GHMC’s first post-dissolution meeting approves 30 proposals

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), at its first corporation meeting after the dissolution of the council, cleared a total of 30 proposals on Monday. Among them was a proposal for the registration of prime government land at Malakpet in the name of an individual at a price of ₹13,000 per square yard.

The individual had emerged as the highest bidder for 333.51 square yards of land at Malakpet Municipal Colony in an auction. The registration received approval from the Standing Committee on December 29, as revealed in the meeting agenda.

The government market value of land in the Malakpet vicinity at present is not less than ₹29,100 per square yard — significantly higher than the auction price. When queried, GHMC Commissioner R.V. Karnan said the auction was conducted in 2023 and had received Standing Committee approval. The proposal cleared by the Corporation will now be sent to the government for final approval, he added.

Two additional proposals for land exchange in Jubilee Hills were also cleared at the meeting chaired by Special Officer Jayesh Ranjan. Another proposal approved the issuance of a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) for a land allotment made by the district administration in 2012 in favour of the wife of a sitting Member of Parliament.

The Corporation also cleared two proposals recommending the allocation of ₹500 crore each to the newly formed Cyberabad and Malkajgiri municipal corporations. It further approved routing all receipts of the three corporations into the GHMC General Fund, with payments to be processed from the GHMC Commissioner’s official account until March 31.

Approval was also granted for several infrastructure works, including the construction of a left-arm down ramp for the Owaisi Junction flyover, a revised plan for the Rasoolpura flyover reducing its width, an RFP for a multi-level car parking facility near Khilwat at Charminar, land acquisition for flyovers at Rethibowli and Nanalnagar junctions, and a revised administrative sanction for the Falaknuma railway overbridge (ROB), among others.

The meeting also cleared a proposal to name the Bathukamma Kunta Lake Park after veteran Congress leader V. Hanumanth Rao.