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 municipal officials, cagey about being identified, point out. Unfortunately, nothing has come our way.” The civic body had also sought the R&B roads to be transferred to it with a caveat that a budgetary grant of Rs.22 crore be provided annually. Senior municipal officials say that an offer to form a separate wing within GHMC to maintain R&B roads was mooted.

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GHMC plans CRMP 2.0, but with steep price tag
2 months, 1 week 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 …

Andhra govt launches Rs 861 crore road repair projects under pothole-free mission
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Andhra govt launches Rs 861 crore road repair projects under pothole-free mission

New Indian Express  

GUNTUR: The State government has launched road repair projects worth Rs 861 crore under its pothole-free roads mission, set for completion before the Sankranti festival, announced R&B Minister BC Janardhan Reddy during his inspection in Palnadu district. He directed officials to expedite the road repair works and highlighted that 133 road repairs spanning 935 km, costing Rs 38.65 crore, are …

R&B Minister irked over delay in road repairs, TIMS hospitals
4 months, 3 weeks ago

R&B Minister irked over delay in road repairs, TIMS hospitals

The Hindu  

Minister for Roads & Buildings Komatireddy Venkat Reddy read the riot act to officials and top engineers of his department on Wednesday for delay in not only repairing roads damaged in recent floods, but also for lag in completing the four new Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences hospitals in the capital region. Four TIMS should be ready by July 2025 …

Damaged roads in Andhra Pradesh to be repaired at a cost of ₹300 crore
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Damaged roads in Andhra Pradesh to be repaired at a cost of ₹300 crore

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has instructed the officials of the Roads and Buildings Department to repair the damaged roads in the State on a war-footing by calling the required tenders. The officials, at a review meeting at the Secretariat at Velagapudi in Guntur district on July 12, informed the Chief Minister that roads on a stretch of …

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 …

Road infrastructure in Telangana: Created to dazzle
1 year, 9 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, …

Finish pending works on war-footing: CM Jagan
2 years, 10 months ago

Finish pending works on war-footing: CM Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has asked officials to speed up the pending R&B and approach road projects and complete the repairs to all damaged roads at the earliest. Officials said works under NDB phase-1 will be started by the end of May, wherein 1244km of roads will be laid at an expenditure of Rs 3014 crore. In addition …

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 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: Highways to be repaired
5 years, 4 months ago

Hyderabad: Highways to be repaired

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Cabinet has decided to allocate Rs 571 crore to repair state highways that were damaged by the recent heavy rains, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said on Thursday. It decided to sanction funds and float tenders so that the damaged roads will be restored in two-and-a-half to three months, Mr Rao said. The Chief Minister said that with …

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: Commuters to suffer as SRDP faces fund crisis
5 years, 5 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 …

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 …

Bumpy ride: ‘Poor’ Telangana govt won’t repair bad roads
5 years, 6 months ago

Bumpy ride: ‘Poor’ Telangana govt won’t repair bad roads

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Badgered commuters of the city, troubled beyond measure by the lunar-scape craters and potholes on our roads, whose hopes rose when K. T. Rama Rao took oath as municipal administration and urban development minister recently, must brace for disappointment. If most roads have to be facelifted, a stretch of about 2,000 lane kilometres, the corporation requires about Rs 6,000 …

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 …

Hyderabad: Bumpy rides to stay as only 8 roads fixed
6 years ago

Hyderabad: Bumpy rides to stay as only 8 roads fixed

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has completed a mere 8 works out of 52 road repair works in 10 months. Officials claim that the civic body cannot go ahead with road repair works until pending bills worth Rs 60 crore are released with immediate effect and Rs 80 crore by the month end, even though complaints are pouring in …

And so Rs 100 crore more down the potholes!
8 years, 11 months ago

And so Rs 100 crore more down the potholes!

Deccan Chronicle  

Pouring good money after bad has become a habit of the BBMP, where accountability is the last thing on anybody’s mind, and where civic works are awarded not for the benefit of the city and citizens but to fill the coffers of contractors and line the pockets of corrupt officials. Read: Guest column - Potholes can be tackled swiftly The …

Road sector set for revolutionary changes in 2 years, says Gadkari
10 years, 6 months ago

Road sector set for revolutionary changes in 2 years, says Gadkari

Firstpost  

Gadkari said he was chairing the Infrastructure Group, appointed by the Prime Minister and most of the issues involving delays in forest and environment clearances, defence and railway objects New Delhi: In a bid to boost infrastructure development, the government plans to build 30 km of roads a day, remove hurdles facing Rs 1.5 lakh crore projects and bring a …

GHMC to take control of city roads
11 years, 4 months ago

GHMC to take control of city roads

The Hindu  

The GHMC will gain control of the city’s stretches from the Roads & Buildings Department, thus putting the onus of road maintenance on itself. The government would soon issue orders to this effect, GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar said on Tuesday, adding that a separate division would be carved out within the civic body for the purpose. At a review meeting, …

GHMC begins road repair work
11 years, 5 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 …

Loss caused by rain put at Rs. 683.49 crore
11 years, 5 months ago

Loss caused by rain put at Rs. 683.49 crore

The Hindu  

The heavy rains that lashed Krishna district for the last one week have resulted in a loss of Rs.683.49 crore, according to Secondary Education Minister Kolusu Parthasarathy. After holding a review on Sunday of the damage caused by rains, the Minister disclosed the details to mediapersons and said that the district had received about 300 mm rainfall during last five …

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 …

Bear with us, GHMC tells Hyderabadis
11 years, 8 months ago

Bear with us, GHMC tells Hyderabadis

The Hindu  

With rains offering reprieve in the last two days, the beleaguered Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has started temporary repair of roads even as appealing to the citizens to bear with the bad conditions for at least another fortnight. Krishna Babu said a coordinated effort with the Roads & Buildings Department and the National Highway authorities had been taken up to …

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