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Construction and demolishment waste tucked away under Hyderabad s infra projects
Civic bodies like the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, which are responsible for removing C&D waste, are often found burying it.
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Median filled with construction waste on Road No. 82 at Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad. (Photo| S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)
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HYDERABAD: Where does the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) dispose of the 200-odd truckloads of construction and demolishment (C&D) waste generated in the city each day? Sources say that the civic body does not dump it at designated landfills, but instead, hides it in plain sight, under infra projects and near water bodies. Burial of construction waste is not uncommon in the city.
Draw of lots for 55 news bars in GHMC on Friday
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AAA The ‘draw of lots’ for the new 55 bars in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits would be held at Ananthula Ramreddy gardens, Nagole-Bandlaguda road, Arunodaya Nagar, Nagole, at 11 a.m. of Friday. The procedure was conducted in all the municipalities on Thursday except GHMC. Of the 159 new bars across the State, 55 are located in GHMC limits and 1,338 applications were received for it.
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A health worker collects nasal swab samples for a COVID-19 test at Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital in Hyderabad. File
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Telangana recorded 163 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the total to 2,97,113. While 24,920 people were examined, results of 637 were awaited. Two more patients have died.
The new 163 cases include 31 from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), 12 each from Medchal-Malkajgiri and Rangareddy. No case was reported in Wanaparthy and Narayanpet, and only one case each was detected in four other districts.
From March 2, 2020, to February 17 of this year, 83,85,870 people were tested and 2,97,113 were detected with coronavirus. Of the total cases, 1,700 were active cases, 2,93,791 have recovered, and 1,622 people have died.
World Heritage status evades Charminar as crowds swell at temple and chilla
By Syed Hurairah| Updated: 18th February 2021 11:58 pm IST Photo: UMASUDHIR.COM
Hyderabad: The encroachments in and around Charminar and their removal have been hotly debated by heritage activists. There are reports that it is due to these very structures that the monument, a symbol of Hyderabad, has lost its bid to be on the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
It is against this backdrop that a new Right to Information has sought clarity on the subject – whether the Bhagyalakshmi Temple and the
chilla (a Muslim religious flag like structure) are authorized structures or not.