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Hi

It was recently announced that MW Zander is to build the new Fab City in Hyderabad - does anyone know if the architecture plans for this development are available yet?

Thanks
 
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Abu Dhabi team to visit AP for refinery project

Abu Dhabi team to visit AP for refinery project


Hyderabad, May 11:

The International Petroleum Investment Company of Abu Dhabi has stated that it would depute a technical team of experts to identify suitable location for setting up a refinery in Andhra Pradesh.

During the CII Partnership Summit 2012 held in Hyderabad in January, the BR Shetty Group of Abu Dhabi had entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Andhra Pradesh Government for setting up a petroleum refinery with an investment of $ 6 billion (about Rs. 30,000 crore).

During a visit of AP delegation, the company assured to follow up and depute a team.

Dr J Geetha Reddy, AP Minister of Industries, along with Mr. T.S. Appa Rao, Principal Secretary Industries and Mr Karikal Valaven, Commissioner of Industries, met Mr Khadem A. Al Qubaisi, Managing Director of International Petroleum Investment Company owned by the Abu Dhabi Government and Dr B.R. Shetty.

According to a Government statement, after detailed discussions, Mr Al Qubaisi has expressed keen interest in establishing a petroleum refinery in Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Industrial Region (PCPIR) of Andhra Pradesh coming up in the Kakinada-Vizag corridor.
 
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NVIDIA unveils new graphics processing unit

NVIDIA unveils new graphics processing unit

GeForce GTX 670 promises to enhance gamers computing experience and reducing power consumption.
Hyderabad, May 11:

NVIDIA has launched GeForce GTX 670, the third graphics processing unit (GPU) which promises to enhance computing experience of gamers and other high-end users.

Based on its Kepler graphics architecture, the GPU helps cut power consumption and offer 'whisper-quiet' operation for PC gamers.

For starters, GPU acts as a co-processor to accelerate CPUs (central processing units) for scientific, gaming and engineering computing. GPUs takes up the burden of of compute-intensive and time-consuming portions of the code, while leaving the rest of the applications to the CPU.

"The new product outpaces the closest competitive product in gaming performance by over 45 per cent, while consuming approximately 18 per cent less power," an NVIDIA statement said here on Friday.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 GPU is available in India for Rs 29,999.
 
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'Science in danger of regressing'

'Science in danger of regressing'

Askok Ganguly delivers 'A.V. Rama Rao Tech Award Lecture'

Rajya Sabha member and Chairman, Ananda Bazar Patrika Pvt. Ltd., Ashok Ganguly on Friday warned that science in India was in the danger of regressing due to lack of recognition to scientific achievements by society and inadequate investment in Research & Development.

Delivering the ‘A.V. Rama Rao Technology Award Lecture' to mark National Technology Day at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) here, he said a scientist in China would be paid a cash reward U.S. $ 100,000 if his work gets published in the prestigious journal,‘ Nature'. He lamented that society in India accorded greater recognition to cricket, Bollywood, politics and public disturbances than scientific research.

He also faulted the Indian industry for not investing in R & D and described it a ‘shame'. Stating that Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) as an exception, Dr. Ganguly said it was hard to name an India company which made significant investment in research. He said the Indian IT industry too gradually forgot to invest in R & D.

He said that there should be a public celebration of science and discoveries on occasions like National Technology Days. Expressing his concern over society losing its ability to be curious, he said knowledge was the soul of society. He said while the number of scientific institutions had grown enormously and there was no shortage of money or bright young people, the fact remained that the facilities were disproportionate.
Donates cash prize

Later Dr, Ganguly was presented the ‘A.V. Rama Rao Technology Award'. He, however, donated the cash prize for using towards the education of the employees of IICT.
 
