90-92 period, Yashwant Sinha was FM & Tejinder Khanna handling import/exports. The IAF in Hyderabad was losing crores in engine damage due to bird hits becoz of many abattoirs there. DANIDA offered to donate a abattoir waste processing plant worth over 10 crores free of cost to
the Hyderbad municipal corporation. DANIDA would also fund free training of their team to work on this sophisticated plant in Denmark. IAF contributed 1 lakh as a token contribution. The HMC gave the land/building free. The above 2 gents insisted that import duty at 130% must be
paid on this free plant & equipment being imported. The state govt, municipal commissioner sent request letters to these two gents seeking duty waiver for something being given free/grant. They said no. The arrogant reply was that if DANIDA was really serious & wanted to donate
this plant, they can pay the import duty also. After 2+ yrs of efforts, DANIDA finally withdrew the funding & walked away.
Such was the kind of Govts & political leadership we had in those days. Many fail to understand why the old eco system is so much disliked.
Such was the kind of Govts & political leadership we had in those days. Many fail to understand why the old eco system is so much disliked.
The Hyderabad municipal commissioner was Mr. Jannat Hussain IAS & from the many interactions I had he was brilliant, dynamic & decisive. Decided to search for him & was saddened to hear this report from 2018 that he is suffering from Alzheimer's 
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