00:00 The GHMC contractors protested with a no payment, no work request.
00:04 The GHMC called for a strike to demand a pending bill of Rs. 1000 crores.
00:09 Hundreds of contractors came to the strike with their families.
00:13 They said that they would not work if the pending bill was not paid.
00:16 The GHMC contractors are being arrested by the police.
00:19 GHMC's chief executive has been arrested.
00:24 The contractors who maintain the construction of Hyderabad have come to the strike.
00:30 They have been working for many days.
00:33 They are happy that the bills have been paid.
00:37 We can see the premises of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.
00:41 They have come to the strike with a no payment, no work request.
00:47 There are contractors, members of the Contract Association,
00:52 and the General Secretary.
00:54 You have been working for many days.
00:58 The bills are not being paid.
01:00 How long have you been asking for the bills?
01:02 How much have you been spending?
01:04 We completed our work last year.
01:06 It has been nine months since the bill was submitted.
01:08 There is a bill section with Rs. 900 crores.
01:11 After nine months, the work was sanctioned for Rs. 1000 crores.
01:15 Rs. 1500 crores were sanctioned.
01:18 We give Rs. 30-40 crores a month.
01:20 If you like it, you can do it.
01:22 If you don't like it, you can't do it.
01:24 The authorities are telling us to do it.
01:26 In such a situation, we are asking the government to do something.
01:28 Do we have to work or not?
01:30 If we do, when will we get the money?
01:32 You are doing this kind of work.
01:34 You are doing this kind of work.
01:36 You are taking such risks.
01:38 You are doing this kind of work.
01:40 You are not getting a payment from the government.
01:42 We are asking the minister and the commissioner to pay us.
01:46 You are taking the road.
01:48 You are taking the road.
01:50 We are not taking the road.
01:52 A contractor came yesterday.
01:54 His wife got cancer.
01:56 He is asking us to pay him Rs. 10 lakhs.
01:58 We had a wedding the other day.
02:00 We gave representation for the wedding.
02:02 The payment is pending.
02:04 We are not getting the payment.
02:06 We are not getting the payment.
02:08 I request the government.
02:10 When you give the budget,
02:12 you give work for Rs. 10,000 crores.
02:14 You give work for Rs. 900 crores.
02:16 Why are you giving sanctions?
02:18 You don't have a budget.
02:20 Why are you putting up stickers?
02:22 This is my question to the government.
02:24 We are asking the government to release the payment.
02:26 Hyderabad got the award for Green City.
02:28 The contractor is getting the credit.
02:30 But our payments are not clear.
02:32 We request the government to clear our payments.
02:34 We only want one thing.
02:36 The GHMC is doing flyovers.
02:38 The SNDP is doing flyovers.
02:40 Why are we getting step treatment?
02:42 We are the municipal heirs.
02:44 Can't we work?
02:46 We are executing.
02:48 We are demanding loans.
02:50 We have been waiting for so long.
02:52 We can't wait any longer.
02:54 Can you tell us about the payments?
02:56 The situation is very bad.
02:58 We did desalting and emergency work.
03:00 Last year, we didn't get the payment
03:02 for the Nala competition.
03:04 Last year, we didn't get the payment
03:06 for emergency work.
03:08 This year, the Nala competition is over.
03:10 This year, we are getting the payment.
03:12 Because of your strike,
03:14 there are 200 labourers behind us.
03:16 Some people are even
03:18 paying their wives.
03:20 Our situation is very bad.
03:22 You are striking us every day
03:24 and giving us lakhs of penalties.
03:26 You are giving us notices.
03:28 You are threatening to blacklist our agency.
03:30 You are not letting us get the payment.
03:32 You are not letting us get the payment.
03:34 You are not letting us get the payment.
03:36 You are not letting us get the payment.
03:38 You are not letting us get the payment.
03:40 You are threatening us with ground level rights.
03:42 We are the Telangana government.
03:44 We are the Telangana government.
03:46 We are dying for the Telangana people.
03:48 They will pay for the CRM,
03:50 Mega Engine and others.
03:52 They will pay us.
03:54 We have to pay at least 5 crores.
03:56 You are the only one with 5 crores?
03:58 Yes, 5 crores.
04:00 Why are you calling for a tender when you don't have money?
04:02 You should have given us money.
04:04 Why are you calling for a tender?
04:06 Why are you calling for a tender?
04:08 Why are you doing this?
04:10 Andhra will get the payment.
04:12 The CM wants the CM.
04:14 Andhra's CM is like this.
04:16 He is the CM.
04:18 There can be MLAs and contractors.
04:20 What do we want?
04:22 We have to go to Delhi to do our work.
04:24 I have given food to 150 people in Jayathir Gowda bus stop.
04:26 I have given food to 150 people in Jayathir Gowda bus stop.
04:28 We have to pay the workers.
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