HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is caught in a fix regarding distribution of Rs 10,000 cash aid to flood-affected families. The state government has asked the corporation to distribute the cash to not only flood-hit families but to all lower income groups and poor in 240 colonies and over 1,800 slums in the city.
The decision has forced the corporation to stop the mass cash distribution programme midway. Once it resumes, officials said, it would be never-ending and continue even after the GHMC polls, which are likely to be held next month. So far, the GHMC has distributed Rs 387.9 crore to 3.87 lakh affected families and is yet to cover over one lakh families.
According to highly placed sources, it would be a cumbersome task for the corporation authorities to distribute cash to all the poor families. Though the corporation had prepared a list…