Utilities in Hyderabad are not properly planned, says Dr Mohammed Akhter Ali.

1. II HYDERABAD HANS
WEDNESDAY 05 October 2011 Lifestyle Art & Culture Events Guide Celebrations
Drain works at snail’s pace
After overcoming all casualties, though it hap- Company Limited (APCP secondary nalas are
hurdles, work on restor- pens to be one of the DCL) officials were in- minor and pose no threat
ing the collapsed storm busiest routes in the East formed, they expressed to the denizens, it is the
water drain at Nal- Zone. their helplessness as the remaining four major
lakunta in the city is ex- As a result, the road field employees are on drains – Kukatpally nala,
pected to gain momentum which links Nallakunta strike in response to the Balkapur nala and two
and the project could be and Bagh Lingampally call given by T JAC. Muriki Nalas - which are
completed in the next has been closed. The “The electric cable was giving sleepless nights to
three to four months. place has been barricaded removed after a few days, the officials. All these
The 25-feet-long major to prevent any untoward but heavy rains forced the drains were constructed
drain slab was con- incident. Vehicular traf- contractor to suspend the some 50 years ago during
structed more than of 50 the Nizam period mainly
years ago. Storm water to drain out storm water.
from Secunderabad flows With the city witnessing
through this drain into exponential growth dur- (from left) Director Srikanth Iyengar,Seema Azharuddin , Kamal Kamaraju, and Sumi at a media meet concerning
the Nagamaiah Kunta ing all these years, there Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf to be staged in the city from 22nd-24th. Photo: Hrudayanand
nala. The local people is a dire need to remodel
mentioned that they did them to meet the present-
inform the authorities day requirements. The of-
soon after they noticed ficials stated that they
cracks on the surface of
the slab, but the officials
failed to act in time.
fic has since been di-
verted to other nearby
roads, resulting in traffic
works as storm water will
flow through the drain for
some more days. The
had taken up remodeling
of all drains under the
Jawaharlal Nehru Na-
Kartaals to stage Broadway classic
The storm water drain, snarls during the rush completion of the works tional Urban Renewal
located adjacent to the In-
stitute of Tropical Dis-
eases (Fever Hospital),
hour.
According to GHMC offi-
cials, the relevant work
will take at least two to
three months,” the offi-
cials said, indicating that
Mission (JNNURM) at a
cost of Rs 250 crore in
2006 and even resolved to
K artaal Productions announced
their third production – a Broad-
way classic “Who’s Afraid of Virginia
production - Tennessee Williams “A
Street Car Named Desire.” This time
Seema is going several steps ahead in
is going to have a live orchestra among
other things. “I am hoping that this
one too gets the Broadway certification
caved in on August 24, order for Rs 99 lakh has the road would be re- complete them within a Woolf?” in the city. Edward Albee first making it an extravagant production. as my earlier one. We will also be stag-
unnerving the local peo- already been released. opened only in 2012. year in 2009.“But most of opened this classic play in 1962 and The play is going to have music com- ing the play in other cities,” says
ple and sending Greater However, while restoring Like this storm water the encroachers have ap- this year marks its 50th year of contin- posed by maestro Ilayaraja in associa- Seema. The play is scheduled to be
Hyderabad Municipal the drain, workers found drain, there are at least proached the courts due uous running at Broadway. tion with a Hungarian orchestra. He is staged at Ravindra Bharathi on Octo-
Corporation (GHMC) offi- an electric cable. Though 15 drains – 4 primary and to which the work is pro- The play is produced by Seema going to be with the team during the ber 22, 23 and 24 at 7 pm. The cast in-
cials into a tizzy. Fortu- the Andhra Pradesh Cen- 11 secondary – within gressing at a snail’s pace,” Azharuddin and directed by Dr K performances. The creator of the play cludes Seema Azharuddin (Martha),
nately, there were no tral Power Distribution GHMC limits. While the the officials said. Shrikanth Iyengar. Kartaal Produc- Edward Albee is expected to be pres- Shrikanth Iyengar (George), Kamal
tion’s first play was also a Broadway ent for the first performance. The play Kamaraju (Nick) and Sumi (Honey).
