Director of Municipal Administration N. Satyanarayana has announced formation of a round-the-clock State control room for all the municipalities across Telangana in his office here under the overall supervision of joint director R. Upender Reddy on Sunday. It can be accessed on phone: 040-23120410.
This will be in addition to the separate control rooms established in the urban local bodies except the GHMC to monitor and take timely action due to the continuous rainfall over the last few days. The centralised control room will coordinate with the local control rooms and also the district collectorates for immediate disposal of issues, he said, in an official release.
The Engineering-in-Chief of Public Health and Directorate of Town and Country Planning have been asked to draft one officer each from their respective offices to deal with the rainfall related issues with each shift to be manned by at least seven officials.
