Archive for January 13th, 2008
Five townships to come up near Hyderabad
Sunday, January 13th, 2008The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) will develop five world class townships in and around Greater Hyderabad.
The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, had given his in-principle approval for HUDA’s proposal on new townships at a review meeting here on Saturday, according to a release.
Huda plans joint development
Sunday, January 13th, 2008The state government is planning a joint development to raise revenue out of Empire, which otherwise is popularly known as Kokapet land, in the city outskirts. With Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) failing to attract buyers for the 75 acres out of 100 acres put for auction, the government has changed its strategy.
‘Electronic City Project’ At Chevella To See Some Movement Soon… !!??
Sunday, January 13th, 2008Source: Eenadu
Faced with a severe paucity of land, the state government is now eyeing Wakf land for developing infrastructure projects in the vicinity of the rapidly growing Hyderabad. For starters an electronic city is being proposed to be co-developed along with the Wakf Board at Alur on the outskirts of the city.
Airlines busy drawing new links to Hyderabad, Bangalore
Sunday, January 13th, 2008New airports slated to start operations in the next two months
With new airports at Hyderabad and Bangalore slated to start operations within the next two months a host of domestic and international airlines have already planned additional flights and new connections to make use of the new facilities coming up there.
Work on IRR to be speeded up
Sunday, January 13th, 2008With just two months for the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad to become operational and HUDA’s expressway getting delayed, the Government has pressed the pedal on GHMC to complete the Inner Ring Road (IRR) development.
Land value for registration may be revised from April 1
Sunday, January 13th, 2008The Stamps & Registration Department has been identified by Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy as falling short by 10 per cent in achieving the revenue targets fixed for the fiscal 2007-08.
BRTS on course
Sunday, January 13th, 2008Clearing doubts over the delay in introducing the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in Hyderabad, ASPRTC Managing Director V. Dinesh Reddy on Saturday said BRTS was very much in the pipeline and a pilot project would commence by March.
Georgia Tech plans SEZ
Sunday, January 13th, 2008The world-renowned Georgia Institute of Science and Technology (Georgia Tech) has sought 250 acres of land in order to set up a special economic zone (SEZ) focusing on research and industrial collaboration apart from the offshore campus that the institute is planning on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
50 plots identified for parks, playgrounds
Sunday, January 13th, 2008The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has identified nearly 50 open spaces in Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills that can be developed into parks and playgrounds. The GHMC commissioner, Dr C.V.S.K. Sarma, on Saturday inspected these open spaces owned by the corporation and ordered construction of compound walls to prevent encroachments.
APHB bulk sites to come under hammer
Sunday, January 13th, 2008After the Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority, now it is the turn of the Andhra Pradesh Housing Board to auction two bulk sites near the sea with an upset price of Rs. 6 crores per acre.
7 AP Cities To Be Modernised
Sunday, January 13th, 2008Apart from IT parks, institutions of excellence, research laboratories and townships will be set up in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Tirupati, Kurnool, Guntur, Warangal and Nellore, on the lines of those developed here.
CM lays stone for Basar IIIT
Sunday, January 13th, 2008Keeping his promise made to the people of Adilabad district for having shifted the Indian Institute of Technology to Medak, Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy laid the foundation for the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Basar, 30 km from here, on Saturday.
Gangavaram port by April
Sunday, January 13th, 2008Gangavaram port, a deep draft Greenfield port with completely mechanised cargo handling operations, will commence operations by April this year.