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A total of 3,879 potholes have been identified by the engineering wing in Hyderabad as needing immediate attention. The Mayor said many roads had been damaged especially by the incessant rain from August 27. Technicalities over the definition apart, what the city commuter wants is quick and continuous action by the civic authorities in repairing [...] Continue Reading »
The chief minister N Kiran Kumar reviewed the developmental works and activities being taken up by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), including the housing programme. Kiran Kumar Reddy asked the GHMC to complete the houses under different schemes at the earliest with the cooperation of the beneficiaries, banks and other agencies. He also asked [...] Continue Reading »
It was in 2003 when the Jubilee Hills – Hi-Tec city stretch was turned into a four-lane road. There were footpaths lining this stretch, but gradually started making way for parking of vehicles. The excitement among activists over Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC’s) prompt action was however shortlived. Less than a year later, the new [...] Continue Reading »
The tax wing staff have been collecting property tax dues either in the form of cash or cheques from property owners and giving manual receipts. There were instances of some staff issuing fake receipts to owners by collecting the amount. Now, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will collect property tax through hand-held machines in [...] Continue Reading »
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) commissioner appealed to the people not to purchase unauthorised constructions. He said building plans would be made available at all citizen service centres soon. On footpath encroachments, commissioner said removal of encroachments would be taken up in the first week of every month for the next four to five [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Ayyappa Society at Madhapur woke up to a chaotic Monday morning. Over 700 police personnel were stationed at the site to deal with any trouble, as plot owners/builders opposed the demolitions. The demolitions brought traffic at Madhapur market area to a standstill. Other roads leading to the society were also closed by the [...] Continue Reading »
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has recently served notices on about 375 traders of Monda Market and 80 traders of the Chilkalguda municipal complex in Secunderabad and asked them to vacate. The civic body has proposed to demolish the existing two-floor structure and construct a new complex in about four acres land. The traders [...] Continue Reading »
The Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) had directed the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to clear Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS) applications by September and Building Penalisation Scheme (BPS) files by July-end. The maximum number of pending applications is in L B Nagar and Kukatpally municipal circles where scrutiny was not done by the town [...] Continue Reading »
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) commissioner M T Krishna Babu on Tuesday had a meeting with the Federation of Colony Welfare Associations. It was proposed to implement two-bin system of garbage collection in 20 selected colonies to segregate wet and dry garbage at household level itself. He announced that GHMC would give preference to take [...] Continue Reading »
Lost a portion of property in the road-widening exercise, get ready to pay tax for the entire property you once owned. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is busy serving notices on owners to pay up property tax for structures that have vanished in the road-widening exercise. Generally, the tax wing has to revise tax [...] Continue Reading »
