HDMC to guide on reforms - Meet in Hubli on June 20

HDMC to guide on reforms - Meet in Hubli on June 20
Source: HDMC Website

Hubli/Dharwad:
Pleased with the reforms being done by Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation in all its departments, the state government had convened a meeting in Hubli on June 20, in which heads of all 27 local bodies will participate.

According to highly placed sources, the government was very happy with the, performance and reforms being done by the corporation in all spheres. Now it wants to replicate the same thing in other local bodies too. In that direction, an important meeting had been convened Hubli on June 20 and HDMC’s heads of departments would explain the steps initiated by them to make their corporation as best in the state. HDMC commissioner P Manivannan, a man behind those reforms would also be making a special presentation in the meeting.

Among those senior officers who would be attending the meeting included the principal secretary and secretary of department of Urban Development, Bangalore. The commissioner has reportedly asked Mayor Hanumanthappa Betageri to nominate one of the councilors to make a detailed presentation on the ‘role of councilors in administrative reforms. Most likely, that work may be entrusted to former mayor and sitting councilor, Dr Pandurang Patil.

The sources pointed out that it was for the first time, HDMC had become a role model for other urban local bodies in the state because of its reforms in all departments. Another interesting aspect was that HDMC had been the first corporation perhaps in the country to have zonal offices, the system being practiced in the United Kingdom to take administration nearer to people.