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 annually as tipping fee to Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd for disposing of garbage transported from the city. Another Rs 732 crore was spent on the maintenance of Swachh auto tippers, 227 garbage vehicles and 514 hired vehicles which transports trash from the city to the Jawaharnagar dump yard.

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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 …

GHMC proposes Rs 8,340cr Budget for 2025–26
1 month, 1 week ago

GHMC proposes Rs 8,340cr Budget for 2025–26

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has drafted an annual Budget estimate of Rs 8,340 crore for the financial year 2025–26, reflecting a rise of nearly Rs 400 crore compared to the 2024-25 Budget of Rs 7,937 crore. Additionally, a separate Rs 300 crore Budget has been allocated for projects of other corporations managed by GHMC, including the Telangana Housing …

Submission of GHMC budget estimates delayed
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Submission of GHMC budget estimates delayed

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: There seems to be a delay in the submission of Budget estimates for the next financial year and the revised Budget estimates for the current year 2024-25 to the Standing Committee of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation for review and approval. According to Sections 182 to 185 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporations Act, 1955, the GHMC commissioner is required …

GHMC Seeks Rs 10,500 Crore Grant from Finance Commission
3 months, 4 weeks ago

GHMC Seeks Rs 10,500 Crore Grant from Finance Commission

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The GHMC has urged the 16th Finance Commission to allocate Rs.10,500 crore to scale up the city's infrastructure and enhance municipal services. In a letter to the Dr Arvind Panagariya-led Finance Commission, which is in Hyderabad, the GHMC said the estimated population in its jurisdiction was 1.4 crore and growing. The GHMC said that it had spent around Rs.18,000 …

GHMC collects a windfall of Rs 1,917 crore in property tax
9 months, 1 week ago

GHMC collects a windfall of Rs 1,917 crore in property tax

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has collected Rs 1,917 crore in property tax, which is Rs 257 crore more compared to the previous fiscal. Property tax collection for the previous year was around Rs 1,660 crore. The OTS scheme offered a waiver of 90% of the accumulated interest on property tax arrears, provided the taxpayers clear the principal amount …

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

Road infrastructure in Telangana: Created to dazzle
1 year, 7 months ago

Road infrastructure in Telangana: Created to dazzle

The Hindu  

Road development is the one key project that has trumped all other projects in the city in terms of vision, fund allocation and execution during the last 10 years since creation of Telangana as a separate state in 2014. Majorly implemented by GHMC, the Strategic Road Development Plan encapsulated a wide array of cost intensive projects, including construction of flyovers, …

GHMC struggling for funds
2 years ago

GHMC struggling for funds

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The GHMC is not having a pleasant year-ending. After contractors stuck work on infrastructure works due to the delay in payments, the newspaper agency has threatened to the stop supplying newspapers as the corporation has not cleared bills for eight months, amounting to Rs 5 lakh. Sources said that when junior officials took the issue of newspaper bills to …

GHMC passes Rs 6.2k crore budget amid BJP ruckus
2 years ago

GHMC passes Rs 6.2k crore budget amid BJP ruckus

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The GHMC governing council passed a budget of Rs 6,224 crore for 2023-24, amid protests by BJP and Congress corporators. The current year’s budget estimate was revised from Rs 6,150 crore to Rs 6,475 crore. The GHMC projected it would receive Rs 2,000 crore from property tax. It would spend Rs 940 crore on pensions, retirement benefits, wages to …

Even with Rs 1500 crore in kitty, GHMC unable to resolve traffic woes in city
2 years, 4 months ago

Even with Rs 1500 crore in kitty, GHMC unable to resolve traffic woes in city

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The GHMC borrowed another Rs 1,500 crore to complete its ongoing projects. Officials said that the corporation cannot borrow more as it has already raised Rs 4,000 crore from banks and another Rs 1,000 crore through municipal bonds for the phase I SRDP. To begin the phase II works, the corporation has to depend on the state government for …

MA&UD to spend Rs 2, 410 crore on missing link roads
2 years, 5 months ago

MA&UD to spend Rs 2, 410 crore on missing link roads

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The municipal administration and urban development department on Saturday sanctioned Rs 2,410 crore for 104 roads and corridors within GHMC limits and 10 adjoining urban local bodies. It has also accorded permission to take up 50 identified roads and corridors against an allocation of Rs 1,500 crore on a priority basis. The managing director of Hyderabad Road Development Corporation …

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. …

GHMC sends SOS to state government for SRDP funds
2 years, 8 months ago

GHMC sends SOS to state government for SRDP funds

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is sceptical about taking up works under the Strategic Road Development Plan phase-2 in view of its financial crunch and the state government’s apathy to bankroll its civic projects. Under the SRDP phase 2, the corporation had planned to take up the road-widening works of the Bengaluru Highway to Shastripuram Junction with an estimated …

GHMC falls short of property tax target
2 years, 9 months ago

GHMC falls short of property tax target

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: With only two days remaining for the end of the financial year 2021-22, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation still falls short of Rs 500 crore against the target of Rs 1,850 crore annual property tax. In order to overcome this, the corporation did not accept cheque payments to the annual property tax collection last year. Thanks to the one …