Bathukamma of yesteryear
P ANURADHA REDDY
flooding back like a torrent. abad were a must for tricts of Hyderabad State
The workers of BSNL-Tele- Dasara. Women would (pre-1956) would come
B holakpur, known as
Husainsagaram to old
friends and relatives, was
com, the present occupants,
too were busy preparing for
the festival. Though the
deck up in fine silk, and,
upon completion of reli-
gious ceremonies, we would
home. Ladies from the
urban villages around the
house would bring their
the focal point of house now functions as a go to the movies. Those Bathukammas with ours in
Bathukamma festivities in government office, a walk were the days when the- the centre having a pride of
the good old days. My ma- through the premises took atres had a separate section place. The compound would
ternal grandparents Sri B me back in time. It all for women called the be full of beautiful Telan-
Ranga Reddy and Vasude- seemed like yesterday; I zenana. Minerva, Para- gana women in their pan-
vamma’s house reverber- could hear Ammamma giv- dise, Ashok and Rajeshwar duga best and so the
ated with revelry during ing instructions to people, were the cinema halls that evening progressed until it
Dasara. The camaraderie dappu beats from the vil- we would frequent. was time to walk to the
among people had to be lage drummers, and the On the big day of Saddula Hussain Sagar for the im-
seen to be believed. Neigh- fast-paced footsteps of ser- Bathukamma we would mersion ceremonies.
bours and friends from far vants running about com- have friends from Walker There was not a man to be
and near would congregate pleting chores flashed Town belonging to the Mu- seen in the house, except
at our house and Am- before my eyes. daliar community who for the musicians who ac-
mamma welcomed every- Silk sarees sourced from spoke wonderful Tamil, but companied the procession.
one all through the 10 days. the famous Radha Silks in took to Telugu and English This tradition was carried
Women make and play Bathukamma at Tank Bund on Tuesday. Photo: Hrudayanand Today I visited my ances- Madras or from Bejugam with equal ease. Relatives out by the daughters-in-law
tral home and all the fra- Venkaiah and Maduri Raji- and friends from Malkajgiri of the house long after my
grance and memories came aiah shops in Secunder- and from the various dis- Ammamma passed away.
Playing with fire Floral splendour at Kalibari
(Continued from P-I) unserved areas based on the ence of population on a sin-
reduce the dis tance of the straight line distances be- gle fire station is to the ex-
city population to this very
crucial service which always
makes a heavy demand on
tween two centers. Thus the
entire cityscape was appor-
tioned among the 9 existing
tent of 1, 50,000.
maximum dependence is
The
also less than 2,50,000 peo-
D urga puja, the most
important festival of
the Bengalis, assumes
artists group.
More than 4,000 devo-
tees visited the Hyder-
time; and the other and al- and 18 suggested fire sta- ple on the Malakpet fire sta- flowery magnificence at abad Kalibari temple to
lied motive was to reduce tions. The apparent reper- tion, which compares with a Kalibari Mandir. The participate in the 'anjali'
the dependent population cussions of this exercise are figure of almost 6,00,000 on highlight of the festivities or special prayers offered
on a single fire station. a bridging of the gap in the the same fire station. on Tuesday was the ritual to the beat of the tradi-
The result was a larger availability of this service, The study findings suggest of Mahaashtami puja, tional dhak drums on Ma-
number of polygons show- more so in the central and that technology like GIS during which women haashtami -- the third
ing the service areas of the heavily populated part of may be used as Decision devotees offered 108 lotus day of the puja. This au-
fire stations and fitting the city. Support Systems for meet- flowers to the divine tumnal festival, popularly
rather well into the city The inter-nodal distance ing the requirements of peo- mother. known as Sharodotsav,
space. Initially while taking between existing and sug- ple. Feedback should taken According to Karthik pays tribute to the invin-
the two kilometer buffer gested fire stations would from interest groups like Chandra Pathak, the cible power of female
along the roads certain areas come down to less than 2.5 traders, transporters, NGOs, priest of Hyderabad Shakti symbolised by
between polygons were left km. In very few cases it is environmentalists and intel- Kalibari, Lord Rama had Goddess Durga who slays
unserviced. These were ap- more than 3 km. lectuals before drawing any offered his eye when he an asura to reestablish
portioned among the adja- New fire stations based on plans and setting up of found that he was short of peace and sanctity on
cent point locations by Theissian polygon suggests amenities and facilities in one lotus during the puja earth again. It is a grand
taking break points in the that most often the depend- the city. he offered to the Goddess occasion when the famil-
before his war against Ra- iar sounds of dhak,
vana. Karthik Chandra dhunuchi nachh and the
Ensuring standards in hospitals Pathak said that Sandhi
puja would be performed
at 00.51 hrs on Wednes-
the turn of the most
awaited Bangali tradi-
ner up in the competition,
taking everyone by sur-
types of songs. She is the
chief disciple of renowned
mild fragrance of shiuli
appeal to Bengalis.
