GHMC to sue agencies that destroy Hyderabad roads
2 years, 8 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. Apart from taking legal action, GHMC officials would also ask the government to hand over the drinking water and sewerage network maintenance to private agencies to work in tandem and save public money. When asked about giving permission for road cutting despite facing severe public resistance, a GHMC official said, "We have been forced to give road cutting permissions to departments like HMWSSB, TS Southern Power Distribution Company and private telecom agencies for laying underground cable lines for strengthening and upgrading the infrastructure.”

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2024 saw GHMC focus on connectivity development
1 week, 1 day ago

2024 saw GHMC focus on connectivity development

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:The GHMC focused on road widening, junction improvements, building permissions, and innovative urban projects in 2024. A major development was road widening under the Strategic Road Development Plan, backed by a `200 crore allocation from the government. Projects such as the Dabeerpura police station to Nagabowli road, Shaik Faiz kaman to Dabeerpura Flyover, Bada Bazaar to Bhavaninagar road and Shastripuram …

Portions of Balakrishna and Jana Reddy's Homes Marked for Demolition
3 weeks, 4 days 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 …

GHMC GBM on Irregularities in Sanitation Dept
10 months, 2 weeks ago

GHMC GBM on Irregularities in Sanitation Dept

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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 …

GHMC paying 4 agencies to clean the same roads
11 months, 1 week ago

GHMC paying 4 agencies to clean the same roads

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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 …

Roads everywhere, but nowhere to walk
2 years, 4 months ago

Roads everywhere, but nowhere to walk

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Hyderabad has 9,000 km of roads. The nodal agencies, including the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, the Hyderabad Road Development Corporation, and the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation, have laid about 84 km of footpath over the course of seven years, as opposed to the 1,100 km that had been proposed two years ago. Sixtynine new footpath works were sanctioned …

Apathy of civic bodies leaves Hyderabad roads awful
3 years ago

Apathy of civic bodies leaves Hyderabad roads awful

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Two major civic bodies in the megalopolis — the GHMC and the HMWS&SB – seem to be functioning without coordination, thus depriving lakhs of road users in the capital of a hassle-free commute. Then, the GHMC, while laying the road on the left-hand side, damaged the sewerage network resulting in massive leakage in front of the school. Officials said …

GHMC finds 2 lakh potholes across Hyderabad roads
3 years, 5 months ago

GHMC finds 2 lakh potholes across Hyderabad roads

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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
4 years, 10 months ago

GHMC fears it won’t get funds for roads

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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
4 years, 11 months ago

Hyderabad: Roads await auspicious time

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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 …

GHMC in a fix over footpath construction
5 years ago

GHMC in a fix over footpath construction

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Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is caught in a dilemma over construction of footpaths in the city. The civic body, as a part of comprehensive road maintenance, has handed over a mere 40 per cent, work of laying footpaths to five private agencies which have bagged the project. However, officials claimed that it has asked the agencies to begin …

Hyderabad: 62 non-existent slip roads identified
5 years, 1 month ago

Hyderabad: 62 non-existent slip roads identified

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Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has identified 131 slip roads across the city. Of the 131, as many as 108 slip roads fall under GHMC’s jurisdiction and 23 in HMDA’s while 62 roads were not earmarked in the city master plan. He said that the properties would be acquired in two months and it could lead to further traffic …

Hyderabad: Now, drive to collect debris
5 years, 1 month ago

Hyderabad: Now, drive to collect debris

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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, 2 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: Roads linking highways are in a pathetic state
5 years, 2 months ago

Hyderabad: Roads linking highways are in a pathetic state

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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, 2 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, 3 months ago

KT Rama Rao, civic bodies go into a huddle

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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 …

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

Hyderabad: Vigilance to inspect road repair works

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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 …

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