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Parking meters remain unutilised

Parking meters remain unutilised


An automatic parking ticket machine installed at Abids.
The much-talked about parking meters installed in the State capital to automate the disbursement of parking tickets is proving to be futile as the vehicle-owners are not evincing any interest in utilising the facility.
One hour parking

While 15 machines were installed at Park Lane in Secunderabad, Basheerbagh and Abids, none of them are being utilised by the motorists themselves.

A four-wheeler owner can obtain a parking ticket, for one hour duration, by dropping two Rs.5 coins in the machine. Along with the vehicle number parking ticket also displays the checkout time clearly.

But due to the lack of public participation, Smart Interpark India Private Limited (SIIPL), which maintains the machines, is now forced to employ contract workers to issue the tickets. The company employs over 17 persons to man parking at Park Lane, and four each at Basheerbagh and Abids.

“As per the contract signed by our company with GHMC, we are only mandated to provide the parking space and a motorist has to go and take the parking token. But none of them preferred to do it,” Mohammed Azam, manager of SIIPL, said.

“We have educated the public in operating the machine but our efforts have been futile. If the parking meters are utilised properly the system of issuing parking tickets can be streamlined easily and can increase revenue for GHMC,” he said.

But what stops a motorist from using parking meters? Motorists are used to paying money and obtaining the tickets and so they are reluctant to walk down to the parking meters, a contract employee of SIIPL observed.

Operating a parking meter is not very difficult and anyone who has used an ATM machine can easily obtain the ticket, and if someone does not have any change we are always there to help them, he added.
 
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HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to go for road widening on Banjara Hills, Road No.13. Officially, the purpose behind the widening is to decongest Road No.12 but the real reason is perhaps civic officials desire to provide a hassle-free ride to ministers up to their official residence, the Ministers' Quarters.

As many as 55 properties, including the residences of late chief minister NT Rama Rao and retired IAS officers VP Jauhari and Kamalanathan, would get affected in expansion drive as the breadth is increased from its present 40ft (ft) to 60ft. Also, to be affected are the houses of several industrialists and the offices of some firms, including a Sakshi group building.

Official sources said that the decision for widening has been taken with an eye to decongesting Road No. 12, Banjara Hills, a crucial stretch for those heading towards Film Nagar, Jubilee Hills, MLA Colony and other areas of Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills and Madhapur.

Heavy traffic on Road No.12 has become a major concern for ministers. The situation becomes worse when there are any agitations in front of the Ministers' quarters on Road No.12. If Road No.13 is widened, the ministers can enjoy a smooth ride right up to the main gate of their quarters and even provide commuters with an alternative to Road No.12, in the event of any traffic snarls. "Road No.13 runs parallel to Road No.12, Banjara Hills. As per the master plan, the road should be widened to 60ft. Its current width is between 30ft and 40ft. That will reduce the burden on Road No.12," GHMC chief city planner GV Raghu told TOI.

Road development plan and identification of property has just been started by GHMC. Incidentally, the collector's camp office and joint collector's bungalow have been spared likely demolition as there are religious structures close to these properties.

Several properties in a slum, which begins beyond the collector's bungalow, would also be taken over for road widening, said GHMC officials.

"Notification for acquiring properties will be issued and published in a couple of days after approval of the joint collector," a senior GHMC official said.
 
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GHMC staff calls off strike

GHMC staff calls off strike


Following the flash strike of GHMC truck drivers from Friday night, garbage clearance was affected in different parts of the city on Saturda.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Employees Union has called off its strike following successful talks between union representatives and GHMC higher officials here on Saturday.

The union called off the strike after GHMC Commissioner M.T. Krishna Babu assured its representatives that their demands will be met.
Demands

The union had launched a flash strike from Friday midnight demanding the corporation to buy 100 new vehicles for transporting garbage, repair about 150 vehicles lying in the sheds and remove ban on union activities in the newly formed seven member groups, according to Secretary Sanjay Kapoor.

