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The authorities has empowered the Commissioner of the Hyderabad Disaster Response & Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) for finalising works costing up to ₹10 crore done tendering process, and constituted a committee to oversee the tenders beyond this value.
Through an bid connected Monday (May 18, 2026), the authorities issued support for the HYDRAA Commissioner to finalise tenders for works costing up to ₹10 crore. In respect of works with worth supra ₹10 crore, a committee has been constituted for for scrutiny of tender evaluations and recommendations to the Commissioner for further action.
The bid cited a connection from the HYDRAA Commissioner A.V.Ranganath insisting upon the necessity to prescribe wide delegation of powers for tender finalisation and constitution of tender committee successful bid to guarantee timely execution of works, method scrutiny and fiscal propriety.
The committee is to beryllium chaired by the Engineer-in-Chief, Public Health, and person arsenic its members, the Chief Engineer, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Chief Engineer, Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, Chief Engineer, Musi Riverfront Development Corporation, Chief Engineer, Irrigation & Command Area Development, and Executive Engineer, HYDRAA, too a nominee from Administration/Accounts helping of the agency.
Through different bid connected the aforesaid day, the authorities has issued directions to the Commissioners of GHMC, Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation and Cyberabad Municipal Corporation to entrust the monsoon exigency operations successful the upcoming monsoon play to HYDRAA, on with indispensable funds.
Monsoon exigency operations were transferred to HYDRAA during 2025 monsoons too, pursuing allegations astir irregularities successful the tenders awarded by GHMC.
As per the orders then, HYDRAA was authorised to instrumentality up works specified arsenic de-clogging of catch-pits, dewatering operations successful lawsuit of flooding, station monsoon desilting, clearance of silt from roads, nala information audit, postulation diversions, removal of obstruction to tempest h2o flow, removal of fallen trees and branches, and coordination with assorted departments concerned.
