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Thursday, July 10th, 2008The government has finally opened the gates for âplanned and regulatedâ development along the 162km Outer Ring Road by announcing a comprehensive master plan (CMP) for the corridor.
Punjagutta Flyover Finally Ready For Inauguration
Thursday, July 10th, 2008The showpiece flyover of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) at Punjagutta is ready for inauguration. In all probability, Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy will be throwing it open for traffic anytime after July 10.
Indian Railways Goes Hitech - Prepares Real-time Rail Traffic Control System
Thursday, July 10th, 2008Painful delays in reaching your destination, waiting for hours on end at the railway stations for trains to arrive with the announcement system blaring old information repeatedly, may soon become a thing of the past.
Secunderabad Railway Station Road Traffic To Be Diverted
Sunday, June 29th, 2008As work on the proposed bus terminal at the old Gandhi Hospital will start from August, traffic leading towards the Secunderabad Railway Station will be diverted soon.
IT Park Work On Full Scale At Gannavaram
Saturday, June 28th, 2008The construction work of the information technology park at Gannavaram, is going on in full scale. Out of five towers, the first tower will be completed by December. The project is taking shape as promised by Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, while laying foundation stone on May 6, 2006.
Contractors To Pay For Tardy ORR Phase-I Work
Friday, June 27th, 2008Finally, the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) has started acting on the delay over the Outer Ring Road (ORR) phase-I works.
Huda has decided to impose penalties on the two contractors of the ORR phase-I from Gachibowli to Shamshabad holding them responsible for the delay.
GHMC Starts Demolition Act
Thursday, June 26th, 2008The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has ordered demolition of apartments that were constructed after the announcement of the Building Penalisation Scheme (BPS).
AP Plans Exclusive Industrial Estate For Women
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Showing its resolve to empower women, the Andhra Pradesh government has earmarked an exclusive industrial estate with 30 acres land in Kalakal village in Medak district.
Notices Served On Fab City âGiantsâ - SemIndia and Nanotech
Monday, June 23rd, 2008With no significant progress achieved in Fab City, the much-hyped hub for semi-conductor and electronics manufacture on a 1,000-acre site on the city outskirts, the government has served notices on its co-promoters SemIndia Fab Private Limited and Nano-Tech Silicon India Private Limited.
GO To Regularise Land Encroached By The Poor
Friday, June 20th, 2008In a move that would benefit thousands of poor people of the state, the Y S Rajasekhara Reddy government on Wednesday decided to regularise land encroached upon by third parties free of cost provided they produce relevant documents. The regularisation would also be allowed only if it has taken place before the Urban Land Ceiling […]
GOs To Go Online From July 1
Thursday, June 19th, 2008The GOs issued by the different departments located in Secretariat will now be automatically uploaded on the internet and made available to the general public.
Passport In Weekâs Time
Thursday, June 19th, 2008The ministry of external affairs has decided to go for outsourcing to speed up the issue of passports. Under the new Passport Seva Project, Tatkal passports would be issued in a day and regular passports will be given in a week.
Escalators For 16 New FOBs
Thursday, June 19th, 2008The twin cities could soon see 25 new Foot Over Bridges (FOBs) coming up by the end of the year and 16 of them would have escalators, while the rest would be equipped with lifts on both sides.
GHMC Issues Notices On BPS
Thursday, June 19th, 2008The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has started serving fresh notices asking owners of non-residential buildings in the twin cities to get their unauthorised constructions regulated under the Building Penalisation Scheme (BPS).
HUDA To Monitor Projects Online
Thursday, June 19th, 2008The HUDA is computerising its business processes in various wings for internal online access and tracking file movement.
Punjagutta Flyover To Open Soon
Saturday, June 14th, 2008Having thrown open the second part of the Greenlands flyover on Thursday, the GHMC is now aiming to get the main Punjagutta flyover too ready within a fortnight.
