Overview
- Malkajgiri MLA Marri Rajasekhar Reddy filed a written representation to the special chief secretary objecting to multiple provisions of the draft CURE Bill and urging a comprehensive pre-enactment review.
- The MLA argues the bill creates an Apex Council and gives the state overriding powers that can suspend municipal resolutions, issue binding directions, and dissolve civic bodies, which he says would shrink the role of elected municipal corporations.
- He warns the draft leaves the mayor, deputy mayor and standing committee with very limited authority and fails to require functional ward committees with defined powers and funds, weakening local accountability and citizen participation.
- On finance, the MLA objects to clauses that allow automatic or periodic revisions of water and sewerage user charges and a shift to capital-value based property tax, saying both could raise recurring costs for homeowners and fixed-income households.
- Resident welfare associations have also called for the bill to be redrafted with full ULB consultation and for an extended submission deadline, while the government has not yet publicly responded to the objections.