Opposition parties flay govt. on ‘unscientific’ revamp of GHMC, demand rethink

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HYDERABAD

The Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has criticised the authorities for reorganising the GHMC and splitting it into 3 civic bodies by merging 7 different existing municipal corporations and 20 different municipalities, including immoderate of those beyond the Outer Ring Road (ORR) by terming it arsenic the halfway municipality portion and said it’s highly unscientific.

Speaking connected the voting of demands for grants arsenic portion of the treatment connected the yearly fiscal connection (budget) for 2026-27, BRS Whip K.P. Vivekanand said respective large cities crossed the satellite and wrong the state excessively person unified civic bodies with decentralised administration. He requested the authorities to rethink connected the reorganisation arsenic it would person a superior adverse interaction connected the infrastructure without improving it.

On the Future City task helium sought to cognize whether the authorities has funds adjacent to get different 16,000 much acres of onshore required for it successful summation to the disposable 14,000 acres acquired for Pharma City. He criticised the functioning of HYDRAA, stating that its actions had go unconstitutional arsenic the bureau had nary respect for different agencies/department and adjacent courts.

Another subordinate of the BRS T. Srinivas Yadav alleged that the authorities had failed to walk adjacent the funds allocation to BC payment and explained that lone ₹1,932 crore retired of ₹11,000 crore allocated successful the 2024-25 fund was spent and it was 3,000 crore successful 2025-26. He criticised the authorities for making 42% preservation committedness to BCs without ensuring that it would spot the airy of the day.He suggested that the authorities support speech the ninth docket hurdle and instrumentality the BC Sub-Plan by allocating 42% of the fund (funds) to BCs.

Congress subordinate Y. Srinivas Reddy said the authorities has precise large dreams/plans for metropolis improvement with Musi Riverfront Development arsenic its focus. He complimented that the erstwhile authorities had done immoderate bully enactment for Hyderabad, but had failed to cleanse Musi, based connected which the metropolis was established and developed initially.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) subordinate Jaffar Hussain said the authorities had not done thing to Old City but for making promises. He requested the authorities to allocate astatine slightest ₹200 crore to Quli Qutb Shah Urban Development Authority alternatively of conscionable ₹25 crore arsenic adjacent the Charminar Pedestrian Project would request different ₹229 crore for its completion.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) subordinate Dr. Palvai Harish Babu said the restructuring of GHMC was arbitrary and unconstitutional and determination was nary technological crushed down it arsenic it was done indiscriminately. He demanded that the authorities rethink astir it and redo it with due consultation with each stakeholders. He criticised the authorities for pushing RTC into a web of losses arsenic it had not reimbursed the ₹9,222 crore incurred for providing the escaped question installation to women.

Published - March 26, 2026 08:20 p.m. IST

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