GHMC approves Rs 6,150 crore budget
2 years, 9 months ago

GHMC approves Rs 6,150 crore budget

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has approved the Rs 6,150 crore budget for the financial year 2022-23. As per the budget, capital expenditure covering road infrastructure, sanitation, illumination, greenery, drains, construction of pavements and other developmental works is Rs 3,350 core while revenue is put at Rs 3,434 crore. Apart from the Rs 6,150 crore budget there is a …

GHMC finds 2 lakh potholes across Hyderabad roads
3 years, 5 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. …

Corrupt bill collectors rob GHMC of Rs 200 crore property tax annually
4 years ago

Corrupt bill collectors rob GHMC of Rs 200 crore property tax annually

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The ground-level staff working in the revenue wing has been indulging in high-level corruption. Property taxpayers allege that bill collectors, who are supposed to collect three years penalty on unauthorised properties, have been demanding only a year’s penalty from residents in order to waive-off three years penalty and depositing 50 percent of tax collected into GHMC's account. The other …

GHMC fears it won’t get funds for roads
4 years, 10 months 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 …

Greater Hyderabad residents are paying twice for garbage
4 years, 10 months ago

Greater Hyderabad residents are paying twice for garbage

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Property tax payers under the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation appear to be paying twice for the same service. The GHMC collects about Rs 1,400 crore per year as property tax to fund services including the door-to-door collection of garbage. It has also been charging an additional `1,000 crore from property tax payers for providing the same door-to-door garbage collection …

GHMC report on 2BHK housing project ready
4 years, 11 months ago

GHMC report on 2BHK housing project ready

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Following Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s instructions, the GHMC has prepared a report on the sanction of pending Rs 5,500 crore for the double bedroom housing project for urban poor in the city. The corporation says in the report that the government has to clear pending bills from July last year and they could deliver about 80 per cent …

GHMC puts more load on residents
4 years, 11 months ago

GHMC puts more load on residents

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Despite not providing sewerage network in the peripheral areas of the city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has shifted the burden on citizens. In accordance with the May 2017 directions of National Green Tribunal, the Municipal Administra-tion and Urban Development department has instructed all municipalities, municipal corporations and urban development authorities not to sanction plans for construction of commercial, …

Hyderabad: Roads await auspicious time
4 years, 11 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 …

Lenders refuse GHMC money to acquire land
4 years, 11 months ago

Lenders refuse GHMC money to acquire land

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a bad setback to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, the financial agencies that have been funding the major infrastructure projects in the city have refused to release money for land acquisition. The corporation had grand plans to expedite the ongoing Strategic Road Development Plan, and expected `160 crore for the land that would have to be acquired during …

GHMC in a fix over footpath construction
5 years ago

GHMC in a fix over footpath construction

Deccan Chronicle  

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 …

Telangana leaves GHMC fund-starved
5 years ago

Telangana leaves GHMC fund-starved

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is heading toward a deep financial crisis as its income is dwarfed by its expenditure. The civic body's finance department officials lament that within less than two months, the corporation might not be able to pay salaries to its employees and it has no option but to depend on loans to take up the …

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

Hyderabad: Commuters to suffer as SRDP faces fund crisis
5 years, 2 months ago

Hyderabad: Commuters to suffer as SRDP faces fund crisis

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The state government’s flagship Strategic Road Development Plan to ease traffic snarls in the state capital has once again run short of funds. Though the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation had earlier raised Rs 100 crore through municipal bonds, the amount was sufficient only to clear the pending bills. Work on SRDP has already been put on hold temporarily till …

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. …

GHMC asks Rs 1,350 crore, govt. gives Rs 25 crore
5 years, 3 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, …

GHMC turns to city outskirts for tax boost
5 years, 3 months ago

GHMC turns to city outskirts for tax boost

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In order to enhance revenues for the second half of the year, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has decided to form special task force teams to mop up Rs 1,800 crore in property tax during the current financial year. In August, the civic body prepared a list of assessments to be re-verified and notified 2,199 structures whose annual property …

Timely tax collection can fill GHMC coffers
5 years, 5 months ago

Timely tax collection can fill GHMC coffers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Due to rampant corruption at the ground level, the GHMC has been losing out on Rs 4,000 crore in the form of property tax. Corporation officials said that if the property tax is assessed accurately and collected timely, the civic body can fund infrastructure projects and regular maintainance works on its own. Highly-placed sources said that the civic body …

Hyderabad: Civic body is left only with Rs 15 crore for roads
5 years, 9 months ago

Hyderabad: Civic body is left only with Rs 15 crore for roads

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government’s flagship Strategic Road Development Plan could grind to a halt as the corporation is running out of money. An official said the corporation had utilised Rs 380 crore which was raised through municipal bonds, with the government standing security, to build skyways, grade separators and rotaries. Under the SRDP, the corporation has to construct seven skyways, …

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