HMDA presses Telangana government to release funds for ORR loan repayment
Updated Feb 22, 2021, 9:01 am IST
The HMDA said that it had not received a penny in the past four financial years despite spending Rs 332.58 crore every year from its kitty
The state borrowed Rs 332.58 crore from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) but did not channel funds to the municipal authority in the last four financial years. By arrangement
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) is knocking on the doors of the state government, seeking repayment of the money it spent for the construction of the Outer Ring Road (ORR). The HMDA had borrowed the money, and needs to repay it.
Keshavapuram reservoir will take longer to complete DECCAN CHRONICLE.
Updated Feb 21, 2021, 12:44 am IST
Tenders have been finalised and work order has been to Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited
. The estimated cost of the project has reduced from Rs 4,777.59 crore in 2017 to Rs 4,369.37 crore. Twitter
HYDERABAD: The wait for completion of the Keshavapuram reservoir has got longer. Though the state government has allowed 409.53 hectares of forest land to be used for construction of the reservoir, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) officials say acquiring revenue land has become troublesome.
As a result, they will start works for constructing the reservoir on the available land within 15 days. Tenders have been finalised and work order has been to Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL).
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CS for speeding up process of free water supply
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Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar directed officials to speed up the process for supply of free drinking water in Hyderabad.
The Chief Secretary instructed the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) to complete Aadhaar seeding with PTIN and CAN number to improve water supply and give priority to uncovered and slum areas in this regard. He gave the instructions during a review meeting with senior officials headed by Municipal Administration principal secretary Arvind Kumar, HMWS&SB managing director B. Dana Kishore and GHMC commissioner Lokesh Kumar here on Friday.
Is water board flouting heritage laws with unauthorised work at Osman Sagar?
A source who informed siasat.com about the development said that construction work has been going on at the lake bed of the Osman Sagar from at least a few months.
By Yunus Y Lasania| Updated: 10th February 2021 5:55 pm IST A temporary gate erected by the water board on the entrance of the road leading to Osman Sagar. (Photo: Yunus Y. Lasania)
Hyderabad: Is the water board carrying out unauthorised construction and violating heritage norms at the Osman Sagar or Gandipet lake? It has been learnt by
siasat.com that the complete secrecy and current ban on entry into the lake premises is in fact due to construction work being taken up to build a new park at the century old water body.