GOVERNMENT
OF ANDHRA PRADESH
ABSTRACT
Municipal Corporation of
Hyderabad - Proposal for inclusion of areas contiguous to Municipal Corporation
of Hyderabad in the limits of Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad - Suggestions
and objections - called for - Regarding
MUNICIPAL
ADMINISTRATION & URBAN DEVELOPMENT (ELE.II) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms. No. 703 Dated: 20th July, 2005
ORDER:
Hyderabad is the
largest urban agglomeration both in terms of population and area in the State
of Andhra Pradesh. It is recognised as a metropolis and given the status of a
Mega City by the Central Government. The transformation of Hyderabad as a
metropolis began in the late 1950s with the formation of Andhra Pradesh State
and Hyderabad becoming its capital.
Large scale industrialisation,
particularly in the public sector, took place in the early of
1960s. In the late 1960s and early
1970s a large number of important educational, research and training
institutions were set up in and around
Hyderabad City. Since mid-1990s, massive developments have been taking place in
the areas around Hyderabad City in the field of information technology,
bio-technology, sports infrastructure, etc. creating new employment
opportunities and thereby, triggering expansion of townships.
2. The growth of Hyderabad has not only been on account of it’s
being the capital city but also due to it’s strategic location, rapid
industrialization and availability of suitable lands in plenty in and around
the Hyderabad city. Thus, Hyderabad continues to offer great opportunities for
expansion and concentration of activities and continues to offer opportunities
for increased employment and in manufacturing and support services especially
in the tertiary sector. Population of
Hyderabad urban agglomeration has been substantially increasing over the last
one decade. The massive growth in
population has put additional strain on the existing infrastructure
within the area of Hyderabad urban agglomeration.
3. The
Hyderabad metropolis has several diverse activities such as:
a)
State Capital and Administrative Centre;
b)
Defence Centre;
c)
Educational, Research & Institutional
Centre;
d)
Industrial Centre;
e)
IT Centre;
f)
Regional Centre of Trade & Commerce;
g)
Transportation Centre and Air transit hub;
h)
Health and Medical centre;
i)
Cultural and Tourism Centre.
4. The population of the Hyderabad Urban Agglomeration registered
an increase of about 216 % in the last 30 years, i.e, it rose from 18 lakhs in
1971 to about 57 lakhs in 2001, as per the Census. The urban agglomeration area
increased from about 200 sq km in 1971 to about 700 sq km. The population of
the Hyderabad Urban Agglomeration is expected to increase to 136 lakhs by 2021
with an overall average density of about 200 persons per hectare.
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5. This has necessitated the demand for services and also
resulted in attendant problems like intensity of land use, densification,
pressure on housing, demands on the road network and transporation systems,
availability of water and efficiency of the system of disposal of sewage and
solid waste. The demand for services have both city-wide as well as local
ramifications.
6. The overall city level
systems like major road network, water supply, sewerage and drainage
system network, urban transport system, environment management system, etc.
cannot be done in compartments or locally and need to be tackled in an
integrated manner by an appropriate civic management structure with proper
planning, resource mobilisation and technical capabilities. The existing
separate local bodies are unable to cope up with the above. Therefore there is
a need to strengthen the civic administration by reorganizing the existing set
up by having a single entity with a clear cut organisational system to meet the
challenges thrown up by such fast pace of growth of Hyderabad and its urban
spread and to manage in an integrated manner both the metropolitan and
community level developmental needs.
7. Keeping in view the above, the Government have decided to
constitute the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation by merging the
surrounding 12 municipalities and 8 Gram Panchayats around Hyderabad with
Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad with a view to:
a)
Facilitating improved and high standard of civic services;
b)
Providing better civic administrative mechanism;
c)
Ensuring better planning and focussed development of
the Mega City;
d)
More equitable devolution of finances and
utilisation of resources;
e)
Ensuring uniform enforcement ;
f)
To make the city internationally competitive with
world class infrastructure and services.
8. Hence it is proposed to include the following surrounding 12
municipalities and 8 Gram Panchayats located around Hyderabad in the limits of
Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad to constitute the Greater Hyderabad
Municipal Corporation:
Municipalities:
1.
L.B.Nagar
2.
Gaddiannaram
3.
Uppal Kalan
4.
Kapra
5.
Alwal
6.
Qutubullapur
7.
Malakajgiri
8.
Kukatpally
9.
Seri Lingampalli
10.
Rajendranagar
11.
Patancheru
12.
Ramachandrapuram
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Gram
Panchayats:
1)
Shamsabad
2)
Mamidipalli
3)
Satamarai
4)
Jalapally
5)
Mankhal
6)
Almasguda/Tukkuguda
7)
Sardarnagar
8)
Ravarala
9. Sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Hyderabad Municipal
Corporation Act, 1955 empowers the
Government to alter the limits of the City by including other areas after
consulting with the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.
10. Therefore,
under sub section (2) of section 3 of
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955, the Council of Hyderabad Municipal
Corporation are requested to state their views on the above proposal of the
Government to include the areas covered by the
surrounding 12 Municipalities and 8 Grampanchayats referred to in para 8
above with in the limits of Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad to form Greater
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.
11. The
Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad is requested to place the
matter before the Council and obtain the views/ objections / suggestions, if
any, on the proposal and communicate the same to the Government within a period
of 15 days from the date of receipt of this notice. If no views / objections /
suggestions are received from the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad within the
above stipulated time, it will be construed that the Municipal Corporation of
Hyderabad has no remarks to offer on the proposal of the Government and further
action will be taken basing on the material available with the Government.
12. The
Commissioner, Hyderabad Municipal Corporation shall publish a copy of this G.O.
in the Notice Board of the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad for information
to the Public.
( BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME
OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
To
The
Commissioner,
Municipal
Corporation of Hyderabad Hyderabad
Copy to:
The
Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration,
Hyderabad.
The
District Collector, Hyderabad / Ranga Reddy
Sf/sc
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