Musi river buffer zone survey to start soon
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Musi river buffer zone survey to start soon

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The survey and marking of structures in the buffer zone of the Musi river will commence soon, with support from district collectors, deputy collectors, RDOs and tahsildars, said Municipal Urban Development Department Principal Secretary and Musi Riverfront Development Corporation Limited Managing Director M Dana Kishore. The MD held discussions with representatives from various civil society organisations on Musi beautification, development and resettlement issues, emphasising the government’s commitment to providing two-bedroom houses for those affected by the project. He reiterated the importance of restoring Musi to safeguard Hyderabad’s future and said that the government aims to model the riverfront’s development on London’s Thames River. Dana Kishore urged NGOs to actively participate in the development and beautification of the Musi Riverfront, encouraging grassroots efforts to support the chief minister’s initiative.

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Saving Musi: Can an Aquapolis Restore Hyderabad Water Heritage?
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Saving Musi: Can an Aquapolis Restore Hyderabad Water Heritage?

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: For the Musi River to truly come alive, the entire ecosystem of Hyderabad’s water network has to breathe together. That’s the fundamental insight behind the idea of the Aquapolis, a reimagining of Hyderabad as a city intertwined with its lakes, nalas, and rivers, not just as mere water bodies, but as an interconnected, living system. "You can’t save Musi …

Telangana HC junks writ petitions against Musi project
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Telangana HC junks writ petitions against Musi project

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Making it clear that ecological concerns and public welfare outweigh individual grievances, Justice CV Bhaskar Reddy of the Telangana High Court has rejected a clutch of 41 writ petitions against the state government’s Musi rejuvenation project. However, the judge made it clear that the state government must ensure strict implementation of the Supreme Court guidelines regarding removal of unauthorised …

Why Revanth Reddy's Musi riverfront development has raised hackles
2 months ago

Why Revanth Reddy's Musi riverfront development has raised hackles

India Today  

Telangana chief minister A. Revanth Reddy is pursuing an ambitious Musi Riverfront Development Project to clean up the river flowing through Hyderabad and beautify its banks, thereby giving the city a facelift. The ‘pink party’ is backing the Musi project evictees despite the fact that the river restoration initiative was launched by BRS supremo K. Chandrashekar Rao while he was …

Activists and Environmentalists Demand Review of Musi River Project
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2 months, 1 week ago

Activists and Environmentalists Demand Review of Musi River Project

Deccan Chronicle  

Activists and environmentalists in Hyderabad urge an immediate review of the Musi Riverfront Development Project. The project has been criticized for its rapid pace and demolitions that have displaced low-income residents. The activists demand that the natural flow of the Musi be protected by controlling pollution rather than pushing commercial development. They also call for an end to forced evictions …

Activists Demand Review of Musi Riverfront Development Project
2 months, 1 week ago

Activists Demand Review of Musi Riverfront Development Project

The Hindu  

Civil society activists and intellectuals from across the country have called for a review of the Musi Riverfront Development Project, urging a comprehensive assessment of its impact on the environment, people's rights, and the overall socio-economic well-being of the community. The petition demands a detailed project report, legal compliances, and public consultations before any further progress is made.

Stop riverfront development work till queries are addressed: Activists
5 months, 1 week ago

Stop riverfront development work till queries are addressed: Activists

Hindustan Times  

Pune: Under the “Pune Bachva Mohim” initiative, civic activists and citizens have demanded a stop to the riverfront development project till the queries raised by them are answered. Under the “Pune Bachva Mohim” initiative, civic activists and citizens, including Prajakta Mahajan, Vijay Kumbhar, Sarang Yadwadkar and Vandana Chavan, have demanded a stop to the riverfront development project till the queries …

Telangana: Four consultants submit bids to assess condition, structural stability of 17 bridges
6 months, 1 week ago

Telangana: Four consultants submit bids to assess condition, structural stability of 17 bridges

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Four consultants have submitted bids to assess the condition and structural stability of 17 bridges on the Musi River within the Outer Ring Road. The Musi Riverfront Development Corporation Limited will oversee the rehabilitation and strengthening of these bridges through necessary surveys and preparation of Detailed Project Reports. The state government’s Musi Riverfront Development Project aims to rejuvenate the …

CS asks officials to identify projects under Musi riverfront development that can boost investor confidence
9 months ago

CS asks officials to identify projects under Musi riverfront development that can boost investor confidence

The Hindu  

Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari has said that the Government has accorded top priority for the development of Musi Riverfront which will be taken up on a public private partnership basis. The officials were asked to come out with specific orders on the constitution of expert committee and advisory committees in this regard besides conceptualising the organisational structure of the …

Rejuvenation of Musi Project Picks up Pace
9 months ago

Rejuvenation of Musi Project Picks up Pace

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The state government has expedited works related to rejuvenation of 55 km of Musi flowing within the Outer Ring Road area. GHMC commissioner Ronald Rose has instructed his officials to reject all permissions for layouts, buildings and developmental activities that fall under 50 metres from the Musi river boundaries. “The decision pertaining to the measures and action related to …

No constructions within 50 metres of Musi river
9 months, 1 week ago

No constructions within 50 metres of Musi river

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: With the state government focusing on rejuvenation of the 55-km long, polluted, Musi river under Musi Riverfront Development Project, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has taken a crucial decision to not issue further permissions for any new layouts or buildings or developmental activities which fall within 50 metres from the river boundary. The Musi Riverfront Development Corporation Limited has drawn …

