Government grants 4,000 posts in local bodies

HYDERABAD: For effective administration in the municipal bodies, the state government has decided to rationalise the staff in all the urban local bodies (ULBs) in respect of administration, revenue, accounts, public health and sanitation, engineering and town planning except Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).In addition, the government has agreed to sanction 4,048 new posts in various ULBs for filling them in three phases which will result in a recurring expenditure of Rs 86.99 crore per annum towards salaries.Currently, there are about 23,209 employees working in all categories in all urban local bodies except GHMC, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) and Vijayawada Municipal Corporation.About 5,115 employees working in 55 categories of municipalities are likely to be transferred as part of rationalisation.The officials said that the work for the staff members has increased considerably due to urban reforms.