Mr. Krishna Babu, informed them that the Standing Committee has already approved procurement of 50 new vehicles and taking the rest on a hire basis.
Study on problems

Standing committee recommendations will be approved by the Corporation in the meeting to be held on May 19. The Commissioner, also said that a committee will be formed soon to study the problems faced by the employees, and steps will be taken to rectify them immediately.

Mayor Majid Hussain advised the workers to give a prior notice of 14 days before going on a strike.
Jobs intact

He said, though workers have a right to go on strike, they should give prior notice to the corporation to avoid inconvenience to the public.

He also promised that the jobs of the outsourced drivers will be intact even after hiring of the new vehicles.
 
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City roads turn death trap

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City roads turn death trap
Road accidents claim 563 lives in four months

The dance of death on the roads in and around the capital continued with 563 people killed in road accidents in the first four months of this year.

Notwithstanding the various special drives undertaken by the traffic police, and claims of better infrastructure by civic authorities, the death toll in road accidents has gone up in both Hyderabad and Cyberabad Commissionerates.
Increase in number

From 380 deaths in the first four months of 2011 in Cyberabad, the figure rose to 402 this year for the corresponding period. That meant 22 more deaths.

The statistics for Hyderabad too are no better. From 137 deaths in January, February, March and April of 2011, road accident deaths went up to 161 this year for the same period.

It translates to 24 more deaths. There is considerable rise in the total number of accidents and injured persons in Cyberabad.

Hyderabad, however, witnessed a decline under these heads.
Multiple factors

The traffic police maintain there are multiple factors that contribute to increasing road accidents.

Rash driving, number of vehicles growing each day and inadequate infrastructure are the main reasons cited by them.

“Accidents on the Outer Ring Road, which is yet to be completed, in past six months is one cause that spurted road accident deaths,” the Cyberabad Joint Commissioner, Atul Singh, in-charge of the Traffic, said on Saturday.
Special attention

He feels better co-ordination between the police and the GHMC authorities to improve road conditions would bring down accident rate. Special attention should be given to areas of Cyberabad like Ibrahimpatnam which are far away from Hyderabad. Regulation of traffic in such regions should be done with more thrust on safety, he said.
Statistics

The Hyderabad Traffic Polce Additional Commissioner C.V. Anand, said 66 pedestrians and 49 two-wheeler riders were among the 161 road accident victims in Hyderabad.

This suggests that pedestrians and two-wheeler riders are more vulnerable to accidents among other groups of road users.

Identifying these patterns, the Hyderabad Traffic Police had set a goal reducing accidents by 10 per cent this year, he said.
 
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The managements of over 1,600 schools in the city have been given ultimatums to install fire safety equipment before schools re-open in June or face closure. The fire prevention wing of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has instructed the school education department to cancel the recognition of educational institutions that do not comply with fire safety measures. Officials said there were 500 big schools each having more than 500 students. There are over 2.50 lakh students in these 500 schools and all these schools are located in non-multi-storeyed buildings.

Mr C. Lakshmi Prasad, additional director, the fire prevention wing (FPW) of GHMC, told this newspaper, “We have given almost two years to schools to install fire safety equipment. But only 500-odd schools, of the total 2,154 institutions that were served with notices, have complied. We, (GHMC fire prevention wing officials and education authorities), will jointly start inspecting the schools shortly and close down all such institutions that fail to install the prescribed fire safety measures.” The names of schools that fail to obtain the No Objection Certificates (NoCs) from FPW after providing fire safety equipment, will be posted on the website of the GHMC for the information of parents. The FPW is taking legal opinion on booking criminal cases against all such schools.

Reacting sharply, representatives from some of the school managements said nobody would want to put the lives of students at risk. “Several managements are ready to install fire safety equipment but what can they do if there is no provision or space for expanding the width of the staircase or providing an additional staircase in the school building? Besides, many schools are located on rented premises where owners have rejected pleas to make alterations for providing an additional staircase,” said a representative of an educational institution.

