Hyderabad
The stretch between Greenlands and Jubilee Hills, via Krishna Nagar falls under metro rail corridor 3, which is to run between Nagole to Shilparamam.The corporation has decided to acquire the properties to widen the road to 100ft for the metro rail project, after conducting a physical survey of all the properties. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal [...] Continue Reading »
Competing with each other in setting up colourful pandals and necessary paraphernalia to make the Ganesh festival a grand one, various youth and welfare organisations in Hyderabad were putting in extra efforts. Stalls offering different types of Ganesh idols at Narayanguda, S.R.Nagar, Koti, Monda Market, Secunderabad and Dhoolpet were teeming with customers. With costs of [...] Continue Reading »
Prices of new residential property could fall 10-15% by Diwali. But leading builders say supply has to increase for prices to come down. The RBI’s rate tightening has resulted in developers not having funds to complete projects, and hence the supply will remain in check while demand is still intact. A 10% price correction is [...] Continue Reading »
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 »
Sewage treatment plants (STPs) are to be constructed in various parts of Hyderabad. Secretary, ministry of environment & forests (MoEF), T Chatterjee who came to the city along with a team on Friday, to review the Musi project works, in principle, agreed to study the ‘detailed project reports‘ (DPRs) of STPs for further approval. The [...] Continue Reading »
India’s largest developer DLF had said that it plans to sell developed assets, including IT parks and its hotels business as well as hotel plots to raise Rs 7,000 crore over the next two years. The company reported that the money from the sale of non-core assets was Rs 165 crore in April-June quarter. The [...] 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 »
