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Hyderabad: Days after civic authorities penalised Hyderabad’s popular Karachi Bakery after a customer complained about packaged sweets from the store having fungus on them, Shamshabad municipal officials imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the Shamshabad branch of G Pulla Reddy Sweets on Saturday. Officials visited the kitchen of Pulla Reddy after an irked customer […]

Hyderabad: From the city of minarets and architectural marvels, Hyderabad is slowly evolving into one with skyscrapers as well, with a number of engineering marvels coming up across the city. As the city sees more and more high-rise buildings, the State government is simultaneously developing infrastructure to ensure civic amenities. While construction of 67 high-rise […]

Hyderabad: Despite the Covid-19 pandemic that adversely affected several sectors in 2021, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) managed to execute a series of developmental works and at the same time also focussed on improving green cover as part of its efforts to achieve sustainable growth. While the town planning wing issued over 16,500 building […]

Hyderabad: To create more sustainable lung spaces in and around the city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has come up with an ambitious action plan of increasing the green cover. As part of the State government’s flagship programme ”Telangana Ku Haritha Haram (TKHH) 2022” which is recognised by the United Nations as the third-largest […]

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) council meeting on Saturday turned into a showdown between Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) corporators. Adjourned twice, the council meeting progressed and ended with a heated session, with discussions revolving around sanitation, road widening, road maintenance and the development of graveyards.   When TRS corporator Manne […]

Hyderabad: Conservation works taken up at the historic Mecca Masjid will be soon expedited with the Minority Welfare Department asking the Heritage Department to complete the works before Ramzan. The conservation works of the 17th century mosque were initiated in the year 2017 and have been continuing. The authorities had initially fixed a time frame […]

Hyderabad: The Standing Committee of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), which met here on Wednesday, approved the proposal of a new building for Transit Dorms with 187 beds for women at Nampally Sarai under the Safe City project. The proposal submitted to the committee looks at dismantling the old dilapidated buildings/office rooms and using […]

Hyderabad: Colossal power bills are slowly becoming history in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, where a few energy conservation measures are making an appreciable difference.  The move to gradually incorporate solar sources for power generation in the GHMC has helped the civic body save Rs 3.40 crore in two years. The revenue saving was made […]

Hyderabad: Implementing the guidelines prescribed in the Telangana State Building Permission Approval and self-Certification(TS-bPASS) Act, the Town Planning Wing of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has been re-organised. The civic body in a press release said that the reorganisation was done to ensure more transparency in granting building permits and simultaneously crack the whip on […]

Hyderabad: After the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the sewerage system in the peripheral circles of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) was handed over to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) on October 1, the latter has incorporated technology and adapted new approach to strengthen the sewerage network. Earlier out of […]

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: Corporators of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Wednesday reacted in a unique way to the vandalising of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) office by BJP corporators. The reaction was by washing the GHMC logo with milk. The logo on Tuesday was defaced with black spray paint by the BJP corporators. The TRS […]

Hyderabad: To ensure hygiene and a decent workplace for fish vendors, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is constructing fish markets in the city. While two of these facilities have already been opened recently, work is progressing fast on three more. The markets located in Kukatpally and Nacharam have been opened for public recently. “Two […]

Hyderabad: A series of facilities for sports and fitness enthusiasts is on the cards in the city. A total of 19 facilities that include sports complexes, auditoriums, indoor stadiums and swimming pools are being developed in different parts of the city with an estimated cost of Rs 86.61 crore by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). […]

Hyderabad: A special campaign pertaining to revision of electoral rolls (voter list) in 15 assembly segments of Hyderabad district will be held on November 27 and 28. As a part of the exercise booth level officers along with other Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials will enrol new voters. Requests for correction of entries such […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s most-awaited annual extravaganza — Numaish is likely to be back in January 2022 with the Exhibition Society applying for permission from the State Government to conduct the annual expo. The Exhibition Society had suspended the annual Numaish early this year due to the Covid pandemic. “Considering the current situation, we are hopeful that […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Forest Department on Wednesday penalised a resident of Dilsukhnagar in the city for axing a tree located in front of his house. A penalty of Rs 12,000 was imposed on the person residing in Chaitanyapuri, Dilshuknagar. The complaint was reported to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials through Twitter following which, the Urban […]

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Heritage and Precincts Committee (GHHC) has ordered the removal of encroachments near 25 protected monuments in the city. It also ordered the cleaning of bushes and improving landscaping at these places. This came in the wake of the first GHHC city level meeting held at the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice A Rajasekar Reddy on Monday directed Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to file a status report on treating water adjoining Bunrukunddin Dowla village. A PIL was filed by Niloufer Afshan contending that the GHMC and HMWS&SB failed to […]

Hyderabad: Elaborate arrangements have made for ‘Chhath Puja’ from Tuesday till November 11 in the city. As part of the exercise, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has marked 42 places near lakes and works have commenced at these places for smooth conduct of the festival. Arranging pandals, tents and shamianas, illumination, drinking water arrangements […]