepares action plan to improve citizen satisfaction in urban bodies of A.P.
The Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Department has prepared an action plan to improve citizen satisfaction with sanitation services across all the 17 urban local bodies in the State. The action plan is part of the Positive People Perception Tracking (PPT) framework, operational under the State's Real Time Governance System (RTGS), and it utilises Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) technology to collect real-time citizen feedback on urban services, said MA&UD Principal Secretary S. Suresh Kumar, in a statement released to the media. The department has set targets for 17 urban local bodies and 77 municipalities in the State, with regard to door-to-door garbage collection, garbage dump clearance and drain de-silting. While for the corporations, the target for garbage collection is 80% or more, garbage dump clearance is 75% or more and de-silting is 75% or more. For the municipalities, the targets for the same are 70%, 70% and 80% respectively on the three indices. For the remaining Nagara Panchayats, IVRS feedback collection will commence from September, Mr. Suresh Kumar said. To meet these targets, the Municipal Commissioners in urban local bodies have been directed to initiate comprehensive measures, in conjunction with field inspections and close supervision by municipal functionaries. Explaining the targets, the Principal Secretary said the Commissioners should ensure 100% daily coverage across all households and establishments, launch awareness campaigns encouraging residents to cooperate with the sanitation staff, enforce fixed route plans and timings for public health workers, clear reported dumps within 24 hours of identification, and install 'Cleaned Within 24 Hours' boards, among others. While the above mentioned directions were given with regard to garbage collection and clearance, the department has issued a slew of directions to the Commissioners to keep surface drains clean and obstruction-free, priority being given to flood-prone and high-density zones. Some of the important directions include ensuring workers are equipped with safety gear and tools, completion of monsoon preparedness in advance, ensuring full compliance with the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 during sewer and septic tank maintenance and resolution of all drain-related grievances within 24 hours of the registration of complaints. Mr. Suresh Kumar said any lapse will be viewed seriously and that a State-level monitoring mechanism is in place to track performance and enforce accountability.
The Hindu
03-07-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Govt. notifies rules for latest Amaravati Land Pooling Scheme
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has issued fresh Land Pooling Scheme (LPS) 2.0 rules for the development of the capital region, aimed at streamlining the land contribution process and supporting planned urban growth. The new rules, titled Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Land Pooling Scheme (Formulation and Implementation) Rules, 2025, were notified through G.O. Ms. No. 118 by the Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Department on July 1, 2025. The rules will be implemented by the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA), covering areas in the capital region, including parts of the former Krishna and Guntur districts. The scheme is primarily focused on land pooling for Amaravati and the surrounding region, where large-scale infrastructure development is going on. Compared to the earlier 2015 version, the new rules offer certain changes like fewer forms, use of technology, Aadhaar OTP-based verification, and encumbrance certificate (EC) update. Drone-based survey S. Suresh Kumar, Principal Secretary, MAUD, said that the number of official forms required for LPS procedure has been significantly reduced to ease the administrative burden. 'Drone and rover-based land surveys will be used for accuracy. Landowner consent will be authenticated digitally, ensuring secure and transparent processing through Aadhar authentication. Plot details will now be directly entered into the Registration Department's EC records, avoiding the need for additional registrations or LPS mutations.' Benefits The entitlements depend on the category of land surrendered — like dry or jareebu (wetland) — and whether the land is patta, assigned, or encroached. The return of reconstituted plot is in addition to the payment of cash towards annuity and other benefits to the landowners in lieu of the land they surrendered. With respect to the patta lands, for one acre the CRDA will return a reconstituted residential plot of 1,000 sq. yds. and a commercial plot of 250 sq. yds. for dry land, and 1,000 sq. yds. of residential and 450 sq. yds. of commercial plot for jareebu land. For assigned lands, the land owners are classified into six categories like ex-servicemen, political sufferers, freedom fighters, encroachers of unobjectionable government lands and encroachers of objectionable government lands with variable benefits. In addition, farmers will get ₹30,000 as annuity for dry lands and ₹50,000 for jareebu lands, which will increase yearly by ₹3,000 and ₹5,000 respectively. Farmers are entitled to get a one-time payment of ₹1,00,000 for land with fruit orchards (lime, sapota, guava). A pension of ₹5,000 per month for 10 years will be provided for each landless poor family and agricultural loan waiver up to ₹1.5 lakh per eligible family. Mr. Suresh Kumar advised the farmers and landowners in the capital region to understand their eligibility under these new rules and prepare the necessary documents to participate in the scheme.
