Telangana Assembly Approves Law to Give More Powers to HYDRAA
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: The Legislative Assembly on Thursday approved three Bills on Thursday, namely Telangana Panchayat Raj Bill, 2024, Telangana Municipalities Bill, 2024 and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Bill, 2024. This amendment facilitates the state government to empower any officer or agency or authority like HYDRAA to exercise any of the powers of the GHMC and the GHMC commissioner to protect public assets like roads, drains, public streets, water bodies, open spaces, public parks etc and preserve them from any kind of illegal encroachments. The Panchayat Raj Act and the Telangana Municipalities Act were amended to merge 51 gram panchayats in nearby municipalities located on the outskirts of Hyderabad within Outer Ring Road / overlapping ORR and outside of ORR of Rangaredddy of Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri and Sangareddy districts. These villages were merged to develop "Master Plan 2050" for Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Area up to Regional Ring Road to unleash the growth potential of Telangana Core Urban Region, which corresponds to area within ORR.