Praja Rajyam abuzz with activity after long gap

Hogging the limelight: Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi with Firoz Khan, the newly-appointed president of the party's Greater Hyderabad unit,
HYDERABAD: After a lull for about three months, the Praja Rajyam party headquarters here was abuzz with activity on Saturday with the announcement of party committees for its Greater Hyderabad unit. It wore a festive look with the party activists gathering in large numbers and celebrating the occasion.
The activity brought back the elusive smile on the face of party president K. Chiranjeevi, as except some intermittent activities like agitation on electricity problems the party was almost pushed into a slumber after the Telangana movement picked up in December last and the party had taken pro-united AP stand.
Speaking after announcing the 120-member jumbo committee for Greater Hyderabad, Mr. Chiranjeevi said: “We never though we have so much strength in Hyderabad, particularly after the discouraging Assembly and municipal election results.” Irrespective of its strength, the party is committed to take up issues concerning people, he said with enthusiasm.
Firoz Khan was named the president of party's Greater Hyderabad unit. The committees of women's wing of Mahila Rajyam and youth wing Yuva Rajyam were also announced. Hyderabad has many civic problems like sanitation, drinking water, bad roads, pollution and problem of garbage dumping and the Greater Hyderabad committee would take up all such issues and would try to resolve them by exerting pressure on the government.
On the management of garbage dumping, Mr. Chiranjeevi said the government had given contract only to one firm, Ramky, making it difficult to manage the problem efficiently.
He suggested engaging more contractors to ease the work burden citing the example of Mumbai, where five contractors were engaged. The PR president reiterated confidence that the party would reach its goal one day with the support they still enjoyed among people.