GHMC paying 4 agencies to clean the same roads
1 year, 2 months ago

GHMC paying 4 agencies to clean the same roads

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In what can be described as an inexplicable arrangement, courtesy of the GHMC, the main roads in the city are cleaned by three different agencies, apart from their own regular sweepers. As per norms, private agencies attached to the Comprehensive Road Maintenance Programme, who entrusted the road restoration contract in GHMC limits, are supposed to clean the roads. In 2019, works on the 709-km road, encompassing the city’s main roads, were handed over to the private agencies at an estimated cost of Rs 1,827 crore in seven packages. However, as per GHMC records, a road is cleaned during the day by CRMP agencies, and at night by sweeping machines and in the early hours by sweepers. Same work, different hands In 2019, work on the 709-km road, encompassing the city’s main roads, were handed over to the private agencies at an estimated cost of Rs 1,827 crore in seven packages.

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GHMC plans CRMP 2.0, but with steep price tag
2 months ago

GHMC plans CRMP 2.0, but with steep price tag

The Hindu  

The Comprehensive Road Maintenance Programme, a successful model of road maintenance adopted by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation five years ago, is proposed for extension by another five years, albeit with high cost escalation. Two options are being placed for the extension, one for bringing 744.22 kilometres of road length under CRMP with a cost estimate of ₹2,491 crore for …

Portions of Balakrishna and Jana Reddy's Homes Marked for Demolition
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Portions of Balakrishna and Jana Reddy's Homes Marked for Demolition

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A portion of the house of actor and TD’s Hindupur MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna and that of senior Congress leader K. Jana Reddy, where his son and Nagarjunasagar legislator Kunduru Jayaveer Reddy stays, are among those marked for demolition to take up road widening works. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has proposed road widening works from Road No. This road …

23 projects at Rs 5.9K cr to help ease traffic congestion in Hyderabad
3 months, 3 weeks ago

23 projects at Rs 5.9K cr to help ease traffic congestion in Hyderabad

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: With a primary focus on reducing traffic congestion and improving overall traffic efficiency, 23 projects across five packages have been proposed under the Hyderabad City Innovative and Transformative Infrastructure programme at an estimated cost of Rs 5,942 crore. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is set to inaugurate the H-CITI programme by laying foundation stones for several projects during the …

GHMC GBM on Irregularities in Sanitation Dept
1 year, 1 month ago

GHMC GBM on Irregularities in Sanitation Dept

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: GHMC additional commissioner, sanitation, R. Upender Reddy on Tuesday said that multiple agencies sweeping and cleaning roads was the result of directions of the “former municipal minister,” while not naming K.T. According to Upender Reddy, the CRMP agencies said they could not take care of sweeping for roads but were ready to operate mechanical sweeping machines. Upender Reddy, known …

State Govt To Review GHMC Functioning Soon
1 year, 2 months ago

State Govt To Review GHMC Functioning Soon

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy or transport minister Ponnam Prabhakar, incharge minister for Hyderabad, will chair the first meeting by the Congress government to review the overall functioning of the GHMC, within a week. The defaulters include government departments besides private property owners who owe over Rs 2,000 crore in property tax to GHMC. Municipal Administration and Urban Development …

City\'s Internal roads have 3L potholes; GHMC claims no money to repair them
2 years, 7 months ago

City\'s Internal roads have 3L potholes; GHMC claims no money to repair them

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A startling three lakh potholes in the internal roads and more than 4,000 potholes in the arterial stretches were formed as a result of the recent torrential rains in the city according to a comprehensive report submitted by the field staff, exposing the GHMC’s road-laying plans and tall promises of providing good roads. According GHMC official reports, an astounding …

GHMC to sue agencies that destroy Hyderabad roads
2 years, 10 months ago

GHMC to sue agencies that destroy Hyderabad roads

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: While the GHMC is busy re-laying roads as part of its pre-monsoon action plan, the HMWS&SB and private agencies are digging up the freshly-laid roads for underground pipeline repairs and other reasons. The agencies that have obtained permission for road cutting from the GHMC this year are TS Transco, Airtel, HMWS&SB, Jio and others — totalling to 53.63 km. …