However, the FPW additional director Lakshmi Prasad said, “We are not going to take any excuses as two years are sufficient to install fire safety measures. Summer vacation is the best time to install fire safety material. Though we (FPW) gave a long list of equipment, it was reduced for the convenience of school managements stating they put in place at least these minimum, but crucial, life-saving measures before re-opening of schools,” he said.
 
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Application process for Fulbright-Nehru Awards begins

Application process for Fulbright-Nehru Awards begins


Mr Adam J. Grotsky (second from left), Executive Director US-India Educational Foundation, interacts with Fulbright scholars in Hyderabad on Monday.
Hyderabad, May 14:

The United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) is now accepting applications for Fulbright-Nehru awards for the academic year 2013-14.

The deadline for applications is July 16, Mr Adam J. Grotsky, Executive Director, USIEF, told newspersons here on Monday.

There are about 150 grants which will be given to scholars, professors and researchers in various disciplines.

“There is great diversity in the grants. Applicants preferring to work in areas such as public health and agricultural sciences are especially welcome,” Mr Grotsky said.

USIEF was in favour of more US professors visiting India under the programme, he added.

Hyderabad is important for USIEF in view of the presence of institutions like the University of Hyderabad, Indian School of Business and Osmania University, he added.
ORIENTATION

The USIEF is also organising a three-day orientation programme for the Indian recipients of Fulbright-Nehru and other Fulbright fellowships for 2012-13 here.

About 131 participants are being briefed on the academic, social and cultural aspects of life in the US and their roles and responsibilities as Fulbright-Nehru scholars.

“This orientation is the first step in a Fulbrighter's journey to the US,” Mr Grotsky said.
 
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HI-TECH HYDERABAD STARES AT A DROUGHT

HI-TECH HYDERABAD STARES AT A DROUGHT

Water was never more precious.With the city sitting on water supplies for not more than two months,even a healthy monsoon may not be able to save Hyderabad from its driest spell of the decade

