NGO urges Telangana CM to expedite SCB-GHMC merger

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The Cantonment Vikas Manch, a NGO moving   successful  the Secunderabad Cantonment, has urged Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to expedite the long-pending merger of SCB with GHMC.

The Cantonment Vikas Manch, a NGO moving successful the Secunderabad Cantonment, has urged Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to expedite the long-pending merger of SCB with GHMC. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G

The Cantonment Vikas Manch, a NGO moving successful the Secunderabad Cantonment, has urged Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to expedite the long-pending merger of the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), informing that residents proceed to endure owed to outdated governance structures and exclusion from the city’s improvement plans. 

The NGO, successful the practice submitted to the CMO, expressed appreciation for the State Cabinet’s caller determination to merge 27 municipalities located successful and astir the Outer Ring Road (ORR) with the GHMC. The NGO said the determination had renewed anticipation among Secunderabad Cantonment residents whose request for inclusion has remained unmet for years.

Despite being located astatine the halfway of the GHMC limits, residents look terrible hardships due to the fact that the Cantonment continues to beryllium governed by outdated British-era laws, wide caput of Cantonment Vikas Manch Sanki Ravinder Babu said. Further, the portion lacks basal civic amenities and has not held elections for 5 years, with the medication presently overseen by a Civil Nominated Member, helium added.

Calling the concern critical, the NGO wanted expedited consultations with the MoD to implicit the merger process and behaviour antiauthoritarian elections successful the Cantonment

Published - December 04, 2025 07:25 p.m. IST

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