Flat Owners and residents of Prajay Megapolis in Hi-TecCity area, staged a silent protest against the builder Prajay Engineers Syndicate in Hyderabad. Around 450 residents gathered in front of the building. They pointed out that there were no amenities like swimming pool and questioned about the use of their corpus fund. Prajay Megapolis, which has […]
Category: Municipal Governance
Why ‘Generic’ Medicines Being Sold As ‘Branded’ In Telangana?
The owners of several medical shops are exploiting the sale of generic drugs under the guise of branded drugs. Retailers make about 18 to 20 per cent profits of selling branded drugs, and make 70 to 200 per cent of profits selling generic drugs. This is a common practice in Telangana without any governance or […]
Heritage Tagged 115-Year Old Telangana Assembly Building Portion Collapsed
A portion of the elevation of the Telangana Assembly building collapsed and fell0 into the premises. The 115-year old Assembly building is a heritage structure. Fortunately, no one was injured as the debris fell into the empty garden area in the vicinity of the Assembly in Hyderabad. According to security personnel who were on duty […]
Deadly ‘Protection Money Mafia’ Is On Prowl In Hyderabad
The Protection money mafia or ‘Mamool mafia’ or ‘Hafta Vasool mafia’, operating around Hyderabad is back, almost immediately after the street side hawkers returned for business. The local Goons and pahelwans are back to extorting ‘mamools’ or protection money from hawkers while the shop-keepers too step in to imposing and collecting a little ‘fee’ for allowing […]
Sheer ‘Bias’ Allegations On Hyderabad Cricket Association In ‘Player Selections’
The sheer injustice in cricket selection in Hyderabad Cricket Association makes young talented cricketers angry and parents, club secretaries stage protest alleging bias in selection of teams for various categories at Gymkhana grounds in Secunderabad. ‘Baap ki jagir hai’? (Is it their father’s property?). An angry Mohammed Azeem Ali, father of an aggrieved cricketer Junaid […]
Why Glendale Academy Issued TC To Class IX Student During Pandemic In Hyderabad?
In what is seen as ‘terror tactics’ adopted by a city based school, authorities of Glendale Academy, Bandlaguda in Hyderabad gave Transfer Certificate (TC), allegedly without any reason, to a Class IX student just because her parents, presently down with Covid-19, had questioned the school authorities’ wisdom in barring students from online classes. The parents […]
Why GHMC ‘Mayor Election’ On Bad Of ‘Amavasya’ Day?
The State Election Commission (SEC) decided to conduct the much-awaited Mayor and Deputy Mayor elections for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) at 12.30 pm on February 11. Prior to the elections, the elected ward members will take oath at 11 am on the same day. The GHMC Council has 149 corporators, a BJP elected member having succumbed […]
How Safe Is To Eat Poultry Meat, Eggs In Birds-Flu Outbreak?
Avian influenza continues to take a heavy toll on India’s poultry sector. Thus far, the disease has spread in 11 states. Besides chickens, other species of birds, including ducks, crows and pigeons, have also been found dead. Recently, officials reported that a brown fish owl in the Delhi zoo had tested positive for the disease. While the virus’s rate of transmission between […]
How The ‘Gurram Cheruvu’ And ‘Balapur Bund’ Broken During Torrential Rains In Hyderabad?
The episode of heavy floods in some colonies during torrential rains in Hyderabad become a mystery as the situation was not so grim but some elements managed it as a natural calamity. Let’s have a look in to the harsh reality. It was past 6 pm on October 18 when Ismail Q, who lives in […]
‘Doobta Hyderabad-4’ – Govt Apathy, Bad Urban Policies And Land grabbing Menace
The devastation caused by torrential rains and flash floods in and around Hyderabad this week is another grim reminder of the havoc played with the chain of lakes and storm water drains that were working as a natural flood control system. This is not the first time the city has witnessed flooding but every time […]