Sudipta Sengupta & Sunil Mungara | TNN


Hi-Tech Hyderabad might soon have to invoke the rain gods for its next glass of water.The city has water stock for another 60 days follow ing which Hyderabad will slip into an acute drought,warn ground water offi cials The city is already reeling under an alarming 26 per cent drinking water deficit and a severely receded water-table.Its only hope now is a boun tiful monsoon.
A quick scan of some residential pockets across Hyderabad indeed paints a dehydrated picture.Not only have more than 50 per cent of bore-wells in the city already dried up,thanks to meager showers last year,but even Manjeera (drinking water) supplies have thinned drasti cally post the onset of summer.As against the regular two-hour schedule,the water board has now restricted its water supplies to just about half an hour every alternate day in most parts of Hyderabad.Chances are that this time span will be further shortened if water levels in the citys reservoirs do not improve soon.
That the already grave water crisis is only headed southwards is also obvious from the groundwater departments new ruling intro duced this year.The department has issued a complete ban on the drilling of bore-wells for all purposes apart from drinking.
Latest statistics on Hyderabads depleted water wealth points to this rude reality.The ca pacity of Osmansagar and Himayathsagar,the citys two primary drinking water sources,are abysmal.The full tank levels of both these res ervoirs,owing to a 20 per cent drop in rainfall last season,have dropped signifi cantly over the last few months with water board offi cials fear ing a near-dry situation soon.Considering that a whopping 70 per cent of Hyderabads populace depends on the inflow from here,an unhealthy monsoon is bound to spell doom for an already p a rch e d c i t y T h o u g h marginal the Krish na water too has witnessed a recession in its level thus adding to the miseries of the aam aadmi Roughly 30 per cent of denizens,largely resid ing in the peripheral areas,draw their daily drinking water supplies from Krishna,phase-I and II.The water from the Manjeera and Singur reservoirs that also contribute towards APs total requirement are largely diverted towards rural water supplies.While a drop in levels here might not be of immediate concern to Hy derabadis,the fact that the citys ground water depth too has slipped by an additional two me tres (in comparison to last year) this year is defi nitely worrisome.As per records available with the state ground water department,the water in the city has now depleted to a startling 9.63 me tres.The last time the table had receded beyond the 10 metre mark (the height equivalent to a three-storied building) was during the drought ridden period between 2003 and 2005.
The supply has predictably been unable to meet the growing demand.In 2011,the demand for water qas 459 mgd and 469 mgd in 2012 but the water board has been able to supply just about 340 mgd of wa ter since 2008.In 2013,the demand for water is ex pected to be 480 mgd.Ac cording to water board records,around 1.75 lakh custom ers who were getting water on a daily basis are now getting it on alternate days.Although the water board is supplying water for one hour,its barely a trickle in some city households.
That a chunk of the citys 87.5 lakh popula tion has resorted to packaged water this sum mer,therefore,comes as no surprise.Right from the near-dry Marredepally colonies to the nar row bylanes of the Old City to even the plush residential pockets of Jubilee Hills,Hydera badis are spending thousands of rupees every month to supplement this acute water shortage which many claim is worse than what they have seen in the past fi ve years.
Most pockets in the area (including Road No 36,10,40,41 among others) have no supply of Manjeera water, said B S Srinivasan,treasurer of the Jubilee Hills Residents Welfare Association pointing out how residents here are entirely dependent on bottled water for domestic usage.The situation is much the same at Alwal where denizens rue a poor supply once in three days.The unregulated exploitation of ground water,rampant in this area,has only made matters worse,they add.We have no choice but to completely rely on tankers now, said G V Rao,secretary of the Greater Alwal Allied Service Association that has around 29 colonies registered with it.Such grouses are voiced by Hyderabadis living even in areas such as Karkhana,Tarnaka,Kondapur,Begumpet or even far-flung Yapral.Plagued by a scanty alternate day water supply,residents from these localities complain how a hefty sum of their monthly budget is now being diverted towards quenching their thirst.Even our monthly maintenance cost for the apartment has gone up from Rs 700 to Rs 1,500 be cause of this, said Aju Thomas,a resident of Yapral.
While the locals of New Vasavi Nagar (in Karkhana) are trying hard to seek government permission to dig a few more bore-wells in the area,the exercise could well be futile.This,as the receded water table has made scarce the availability of ground water up to 1,200 feet.Until now,water in the city was not more than 500 feet below the earth.Most of the existing bore-wells here have dried up.Unless new ones are dug,its going to be a tough summer for us, said Karun Kumar,president of the colonys welfare association.
In the districts of Andhra Pradesh too the water story is much the same.Poor rains coupled with soaring mercury levels have led to the drying up of all water sources.Ground water levels in several pockets have crossed the 75 feet mark with officials of the department speculating a further dip over the next few weeks.In fact water is available at 75 feet only at select points.In most areas even after 300 feet there is no water, said a senior official of the rural water supplies wing referring to parts of Guntur district.
While experts suggest the setting up of recharge pits as a viable solution to this problem,they maintain that containing the misuse of ground water is the fi rst step towards addressing this shortage.The continuous exploitation is not allowing water levels to rise.Considering that only 2.5 per cent of the earth (largely granite) we are sitting on can hold water,such excessive use is bound to create a severe demand-supply gap, R Rangarajan,scientist with the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI),Hyderabad.
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) admits that the situation is grave but feels it is too early to ring the alarm bell.While the consistent fall in the levels of the Hyderabads two major reservoirs is a matter of concern,officials feel that the forthcoming monsoon will address the issue.We are worried about the Himayathsagar and Osmansagar levels.But I think we can meet the 340 mgd demand of the city for the next two months with what is available.After that the reservoirs will get recharged with the rains, said Adhar Sinha,managing director,HMWS&SB.
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WHAT THE WATER CRISIS MEANS TO YOU