GHMC finds 2 lakh potholes across Hyderabad roads
3 years, 8 months ago

GHMC finds 2 lakh potholes across Hyderabad roads

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A GHMC official disclosed that a preliminary check following the rains had revealed that there were over 2 lakh potholes across the city’s roads. In its annual 2020 report, the government claimed that the CRMP was a first of its kind initiative wherein a competent, capable and experienced private player is entrusted with maintenance of particular stretches of roads. …

GHMC fears it won’t get funds for roads
5 years, 1 month ago

GHMC fears it won’t get funds for roads

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Officials of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation are keeping their fingers crossed over funding of the Comprehensive Road Maintenance Project. The state government would either include amount in the state budget or, in case of fund crunch, ask HRDCL to knock on the doors of financial institutions. However, in case there is any delay, CRMP would come to a …

Hyderabad: Roads await auspicious time
5 years, 2 months ago

Hyderabad: Roads await auspicious time

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The GHMC announced over a month ago that it would repair the pothole-riddled main roads. Under the Compreh-ensive Road Mainten-ance, the civic body was supposed to repair 709 km of roads and also mark lanes and build footpaths. The GHMC floated tenders and selected five firms in November to take care of the entire gamut of operations from the …

Hyderabad: Now, drive to collect debris
5 years, 4 months ago

Hyderabad: Now, drive to collect debris

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: After successfully conducting a 10-day special drive to collect scrap, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is to embark on a drive to collect debris from every household. Corporation Commissioner Mr DS Lokesh Kumar said that in order keep tourist spots clean, they would engage a private agency for upkeep of sanitation. The civic body Commissioner said that nearly 235 metric …

GHMC spending Rs 2,100 crore on roads
5 years, 4 months ago

GHMC spending Rs 2,100 crore on roads

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has spent Rs 2,100 crore on city roads and sanitation in a year, though both are in pathetic condition. The civic body claimed it had spent Rs 1,200 crore for maintenance of roads and Rs 900 crore on sanitation. According to highly placed sources in the corporation, GHMC has been paying Rs 168 crore …

Hyderabad: Road repair delayed by procedural speedbump
5 years, 5 months ago

Hyderabad: Road repair delayed by procedural speedbump

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The city road repair project has been moving one step forward and two steps back. Though officials from the engineering wing have prepared a plan for annual road maintenance, it requires a government order to start the project. This apart, the government has asked the Hyderabad Road Development Corporation, which was created as a special purpose vehicle to fund …

Hyderabad: Roads linking highways are in a pathetic state
5 years, 5 months ago

Hyderabad: Roads linking highways are in a pathetic state

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: If the arterial roads are in a pathetic state, the condition of roads connecting the highways is worse. Mammoth potholes mark the roads leading to the Vijayawada, Nagpur, Mumbai, Warangal and Bengaluru national highways. Sharing his experience of riding on the roads connecting the highways, Mr K. Ravie Kumar, a private company employee, who commutes to his office in …

GHMC to rope in corporates for road repairs
5 years, 5 months ago

GHMC to rope in corporates for road repairs

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has decided to hand over maintenance of roads within the state capital to private players. It will follow a hybrid tender process to execute road maintenance works worth Rs 1,300 crore. The civic body has also taken a decision to lay 687 lane kilometres of roads at an estimated cost of Rs 1,300 crore. …

KT Rama Rao, civic bodies go into a huddle
5 years, 6 months ago

KT Rama Rao, civic bodies go into a huddle

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Municipal Administration and Urban Development has proposed it will hand over the city’s roads to private agencies for repair and maintenance; it has also proposed to hire an international agency as a monitor. This raised hackles in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, which claims that private and international agencies will be unfamiliar with the old sewage and drinking …

