Govt Failures
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Monday, June 15th, 2009Though the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) claims Outer Ring Road (ORR) Phase II-A will be completed by May, 2010, the ORR project officials are struggling to pay Rs 180 crore towards land compensation to farmers in villages abutting both Phase II-A and Phase II-B areas.
HMDA In Need Of Cash For PVNR Expressway
Sunday, March 15th, 2009To complete the PVNR Expressway , the HMDA plans to secure loans from banks as it has no funds. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) hoped to raise money through land auctions but there has been no response for that.
Patancheru: Alarming Ground-water Pollution Levels
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Drug waste creates highest disaster zone in Andhra Pradesh
When researchers analyzed vials of treated wastewater from a plant where about 90 Indian drug factories dump their residues, they were shocked. Powerful antibiotic was being spewed into one stream each day to treat every person in a city of 90,000.
No Takers For Integrated Bus Complex Project
Saturday, November 1st, 2008There are no takers for the construction of the proposed Integrated Bus Terminus-cum-Business Centre which the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has proposed at the old Gandhi Hospital site.
Wakf Land Unlikely For Electronics City
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008The Andhra Pradesh State Wakf Board is having second thoughts on giving land to the proposed Electronics City at Alur in Ranga Reddy district.
Vizag’s Beauty Spot May Disappear Soon
Sunday, August 24th, 2008The pristine beauty of the Yarada Hills overlooking the Bay of Bengal has inspired great poets including Rachakonda Viswanadha Sastry, Arudra and Sri Sri. Film directors have also chosen this locale to picture duets since the hills form a perfect backdrop for young lovers to sing and dance. But if authorities have their way, all […]
Don’t Sell Land: HC To APHB
Friday, August 22nd, 2008A division bench comprising Chief Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice Vilas V. Afjulpurkar on Thursday directed that the AP Housing Board should not confirm the sale of its lands in Hyderabad without the permission of the court.
Kukatpally RoB: HUDA Blames SCR For Delay
Thursday, August 14th, 2008It could be termed a bridge too far. Completion of the road over bridge (RoB) between Kukatpally Housing Board (KPHB) colony and Hi-Tec City railway station is far behind schedule. The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) is not sure when the project will be completed because of slow response in clearing the project by the […]
Ride To Airport Just Got Bumpier And Longer
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Your commute to the airport just got tougher. Come August 21 and the ride to the airport would be ridden not only with potholes but also an additional detour from the main road, owing to the construction of the PVN Expressway. With only part of the flyover complete so far, officials are now trying to […]
RoB Delayed At KPHB Spinal Road
Sunday, August 10th, 2008The agony of scores of road users on the spinal road that meanders between Kukatpally and Madhapur is going to be a prolonged affair. A road overbridge (RoB) flying over the railway tracks near the Hi Tec City MMTS, expected to ease the congestion here, is likely to take considerable time before turning into a […]
Constant Revision Of Market Values Further Hurting Real Estate
Sunday, August 10th, 2008Constant revision of market values will fill the Department of Registrations and Stamps’ coffers, but what about the realty sector? ponders M. Sai Gopal.
Govt Policies Hurting Real Estate
Sunday, August 10th, 2008Enveloped in dusk : The booming real estate scenario is facing a sundown phase
Realty sector goes into a tailspin, thanks to the new policies of the government, writes T.Lalith Singh. Keep searching for possible reasons and they are many. Why has real estate activity that was in full bloom, suddenly begin to wilt?
PVNR Expressway To Be Ready Only By May 2009
Thursday, July 24th, 2008It will be a longer wait for air passengers waiting for the completion of P V Narsimha Rao Expressway to ease their travel woes. The complete commissioning of P V Narasimha Rao Expressway has been postponed once again, this time till May 2009.
Work On Carriageway Of PVNR Expressway To Begin
Saturday, July 19th, 2008It has been a harrowing time for commuters on the now busy road from Rethibowli junction to Aramghar during the last few months. Other than regular users, air passengers too have been hitting an air pocket as soon as they get on the stretch because such is the road condition and frequent jams.
Parking Problems Greater In City
Sunday, July 13th, 2008The haphazard demarcation of parking and no-parking zones and erratic habits of motorists are adding to the traffic problems in the city.