2,300 More Rural eSeva Centres In State
Saturday, June 14th, 2008As many as 2,300 Rajiv Citizen Centres (rural eSeva centres) will be established in the State by the Information Technology Department in the next three months. Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy gave instructions to this effect to the department while reviewing the functioning of the IT promotion and e-governance in the State on Friday. […]
Bill To Implement Hyderabad Metro Rail Project Approved
Saturday, June 14th, 2008The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has approved a bill to implement Rs 9,696 crore Hyderabad Metro Rail Project which is expected to be completed by 2011.
SPV Incorporated For Hyderabad Animation, Gaming City
Saturday, June 14th, 2008Preparations are on in full swing to set up an Animation and Gaming City. The government has incorporated a special purpose vehicle (SPV) - Hyderabad Digital Media City - for this.
Work On Metro To Start In July: CM
Sunday, May 18th, 2008The people of the city will get drinking water round-the-clock in three to four years. Work on the Rs 8,000-crore Metro Rail will commence by the end of July. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, made these announcements at an election rally at Baghlingampally, under Mus-heerabad constituency, on Sunday.
HUDA To Invest Rs 6000Cr For Expressway
Sunday, May 18th, 2008The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) is investing about Rs 6,000 crore for an eight-lane access-controlled expressway. Part of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) project, it would be taken up in three phases, said Huda Vice-Chairman KS Jawahar Reddy.
Mega Health Project To Come Up At Hyderabad Soon
Friday, May 16th, 2008From getting chilled in a spa to receiving super-speciality treatment under one roof might become a reality in the near future with a mega health project proposed on the city outskirts.
Mangalagiri SEZ: UDA Finalises Developer
Thursday, May 15th, 2008The Vijayawada, Guntur, Tenali, Mangalagiri Urban Development Authority (VGTMUDA) on Thursday finalised the name of the developer for the proposed Special Economic Zone at Amaravathi Township in Mangalagiri with only one firm bidding for the 40-acre site earmarked for Information Technology and IT Enabled Services.
Metro Rail Work To Start In August
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008The Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR), in all probability, will start work on the metro rail project in August.
It is scheduled to open financial bids in the middle of June and finalise the Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) developer and deliver letter of acceptance in July.
City turns into hub for flight refuelling
Sunday, May 11th, 2008Hyderabad has become a major hub for refuelling of aircraft thanks to the cut in sales tax on aviation turbine fuel. The number of aircraft refuelling in Hyderabad has doubled from 60 to 120 in just two months following the governmentâs move to reduce sales tax on ATF from 33 per cent to 4 per […]
FinMin to part-fund Hyderabad Metro project
Sunday, May 11th, 2008The finance ministry has agreed in principle to provide funds worth about Rs 2,000 crore for the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project estimated to cost over Rs 10,000 crore under the public-private partnership.
Special Purpose Vehicle to push forward PCPIR
Sunday, May 11th, 2008The project will consist of mega SDZs
Vizag will become nerve centre for massive investment
AAI and others being consulted for international airport
A Special Purpose Vehicle will be set up soon after getting the green signal from the Central Committee of Secretaries for the proposed Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) between Visakhapatnam and Rajahmundry.
Layout regularisation work may begin soon
Friday, May 9th, 2008The GHMC is planning to start issuing âproceedings certificatesâ officially endorsing regularisation of layouts for citizens who have already applied for their plots within the next fortnight.
AP takes back land given to IAS wives
Friday, May 9th, 2008The government on Friday cancelled allotment of 13.25 acres of prime land in Mahendra Hills, Secunderabad, to the Civil Services Society floated by wives of IAS and IPS officers. The society had proposed to set up a school on the property.
Caparo aerospace park may land at Hindupur
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Caparo Group, one of the world’s largest industrial houses promoted by Lord Swraj Paul, is planning to set up an aerospace park at Hindupur in AP.
The group is seeking about 1,000 acres. While the government is yet to take a decision, the project is expected to herald a new era in aerospace-related activity.