GHMC asks Rs 1,350 crore, govt. gives Rs 25 crore
5 years, 6 months ago

GHMC asks Rs 1,350 crore, govt. gives Rs 25 crore

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Monday’s state Budget was keenly watched for the allocations to the infrastructure projects in the city which need a total of Rs 30,000 crore. In the near term, the city needs about Rs 10,000 crore for ongoing projects like the Strategic Road Development Plan, the Musi Riverfront Development and Beautification project, the 2BHK housing project for the urban poor, …

Hyderabad: Vigilance to inspect road repair works
5 years, 7 months ago

Hyderabad: Vigilance to inspect road repair works

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation will henceforth take up road repair work under the supervision of its vigilance teams to prevent the corrupt practices that are resulting in roads getting damaged easily and soon after being constructed. Sources said that even though the 972 patches identified will be repaired using high quality bitumen and advanced technologies like Vacuum Dewatered …

GHMC on the move; road repairs to cost Rs.78 crore
11 years, 1 month ago

GHMC on the move; road repairs to cost Rs.78 crore

The Hindu  

The GHMC Standing Committee, which met here on Thursday resolved to name the Kandikal Gate Road over Bridge after Dr. B.R.Ambedkar, Uppuguda Road under Bridge after Babu Jagjeevan Ram and the proposed flyover at Toli Chowki after former MIM chief Sultan Salahuddin. For improving road conditions in the city, the committee gave nod for comprehensive road development works estimated at …

GHMC for sweeping changes on roads
11 years, 2 months ago

GHMC for sweeping changes on roads

The Hindu  

Amid growing complaints of dust causing problems to motorists, apart from potholes and craters on city roads, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is planning to reinforce its sanitation units by adding five more sweeping machines while undertaking the refurbishment of its existing fleet. The civic body proposes to acquire new sweeping machines on Buy, Operate and Own basis. The current …

GHMC promises improved amenities
11 years, 2 months ago

GHMC promises improved amenities

The Hindu  

The GHMC has promised to provide improved and safe road conditions for citizens and also double the budget for roads and other works taken up in the city in the New Year. At a press conference on Tuesday, Mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain and GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar outlined the plans aimed at bettering the bad road conditions that have been …

GHMC to take up road development project
11 years, 2 months ago

GHMC to take up road development project

The Hindu  

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, to improve the overall condition of city roads, has decided to take up a comprehensive road development project. Speaking to presspersons after the weekly ‘Prajavani’ programme on Monday, GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar said the project will incorporate facilities for drainage pipelines, medians, footpaths and ducts for running cables. Also, a Musi River Regeneration Committee has …

GHMC begins road repair work
11 years, 4 months ago

GHMC begins road repair work

The Hindu  

The engineering wing of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation wing has begun repair and restoration work on roads that were badly damaged in the heavy rains across the city last week. Municipal officials have taken up enumeration of the affected road stretches and potholes to prepare budgetary estimates for repairs, while teams accompanied with required infrastructure were despatched for restoration …

Taking the road not taken
11 years, 6 months ago

Taking the road not taken

The Hindu  

Newer technologies such as white-topping are being actively considered by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation in its quest to remedy bad roads. However, officials blame excessive rainfall, water stagnation at valley points, sewer overflows, cutting of roads without proper restoration, inadequate camber and drainage system for repeated damage to roads. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has been considering modern technologies …

Discordant notes
11 years, 7 months ago

Discordant notes

The Hindu  

Every year it happens unfailingly. Roads getting damaged as soon as the eagerly awaited monsoon sets in and utter lack of coordination between the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and the Roads & Buildings Department in proper road maintenance. Every year, the municipal corporation does repairs and even re-carpets some of these stretches following a public outcry and media onslaught, senior …

GHMC chief promises clean, green city for CoP
12 years, 6 months ago

GHMC chief promises clean, green city for CoP

The Hindu  

In a month’s time, the capital will be hosting the Conference of Parties international bio-diversity summit and the heat is on the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. These include recarpeting roads across 125 km on the 21 corridors, footpaths, storm water drains, greenery, street lighting and three new roads leading at the HICC. Re-carpeting roads We have requested the traffic police …

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