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Hyderabad: The abundance availability of land in Hyderabad has not deterred the development of high-rise buildings. The city has been witnessing the growth of skyscrapers in the last few years with many developers competing to build the tallest towers. About a few years ago, the Babukhan Estates at Basheerbagh with 14 floors was considered to […]

Hyderabad: Intensifying the fight against mosquitoes and ensuring efficient fogging in the city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has adopted the latest and innovative technologies. On a pilot basis, the civic body has installed smart trackers on vehicle-mounted fogging machines (VMFs) and also portable fogging machines (PFMs) to monitor the movement of these machines. […]

Hyderabad: The second phase of works on the crucial Falaknuma Road over Bridge is all set to begin. According to officials, the redesigning works of the old Falaknuma RoB, an important connecting facility for several areas in the far south of the city, were completed and the bridge was also thrown open to the public. […]

Hyderabad: Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi on Saturday announced that every Friday would be observed as Green Day in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits. Plantation of saplings would be taken up every Friday. In addition to GHMC staffers, resident welfare associations (RWAs), NGOs and elected representatives would also participate in the event, the GHMC […]

Hyderabad: Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi on Saturday announced that every Friday would be observed as Green Day in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits. Plantation of saplings would be taken up every Friday as part of this. In addition to GHMC staffers, Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs), NGOs and elected representatives would also participate in […]

Hyderabad: Even while steaming ahead with infrastructure development on a major scale, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is not forgetting the scores of homeless people who live on the streets of the State capital. With temperatures dipping as winter closes in, the GHMC has initiated a series of measures, which include renovation of existing night […]

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) identified dark spots in different parts of the city and installed 14,308 streetlights. “Out of the total lights installed, 3,743 are in LB Nagar Zone, 1,358 in Khairatabad Zone, 2,665 in Secunderabad Zone, 3,827 in Charminar Zone, 1,312 in Serilingampally Zone and 1,403 in Kukatpally Zone,” said GHMC […]

Hyderabad: A special campaign pertaining to special summary revision of electoral rolls (revision of voters list) will be held on Saturday and Sunday. On these two days, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials will be available at the polling stations located in 15 Assembly segments in Hyderabad district. They will […]

Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao has condemned the vandalising of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) head office by Bharatiya Janata Party corporators on Tuesday. In a tweet on Wednesday, the Minister said ‘some thugs and hooligans of BJP in Hyderabad’ had vandalised the GHMC office. “I strongly condemn this […]

Hyderabad: Even as nations are racking their brains over how to reduce carbon emissions, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is quietly going about reducing the emissions in the city and what more, saving up quite a bit on the cash side as well. The GHMC’s efforts to reduce carbon emission are something that comes […]

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Hyderabad: A special drive to administer the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine among eligible individuals in Hyderabad will be launched on Monday by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in collaboration with State health authorities. The vaccine will be administered in all Basti Dawakhanas, existing vaccination centres and other state-run urban primary health centres. A total […]

Hyderabad: Sports lovers in Khajaguda and the vicinity now have an exclusive facility being built for them. The Khajaguda Sports Complex, spread over two acres, has four badminton courts, a gymnasium and a carrom room. This facility being built by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) with an estimated cost of Rs 3 crore has dormitories […]

Hyderabad: Replacing the conventional street lights in the city with LED bulbs has yielded positive results for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). The step towards green energy and eco-friendly power utilities has drastically reduced the emission of carbon dioxide besides saving energy and money spent on electricity bills, GHMC officials said. Under GHMC limits, a […]

Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Saturday attributed Telangana’s performance in Swachh Survekshan 2021 to the programmes taken up by the State government. “These awards have come as a recognition to the all-round development taken place in towns & cities of Telangana under the programmes like Palle Pragathi & Pattana […]

Hyderabad: The city has added another feather to its cap by climbing up the ladder in the Swachh Survekshan national survey that rates cities across India on cleanliness, and has won an award too. The city, apart from winning the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs’s award for the Best Self Sustainable Mega City […]

Hyderabad: Over 7,000 buildings in the Greater Hyderabad region, which were hitherto registered as residential properties, have been brought under the correct property tax net and declared as commercial establishments by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation within two weeks. The massive exercise had all these properties being assessed manually. Stretches located on Road Number 45, […]

Hyderabad: Safely finding a way through vehicles zooming past, and crossing busy road stretches continues to be a challenge for the pedestrians at several places in the city. However, road crossing is all set to become safe and hassle free for the pedestrians at different locations with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) readying Foot […]

Hyderabad: When its boundaries are expanding, when its people and buildings are growing, can the garbage in a happening city be far behind? From the whereabouts of 2,500 metric tons of garbage a day in 2015, Hyderabad today generates 6,500 metric tons of waste every day. And just as the mountains of trash forked out […]

Hyderabad: Intensifying the fight against vector-borne diseases, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has pressed into service six drones. These machines are presently being used to spray chemicals in 39 lakes and control mosquito larvae and similar measures were being planned to be taken up in 20 more water bodies. Earlier, the civic body was […]