AP Heads For Power Crisis
Sunday, July 13th, 2008As all hopes of getting power from other states and the Centre have evaporated, the beleaguered state government on Saturday decided to run thermal power stations without giving them a break for maintenance.
BPS: Legalising The Illegal
Friday, July 11th, 2008A whopping Rs 343 crore and counting. That’s what the Building Penalisation Scheme (BPS) of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has netted so far turning out to be a goose laying golden eggs. Predictably, the deadline to pay up has been extended four times even as GHMC is allegedly giving ‘scheme protection’ to even […]
No Takers For HUDA e-Tenders
Friday, July 11th, 2008The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority’s e-tender process to auction lands has evoked a dull response. It has got only one tender application, that too for 11.33 acres, for its proposed auction of 85 acres.
BPS: Building Owners In City Remain In Confusion
Friday, July 11th, 2008Five days to go for the much debated Building Penalisation Scheme (BPS) to down shutters.
And even while municipal personnel are going round twin cities issuing notices – verbal and written to building owners, there is still some confusion.
Lakeside Footpath Under Repair Again
Thursday, July 10th, 2008The Buddha Purnima Project Authority is literally wasting Rs 25 lakh to beautify pavements on the lakeside of NTR Marg road. It had spent the same amount on repair and beautification of the same pavements in the last few years.
Wakf Lands Under Encroachment
Thursday, July 10th, 2008Over 80,000 acres of Wakf properties, including land, are under encroachment at various places in Andhra Pradesh. Ironically, even the State government has allegedly encroached some of them and is fighting cases claiming ownership along with several other private individuals in the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Law Of ‘No Smoking’ In Ashtray
Thursday, July 10th, 2008The law banning smoking in public places has literally gone up in smoke in the state. Habitual smokers light up in all the ‘public places’ mentioned in the act, but hardly anyone is hauled in.
SEZ Rentals Turn Too Big For Smaller IT Companies
Saturday, July 5th, 2008Lack of clarity over norms to operate inside an IT special economic zone (SEZ) has put IT-ITeS companies in a dilemma as they plan to migrate all new IT contracts to an SEZ. Both SEZ developers and IT companies cite gray areas on basic issues like deployment of existing manpower, revenues and whether some part […]
Inflation Clock Set To Strike 12
Friday, July 4th, 2008Inflation will continue to move up further this week and may even touch the 12%-mark on the back of rising prices of edible oil, food products, fruits and vegetables and iron and steel. The inflation figures, to be announced on Friday, will reflect the wholesale price index for the week ended June 21.
Centre’s SEZ Move Unnerves Vizag Software Firms
Thursday, June 26th, 2008The growth path of information technology sector in Visakhapatnam seems not all that smooth, considering the recent controversies.
The Central Government’s declaration of Hill No. 2 at Madhurawada as IT Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has put the industry’s development in jeopardy as the IT companies in the zone continue to oppose the decision.
APIIC’s Work On Lake Bank Illegal
Thursday, June 26th, 2008VANISHING LAKE: A board shows the work taken up by the APIIC ignoring the buffer zone around the Manikonda lake
Several civil society groups on Wednesday held protests near the Medikunta lake in Manikonda to stop Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) from restarting earth-levelling works on the lake bank to widen a road.
Flyover Work On For 10 Years
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008A two-member Bench of the AP High Court comprising Chief Justice A R Dave and Justice R Subash Reddy on Monday granted time till July 1 to the railway and civic authorities to inform the court of the time required to complete the Sitaphalmandi overbridge-cum-flyover.
Realtor, Netas Out To Usurp Lake At Nanakramguda
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Slowly and silently, a powerful realtors’ lobby backed by politicians and aided by conniving elements in Huda and revenue departments are encroaching on a lake on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
Lakes Become Cesspools
Friday, June 20th, 2008Before it became a Hitec city, Hyderabad was famously known as the city of lakes. There are over 532 water bodies in and around the state capital with Hussainsagar Lake being the most prominent one.
For HUDA, Looks Matter Not The Lake
Friday, June 20th, 2008A part of the Hussainsagar lake near the Khairatabad flyover is being converted into a park. This part of the lake is the storehouse of surplus water of the Hussainsagar. And, this is being done by none other than the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda), the supposed protector of the water body.
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