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Hyderabad: A two-Judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice N Tukaramji on Wednesday directed the State Government not to shift the Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) from Mallepally. The panel was dealing with a letter converted to a PIL written by 133 students of the ITI College […]

Hyderabad: Following the Omicron variant of Coronavirus scare, the police department has intensified its drive against mask violators and booking cases against them. According to police officials, the department has booked 9,89,340 cases so far in 2021 as against 3,26,758 cases in 2020. Most of these cases were registered in GHMC limits. Though it has […]

Hyderabad: Issues related to urban flooding in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits and its vicinity are expected to recede in 2022 by monsoon. At a recent meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar and attended by Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) department Special Chief Secretary, Arvind Kumar, the deadline to complete […]

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has intensified its efforts to help street vendors in the city. After disbursing Rs 10,000 each to 40,237 street vendors under the PM’s Street Vendor Atma Nirbhar Nidhi Scheme, the civic body has now started disbursing the second installment of loans and the loan amount being sanctioned this […]

Hyderabad: For many pet parents who consider their animals as family members, when they pass away due to old age or some ailment, the void left is a huge one. The pets are a companion some use as crutch to get by in the harshness of the real world. Usually, when pets pass away unless […]

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Sunday took up an intensive exercise of spraying disinfectants at educational institutions in the city. In several government schools across the city, sodium hypochlorite was sprayed and on the request made by management of some private schools, a similar exercise was taken up there also by the […]

Hyderabad: To decrease congestions and ensure smooth flow of vehicular movement, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is developing junctions in different parts of the city. Presently, works pertaining to 11 new junctions are under progress and in addition to them, 14 more junctions will be developed and the works will commence soon, the GHMC said in a […]

Hyderabad: The immensely popular Basti Dawakhana network in the city is getting even bigger. Strengthening the healthcare infrastructure for economically weak sections, the State government will make operational 32 Basti Dawakhanas on Friday. Another 92 Dawakhanas are in various stages of being made operational. These are apart from the 226 Basti Dawakhanas that are already […]

Hyderabad: Telangana reported 189 new Covid infections and two fatalities on Thursday taking the cumulative number of deaths to 3,995 and the total number of positive cases so far to 6,76,376. The number of active cases in Telangana, as on Thursday, was 3,680. The authorities on Thursday conducted 36,883 Covid tests of which results of […]

Hyderabad: A two judge panel of the High court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Tukaram on Wednesday, while extending time to the GHMC to respond to a bunch of writ pleas and PILs, made clear that if the counters are not filed on the said day, the Commissioner will have to be […]

Hyderabad: In view of the increased traffic in the city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has been initiating several public transport safety measures aimed at streamlining the traffic and checking accidents. The civic body is also setting up new traffic signals at various junctions to regulate the traffic congestion in the city. Under these […]

Hyderabad: The General Body Meeting of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will be held on December 18 and the Standing Committee meeting has been slated for December 8. Any infrastructure or development with a budget of more than Rs 2 crore taken up by the civic body has to be approved by the Standing Committee, […]

Hyderabad: With the city growing rapidly and numerous infrastructure projects being take-up simultaneously, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has come up with smart environmental conservation measures clubbed with an initiative to promote fitness. The civic body has created a space within a space by developing parks equipped with walking tracks under the city flyovers. Currently, […]

Hyderabad: The first bridge ever constructed in Hyderabad is all set to regain its lost glory. Built-in the year 1578 over the Musi River, Puranapul is one of the oldest landmarks in the city. And this bridge is being restored to its original glory. The oldest surviving bridge after the Great Musi Flood of 1908 […]

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 […]