Continuing problem
The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad established a house numbering cell in 1993 to simplify the house numbers. But 12 years later, hardly one-fourth of the city has got new numbers.
"This is a very big project. It requires a lot of manpower and funds, and the programme has been delayed due to shortages," said M V Sathyanarayana, Additional Commissioner, MCH. To make matters worse, wherever new numbers have been allotted, there are now two sets of addresses in use.
"I prefer old numbers. With new numbers, finding an address is tough. I don't remember them. I have been putting letters on the old addresses for the last 32 years," said J Ramachandriah, a local postman. Going by the pace of the numbering project, it will take half a century before all of Hyderabad gets new numbers. But with the explosion in the city's growth, it may then be time for a fresh numbering project, all over again.