The eight day, Ashtami,
(Continued from P I) discharge including 24x7 dignity, privacy during ex- day. "It is performed be- tional competition at prise. It was followed by Hindustani musician is the most important day
attendants are not edu- emergency care. amination, right to refuse a tween ashtami and Kalibari. Over 35 women Shankadhwani competi- Pandit Ram Kumar Chat- of the Durga puja. During
cated enough to under- Across the globe the de- particular line of treat- navami as She (Goddess) actively participated in tion. Another important topdhaya. Late in the ‘pushpanjali’ people offer
stand many of the mand for quality health- ment, information on how entered into Rama's Uludhwani competition in event was Bengali classi- night there were classical flowers to Goddess Durga
processes hospitals follow. care services is growing. A to voice complaint, access weapons and gave him which every devotee gave cal music programme by dance performances, in- and pray. People go
Accreditation is the key. It close look at the healthcare to his/her clinical records, the required strength. their best to outperform Ranjana Mishra, an cluding Bharatatnatyam around puja mandaps to
ensures and certifies that a delivery systems revealed ensuring quality investiga- We all know what fol- the other. Interestingly, artiste from Kolkata. She and Kuchipudi, by the feast their eyes on well
specified hospital strictly the need to introduce qual- tions and many such lowed in navami and Smt Parus Rani rendered Bengali tradi- Vanikakavidya Niketan decorated pandals and
adheres to the practices ity assurance mechanisms. things. The patient's satis- dusserra," said the priest. Chowdary, an 80 year old tional songs, Bhakti Geet, dance group and dance awesome forms of the
and guidelines that have On the advice of the Union faction would be evaluated After bhog (lunch), it was devotee, stood third run- Puratanik and Bhaitaki ballet by the Nrityagana Goddess.
been laid down. In a way, Ministries of Tourism and regularly.
a patient who visits an Health, the Quality Coun- Accreditation also helps
NABH-accredited hospital cil of India started this ac- hospitals ensure continu-
is reassured that he or she creditation process in 2006. ous improvement, while
will be provided with safest Accreditation relies on es- demonstrating their com-
and scientific processes and tablishing technical compe- mitment to quality care.
procedures. tence of healthcare The staff in an accredited
NABH has designed ex- organisations in terms of hospital would be a satis-
haustive healthcare stan- certain standards in deliv- fied lot, as it provides for
dards for hospitals and ering services. With NABH continuous learning and
healthcare providers in the accreditation, choosing the good working environment.
country. A hospital seek- right hospital becomes Accreditation also provides
ing NABH accreditation easy. NABH awards ac- an objective system of em-
should achieve 500 plus ob- creditation after strict panelment by insurance
jective elements set out in scrutiny of many aspects of and other third parties. It
the standards. To comply hospital and patient care provides access to reliable
with the standards, the management. and validated information
hospital needs to adopt a Benefits of accreditation on facilities, infrastructure
process-driven approach in There are many benefits and level of care.
all aspects of hospital activ- of accreditation and pa- Across Andhra Pradesh
ities – from registration, tients are the principal less than 10 hospitals have
admission, pre-surgery, beneficiaries. NABH accreditation, with
peri-surgery and post- Accreditation results in more than half of them lo-
surgery protocols, medica- high quality of care and pa- cated in the state capital.
tion procedures, discharge tient safety. It helps pa- The accreditation is Bengalis in festive mood at Kalibari. Community lunch, plays and games, songs and dances in full swing. photos: Ravi Giragani
from the hospital to follow- tients with regard to their granted for a period of
up with the hospital after rights, respect for personal three years at a time.