50 metres from Musi River, no go for construction
9 months, 1 week ago

50 metres from Musi River, no go for construction

The Hindu  

April 02, 2024 09:08 pm | Updated 09:08 pm IST - HYDERABAD GHMC Commissioner D. Ronald Rose has issued orders for internal circulation, prohibiting building permissions within 50 metres along the Musi River, which has been designated as ‘Utility Corridor’ as part of the Musi River Development project being implemented by the Musi Riverfront Development Corporation. The Commissioner directed the …

Private partnership, land pooling integral to Musi riverfront development in Hyderabad
9 months, 1 week ago

Private partnership, land pooling integral to Musi riverfront development in Hyderabad

The Hindu  

The Telangana government is set to engage private sector on a large scale for the Musi Riverfront Development project so as to prevent bureaucratic delays and to economise on funding. Land pooling is being projected as the most viable option for the comprehensive development of the surroundings of the Musi river, to circumvent the hassles associated with land acquisition. The …

Experts To Study Hydrological Issues in Musi River Path
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Experts To Study Hydrological Issues in Musi River Path

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Musi Riverfront Development Corporation Limited has proposed to study possible hydrological issues in the course of the Musi river through a simulation model and eight consultants have responded to the expression of interest for consultancy services for preparing simulation models. The consultants will study the hydrological pattern of the Musi river from the Osmansagar lake in the west to …

Revanth calls for Musi clean-up, start of riverfront work within three months
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Revanth calls for Musi clean-up, start of riverfront work within three months

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday directed officials to initiate a clean-up of the Musi River before starting the rejuvenation and beautification works, laying an emphasis on starting the riverfront development work within three months. In a review meeting of the riverfront development with HMDA officials at Nanakramguda, Revanth Reddy took stock of the location sketch of Musi, …

Telangana CM calls for launch of Musi riverfront development works at the earliest
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana CM calls for launch of Musi riverfront development works at the earliest

The Hindu  

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority officials to launch works on the Musi riverfront development at the earliest, beginning with cleaning up of the river. The CM held a review meeting with the HMDA officials on Musi Riverfront Development project on Monday. #Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy held a meeting on development plans …

Telangana government to take up aggregate master plan of Musi river development project
11 months ago

Telangana government to take up aggregate master plan of Musi river development project

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Following the state government’s decision to engage consultancy services for preparing the simulation model for Hydraulics of Musi River from Osmansagar reservoir downstream point to Outer Ring Road East near Gowrelly and from Himayatsagar reservoir downstream point to confluence point at Bapu Ghat under Musi Riverfront Development Project, the focus now shifts to the Aggregate Master Planning of the …

Officials Inspect Musi Riverfront, Plan Development
11 months, 1 week ago

Officials Inspect Musi Riverfront, Plan Development

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With the state government tasking the job of developing the Musi riverfront on the 55-km stretch in Hyderabad to line departments, officials recently visited the site. A joint inspection from the Tipu Khan Bridge to Bapu Ghat on the Musi river was carried out recently. Municipal Administration and Urban Development principal secretary Dana Kishore, GHMC Commissioner Ronald Rose and …

Gudur demands govt take up Musi clean-up
1 year, 3 months ago

Gudur demands govt take up Musi clean-up

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BJP Telangana state executive committee member Gudur Narayana Reddy on Tuesday urged the state government not to turn the Musi River into a river from hell and take up and complete a clean Musi programme immediately. In a statement, Narayana Reddy said the cleaning and beautification of the Musi has remained on paper despite successive governments including the present …

Musi could finally see some development
3 years, 10 months ago

Musi could finally see some development

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A decade later, some work has been completed as part of the Musi river face-lift. Officials from the Musi River Front Development Corporation Limited have laid about 9.5 km of walking and cycling tracks at an estimated cost of Rs 9 crore. After repeated complaints by those living around Musi of worsening stench and pollution, the Musi River Front …

Design ready, April date for Musi riverfront work
4 years, 10 months ago

Design ready, April date for Musi riverfront work

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Musi Riverfront Development Corporation has finalised its designs for cleaning up and beautifying River Musi. A senior official said MRDC would construct several parks on the available 430 acres of the government land. To protect the river from encroachments, the corporation would construct retaining walls and flood protection walls in low-lying areas. A rubber dam will be constructed …

Greens seek High Court intervention to protect Musi River
4 years, 11 months ago

Greens seek High Court intervention to protect Musi River

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The city’s green brigade has urged Telangana High Court to intervene and stop systemic destruction of the Musi River. In a prayer to the court, they have pointed out that there has been dereliction of duty on part of officials and public representatives in this regard. In a letter, authored by members of a civic group called Save Our …

TRS govt falters in funding Musi river revamp project
5 years, 5 months ago

TRS govt falters in funding Musi river revamp project

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The State government which constituted the Musi Riverfront Development Corporation about three years ago has managed to spend a mere Rs 3.12 crore for preparing proposals and conducting studies. The government which allocated Rs 377.35 crore for the financial year 2017-18 managed to spend Rs 32 lakh crore and Rs 2.80 crore in 2018-19 while allocating the same amounts …

Hyderabad: Musi riverfront development on hold
5 years, 10 months ago

Hyderabad: Musi riverfront development on hold

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Work on the development of the Musi riverfront has been put on hold for a year now. The last time there was any activity was in June last year when, following a High Court direction, the Musi Riverfront Development Corporation, in a kneejerk reflex, announced a design competition. In June last year, the government invited agencies to participate in …

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