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Hyderabad: As part of celebrations to mark 75 years of Independence, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has identified 75 open spaces in different parts of the city to be developed as ‘Freedom Parks’. The State government has decided to celebrate ‘Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsava Dwi Saptaham’ for two weeks and the Chief Minister, K Chandrashekhar […]

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has proposed 146 km Vacuum Dewatered Cement Concrete (VDCC) roads with an outlay of Rs 158.67 crore this financial year. Of this planned works, almost 10 km of roads have already been developed by August. Works with an estimated cost of Rs 14.71 crore in LB Nagar zone, […]

Hyderabad: Daily Covid infections in Telangana have continued to surge with authorities on Thursday reporting 1,061 positive cases, which is the highest since the third Omicron wave. With this the number of active infections in Telangana on Thursday rose to 6,357 with a recovery rate of 98.75 per cent. Out of the 1061 daily infections, […]

Hyderabad: The property tax collection engines of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation are steaming ahead at a pace never seen before, with the last four months seeing the civic body collecting nearly Rs.1,000 crore. By Wednesday evening, the tax collected stood at Rs.997.50 crore, with the revenue being generated from 9,64,105 assessments done from April […]

Hyderabad: The State government has finalised the departments that will build the 14 bridges and one link road with an estimated cost of Rs 545 crore across the Rivers Musi and Esa. While six bridges and a link road will be constructed by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), four bridges will be built by […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Wednesday reported 992 Covid positive infections taking the cumulative number of active Covid infections to 6,132. Out of the 992 daily infections, 376 positive cases were from areas under GHMC, 65 from Rangareddy, 57 from Karimnagar, 54 from Medchal-Malkajgiri, 37 each from Nalgonda and Nizamabad, 32 each from Yadadri Bhongir and Khammam. […]

Hyderabad: Starting Thursday, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) staff will visit those who have submitted applications for houses built under the State government’s Double Bedroom Housing Scheme and collect their details including category/caste, copies of Electors Photo Identification Card (EPIC), constituency and complete address. The GHMC in a press release requested the applicants to […]

Hyderabad: For the first time after the third Omicron wave, which lasted between November 2021 and January 2022, the daily Covid infections in Telangana has crossed the 1,000 mark. On Monday, a total of 1,054 individuals have tested Covid positive while on February 8 of this year, the number of daily Covid infections were 1,061. […]

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is preparing to play a crucial role in enhancing safety and security in the city by augmenting the CCTV camera network in its jurisdiction. As part of the exercise, the corporation is proposing to install 8,000 CCTV cameras in different parts of the city at a cost of […]

Hyderabad: The ‘10 minutes at 10 am every Sunday’ programme in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) jurisdiction was launched by Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi. Under the programme, the GHMC officials along with residents cleared stagnant water inside the houses and surroundings to prevent them from turning into mosquito breeding spots. Elected representatives including Ministers and […]

Hyderabad: After a period of six months, Telangana is witnessing a significant surge of daily Covid infections with authorities reporting 923 cases on Friday. On February 8 of this year, during the third Covid wave driven primarily by the earlier versions of Omicron variant including BA. 1 and BA.2, a total of 1,061 Covid infections […]

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has announced that it will launch the ‘Every Sunday 10 minutes at 10 am’ programme in various parts of the city this Sunday (July 31) to combat mosquito breeding. Under the programme, stagnant water inside the houses and surroundings will be emptied as they could turn into mosquito […]

Hyderabad: Justice Lalitha Kanneganti of the Telangana High Court sternly questioned GHMC with respect to unreasonable fines being imposed for erecting name boards or advertisement boards beyond the prescribed limit. A writ plea was filed by Ambicare Clinics contending that a fine of Rs 2 lakh was imposed on them by GHMC for erecting a […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Wednesday reported 852 Covid positive infections out of which 358 were from areas under GHMC, 63 from Medchal-Malkajgiri, 57 from Rangareddy, 35 from Peddapalli, 32 from Mahabubabad, 28 from Khammam, 26 each from Jangaon and Hanmakonda. Covid infections from the rest of the districts hovered between 10 and 15, according to the […]

Hyderabad: With the Musi river flooded, the Hyderabad City Police have asked all officers to keep a watch on the flow of water and to initiate necessary measures to prevent loss of life and property. City Police Commissioner CV Anand directed DCPs to personally visit all bridges on the river Musi and the surroundings along […]

Hyderabad: Five members of a family who were stuck in the flood waters of the Musi River at Gandipet were rescued by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team on Tuesday night. The family, including three women and a child, were stuck in a farmhouse on the river bed. The local revenue officials got a […]

Hyderabad: The continuing rains and resultant inflows into water reservoirs in and around the State capital saw officials letting out water through the twelve gates of the Osman Sagar on Tuesday. On Monday, only six gates of the reservoir were lifted up to three feet. Excess water is being drained out through the six gates […]

Hyderabad: With heavy rain continuing in different parts of Telangana, the state government has alerted all the districts. Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar directed all the officials to be on high alert and ensure that there is no loss of human life. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who is in Delhi, has been closely monitoring the […]

Hyderabad: With the city and surrounding areas receiving rains late on Monday, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) opened three more gates of the Himayat Sagar on Tuesday. Presently, four gates of the reservoir are open upto one feet. On Monday, only one gate of the Himayat Sagar was kept open upto […]

Hyderabad: The city was pounded by nearly 100 mm rainfall in a span of merely about two hours on Monday night. According to the Telangana State Development Planning Society figures, Hayathnagar recorded the highest rainfall of 98.5 mm followed by 89.8 mm at Amberpet and 88.0 mm at Saidabad. Many other areas such as Bahadurpura, […]