Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation with its six zones and 30 circles could be consigned to the annals of history in less than a year. The exercise for determining the future existence of the Telangana Core Urban Region (TCUR) has gathered momentum, under the directions from Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, and an exhaustive plan may soon be unveiled.
Reliable sources have informed that a proposal to trifurcate the area within the TCUR has found favour with the Chief Minister, and it is only a matter of time before it is formally announced. However, attempts to seek confirmation from Principal Secretary K. Ilambarithi have not yielded a response. TCUR constitutes the urban peripheries defined by the Outer Ring Road, and comprises GHMC and 27 other urban local bodies spread within and over the axis of ORR.
With the GHMC Council’s term to conclude in February next year, the government has ample time to finalise the contours of the three corporations within TCUR, mapping them with the Legislative and Parliamentary constituencies within. Each of the corporations to be formed might be of similar size as GHMC, which is spread over 650 square kilometres.
Already, the government had notified merger of 51 villages within and closer to the ORR into the respective urban local bodies, as a preparatory step for new corporations. Recently, orders have also been issued for a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) survey in order to capture the entire topography of the region.
The objectives of the survey are to unify the 2,053 square kilometre area with the city, establishing a unified planning framework for coordinated development, promoting interdepartmental coordination, identifying infrastructural gaps, fostering economic growth by promoting industries and generating employment, identifying potential revenue generating sources and sectors, protecting public assets, and others, the order copy said.
Published – May 14, 2025 09:50 pm IST
