Merger of Secunderabad Cantonment Board with Hyderabad civic body to take more time
Updated Dec 17, 2020, 11:55 pm IST
If the merger were to take place, there would development work and no fund crunch, feel residents of SCB
The merger will be good news for the people of the Cantonment Board.
Hyderabad: The much awaited merger of the Secunderabad Cantonment Board with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation will have wait for a while longer.
The meeting in the SCB that was expected to see elected representatives give their approval to merge with the GHMC was not conducted on Thursday.
“We are awaiting orders from the ministry of defence (MoD). Once the orders are issued, it would go to the Directorate General of Defence Estates (DGDE) and other departments. It is only after their approval that we can take the matter forward and give our opinion,” said J. Maheshwar Reddy, elected representative of the SCB.