The city will have seven permanent heritage corridors built before the Metropolis World Congress Meet, which is scheduled for October. The 4 approach roads to the Charminar, the Musi waterfront, as well as roads around the Golconda and Qutub Shahi Tombs will form the 7 corridors. They are aimed at enhancing the look of the heritage structures and displaying the rich Hyderabadi culture. A special engineering wing will be established for urban biodiversity. Date palm trees will be planted along the heritage corridors along with leafy creepers on existing walls to improve the aesthetics of the areas to be developed as corridors. The corporation plans to spend Rs 50 crore on this beautification. GHMC has 20 nurseries under its jurisdiction and is planning to establish 7 more nurseries in the current year.

AP CM Chandrababu Naidu held a meeting with TTDP leaders in Hyderabad and stressed on the need for them to be more aggressive against the TRS Government. The TTDP leaders have been maintaining a low-profile in past few weeks as the Telangana Government is on a roll making series of decisions in almost all areas from Industries to education to welfare schemes. The TDP supremo presumes such a pace from Govt. without any questions from opposition like TDP doesn’t augur well for the party’s political future in Telangana. The TDP boss is of the firm view that the ‘anti-people’ policies of State Govt has to be questioned by TDP, especially in view of the upcoming GHMC elections. It is odd that ...

Wipro boss Azim Premji met CM KCR and  congratulated him for achieving Telangana state and forming the first government. Premji recollected about Wipro and it’s association with Hyderabad in his meeting with the CM and elaborated on his company’s expansion plans in Telangana. The CM on his part, said that the Telangana government would bring out a transparent and corruption-free single-window system soon, to give all requisite permissions to new projects. Hyderabad would also be made an infotech hub and a 4G Wi-Fi city, the CM added. The CM also said many more IT Parks would be developed in Telangana state so as to provide employment to large number of youth. Stating that he is looking forward for working together with Wipro, he expressed an idea to meet the Wipro chairman again after ...

Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao today handed over exgratia of Rs 5 lakh, Rs 2 lakh on behalf of the State Government and Railways to the 14 families of those deceased in Masaipet Rail accident.  Along with Deputy Speaker Padma Devender Reddy he met the victims’ families and consoled them. He also given them an assurance for insurance amount of Rs 1 lakh. The minister mentioned how moved is the state government with the accident and the victims and said with CM’s orders,soon after the accident news reached the Government, the ministers immediately swung into action to rescue injured kids and get them treated. We have saved 20 kids with prompt actions, claimed the minister. The minister mentioned how the CM went to hospital ...

State Government’s Energy Department has issued GO 3 for constituting the Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission. The Commission may fully become functional in 3 months after due process. The GO is issued exercising powers conferred under sub-section (1) of Section 82 of the  Electricity Act, 2003 along with section 92 of A.P. Reorganisation Act, 2014. With the approval of the Governor of Telangana State, the GO laid down procedures to constitute a State Electricity Regulatory Commission for the State of Telangana to be called as “Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission” (TSERC), with one Chairman and two members. The State Commission shall discharge the following functions, namely: - (a) determine the tariff for generation, supply, transmission and wheeling of electricity, wholesale, bulk or retail, ...