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50 to 60% cases reported in last month across TS from urban centres

Hyderabad: In the last two days while Hyderabad witnessed rains perhaps like never before in recent times, the normal life in the city was not impacted severely. This was made possible by the continuous efforts of the monsoon teams deployed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). The men and machines team worked round-the-clock to […]

Amid weather forecasts looking at more heavy rains lashing the city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has kept its staff on high alert and urged citizens also to be on an alert.

Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) sanitation workers are being awarded Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) Scroll Honour Certificates in their respective jurisdiction by elected representatives. The certificates are being awarded to honour the workers for their services to society. While workers in the Secunderabad Assembly constituency were felicitated and awarded with the certificate by Deputy […]

Hyderabad: As part of the Bathukamma saree distribution initiative, the GHMC distributed over 4 lakh sarees to eligible beneficiaries across the city on Tuesday in the presence of Ministers, MPs, MLAs and other public representatives. This year, over 8.9 lakh Bathukamma sarees of 19 colours and 17 designs are being distributed from 838 distribution centres […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge Bench of the Telangana High Court comprising Justice A Rajashekhar Reddy and Justice T Vinod Kumar expressed dissatisfaction at the government and GHMC for not filing their response to a public interest litigation case filed by one Naresh complaining about the poor state of civic amenities and sanitation in twin cities. The […]

Hyderabad: For protection and conservation of tanks and lakes in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation area, the State government will soon come up with a lake-wise master plan to define the boundaries of water bodies and their full tank level (FTL) areas, prevent encroachments, diversion of sewage canals, and also take up beautification works. The government […]

Hyderabad: Telangana reported 162 new Covid infections and one fatality on Sunday taking the cumulative number of deaths to 3,921 and the total number of positive cases to 6,66,546. The number of active cases in Telangana, as on Sunday, was 4,455. The authorities on Sunday conducted 32,828 Covid tests of which results of 886 samples […]

Hyderabad: Excited and beaming with joy, women lined up at designated centres in the city on Saturday, with the distribution of Bathukamma sarees beginning in the city. With the Bathukamma festival fast approaching, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on behalf of the State government started distribution of sarees to women beneficiaries. This year, over […]

Working round-the-clock for three days on the trot, the teams have attended to 468 complaints, which are beyond the grievances attended to and resolved by the Disaster Response Force (DRF) teams.

Hyderabad: For the Bathukamma festivities, the GHMC is gearing up to distribute 8,90,019 sarees on behalf of the State government. The floral festival is to commence from October 6 and the civic body has already received 4,82,120 sarees and identified 506 distribution points across the city. “These locations are located in 17 out of the […]

Hyderabad: Though the State is likely to get some respite from the rains, authorities have taken up a series of measures in the city to prevent loss of life and restore normalcy. Rehabilitation of people in low-lying areas, deploying monsoon action teams and closing of the Moosarambagh Bridge in Malakpet apart from distributing food are […]

Hyderabad: All the major irrigation projects in Godavari basin in north Telangana were in spate, prompting Irrigation department officials to lift gates in most projects on Tuesday. The department also issued a red alert for people living in areas downstream of Sriram Sagar Project (SRSP) on Monday night asking them not to go near project […]

Water board opens 10 gates of Himayath Sagar, six gates of Osman Sagar

Hyderabad: A beleaguered city administration appealed to the people to stay indoors on Tuesday too, even as the State capital was battered by heavy rains. The civic body authorities formed emergency teams, strengthened its control room to take more distress calls, as heavy downpour under the influence of cyclone Gulab hit Hyderabad on Monday. Urban […]

Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi  instructed the monsoon action teams to be on alert and asked the engineers in the civic body to monitor the situation on ground and take immediate measures.

Hyderabad: Withstanding the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the real estate market in the city continues to flourish unhindered. The positive trend for the sector gets reflected from a considerable increase in the revenues realised by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) through building permissions so far during the current financial year. According to the […]

Holds review meeting with GHMC officials on undertaking widening of nalas

Hyderabad: Cracking down on pet shops that were operating without required license in the city, the GHMC issued notices to 82 pet shops. The pet shops should have mandatory registration under ‘Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( Pet Shops)’ rules and they also obtain a certificate of registration from the State Animal Welfare Board (SAWB). […]

Hyderabad: The sanitation wing of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has worked overtime in the last two days to remove 83,191 Ganesh idols and over 10,091.92 tonnes of debris from Hussain Sagar and other water bodies across Hyderabad. Overall, 60,097 idols that were immersed in artificial ponds and 23,094 idols in lakes were removed by […]