Hyderabad, Feb 17 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday directed officials to give top priority to cleanliness in the municipal corporations of Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Malkajgiri. The Chief Minister announced he would conduct surprise field inspections and made it clear he would not tolerate garbage piling up anywhere in the city.At a review meeting of Municipal Administration and Urban Development at the state Secretariat, the Chief Minister instructed the Commi…
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Hyderabad, Feb 11 (IANS) Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy on Wednesday termed the division of the Hyderabad, Gajwel and Nalgonda municipal corporations by the Telangana government as illegal, alleging that the exercise was undertaken after the Centre issued a notification for the Census.He told the media that after the Census notification was issued, a directive was circulated nationwide stating that revenue villages and wards should not be divided. Despite this, the state gover…
Hyderabad, Feb 11 (IANS) The Telangana government has divided the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) into three separate corporations. It has created two new corporations, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri, while retaining six out of 12 zones under GHMC.A Government Order (GO) was issued on Wednesday, constituting three municipal corporations — Cyberabad Municipal Corporation, Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.The government also appointed Jayesh Ra…
Hyderabad, Jan 31 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Hyderabad Zonal Office, has provisionally attached 19 immovable properties valued at approximately Rs 5.15 crore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The attachment targets assets allegedly linked to Dacha Janardhan Mahesh, a former Town Planning Section Officer with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Circle-XVIII, Secunderabad, and his family members. The action stems from …
Hyderabad, Jan 26 (IANS) The “Telangana Rising 2047” vision aims to radically transform the image of Telangana and position the State as a key driver of India’s progress by 2047, Governor Jishnu Dev Varma said on Monday.Addressing the 77th Republic Day celebrations after hoisting the national flag at the Secunderabad Parade Grounds, the Governor said the Telangana Rising Vision 2047 document, launched on the completion of two years of the present government, lays out a comprehensive roadma…
Hyderabad, Jan 14 (IANS) Taking a key step for conducting municipal elections in Telangana, the state government has finalised reservation of wards and offices of chairpersons/mayors in 121 municipalities and 10 corporations.The municipal administration department on Wednesday issued a notification regarding reservation for Scheduled Tribes (STs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), Backward Classes (BCs) and women.The reservation has bee finalised for SCs and STs as per 2011 census and for BCs as per recom…
Hyderabad, Jan 13 (IANS) The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) collected 88 tonnes of electronic waste during the two-day special drive, which concluded on Tuesday. The e-waste was collected through 531 collection locations using 191 dedicated vehicles, said GHMC Commissioner RV Karnan.On the first day, the drive was conducted in 271 locations across GHMC. Officials stated that 95 vehicles were utilised for e-waste collection, and 47 tonnes of e-waste were collected.On the second da…
Hyderabad, Jan 13 (IANS) There are 52.43 lakh voters in 118 municipalities and five municipal corporations in Telangana, reveals the final voter list published by the State Election Commission on Tuesday. The municipalities and corporations have 2,996 wards. The total number of voters is 52,43,023, comprising 25,62,369 men, 26,80,014 women and 640 others.Stepping up the arrangements for the upcoming municipal elections, the Election Commission has mapped and confirmed municipality-wise voters.Th…
Hyderabad, Jan 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will go it alone in the upcoming municipal elections in Telangana, the party’s state president N. Ramchander Rao announced on Tuesday.He, however, said that the BJP would welcome support from any other party.The BJP leader’s clarification came days after the announcement by Jana Sena Party that it will contest the municipal elections in Telangana.Jana Sena, led by Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and actor Pawan Kalyan, is an ally…
Hyderabad, Dec 29 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Monday alleged that Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy stalled the Palamuru-Rangareddy lift irrigation project to appease his ‘old boss’ and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.Rama Rao said that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy fears that completion of the project would bring credit to former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) and invite the displeasure of his former political m…