THE WATER BOARD IS FACED WITH A SHORTAGE OF 10 TO 15 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER A DAY.ACCORDING TO V VISHWESWARAIAH,CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER (TRANSMISSION),SOME HARSH STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO TACKLE THE WATER SHORTAGE IN THE COMING MONTHS: Areas getting water supply on alternate days will get it once in three days if the water crisis worsens Water supply to the industrial sector will be dropped to 60 per cent (of the total demand) In case there is no rainfall between June and August and no further inflows into Osmansagar and Himayathsagar,one to two mgd of water will be cut in each division (from the allotted quantity).Water board supplies water in 17 operation and maintenance divisions in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and surrounding GHMC circles.There will be no extra water supply to the surrounding villages of Medak,Ranga Reddy,Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda under Rural Water Supply (RWS) schemes.Currently,water board supplies water to these villages from Krishna drinking water supply phase-I and II.Tankers will be hired from private parties to supply water,in case of severe shortage




PIT FALL: Even the wells in Hyderabad have dried up this summer and depend on imported water.Seen in this picture is a well being filled with tanker water which is then pumped into apartments
 
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END OF THE ROAD

A 400-year-old building near Charminar is demolished for road widening,in the city,on Monday
 
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ILLUMINATING SERVICE

The Mecca Masjid is decorated with lights to mark 50 years of service of Imam Mohd Abdullah Qureshi Al-Hazhari on Monday
 
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NOT A FRUITFUL EXERCISE
Mango mela ends as sales figure leaves bitter taste

Hyderabad: Curtains came down on the Mango Mela at Exhibition Grounds on Monday.Farmers from across the state managed to sell 15 tonnes of the fruit on an average daily as against the expected sale of 40 tonnes during the 32-day mela,the reason for the poor sales being attributed to high cost.
Officials from the horticulture department that organized the mela in collaboration with the Exhibition Society said that the production of mangoes in the state had drastically declined by about 30 per cent this year compared to last year.And this short fall led to a 20 per cent rise in the cost of the fruit.
Around 15 varieties of mangoes were made available by individual farmers and Mango Growers Association __ benishan,rassal,mallika,kesari,langda and himayat to name a few.The month long affair was divided into three phases keeping in mind the different ripening period of mangoes grown in various parts of the state.Now,the farmers have been given three days time till May 17 to dispose of their leftover stocks.
Officials said that the farmers this time had used ethylene,a natural fruit ripening hormone,to ripen the fruit as against the toxic calcium carbide.The fruit that is available in the outside markets is being ripened using the banned chemical calcium carbine that can cause cancer, said an official.However,he added that the farmers were happy with the sales.
 
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Masjid blast anniversary on Friday,cops get alert
With the fifth anniversary of Mecca Masjid bomb blast falling this Friday,the city police and intelligence agencies are beefing up security at public places and increasing random checks.Though there are no specific intelligence inputs on any possible threat,police will be on high alert keeping the recent disturbances in the Old City areas in mind, a senior official said.The Special Branch of the city police held a meeting of its sleuths on Monday as part of the ongoing preparedness exercises.The cops have been told to keep a watch on the movements of suspicious persons.In the past,a militant outfit Tahreek -e-Ghalba-e-Islam carried out attacks on police personnel in which two cops were killed.The outfits leader Viquar Ahmed and his associates are in prison.TNN
 
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Power demand still remains high
Unscheduled Powercuts Continue In Surrounding Areas Of The City

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Hyderabad: Despite a dip in daytime temperatures due to showers in the city in the last few days,the demand for power has not ebbed away.The Hyderabad metro zone consumes between 1,700 mega watts (mw) and 2,000 mw per day and the Central Power Distribution Company Limited (CPDCL) has been facing a shortage of 400 mw to 500 mw of power every day.
Though there are no official power cuts and load shedding,unscheduled power disruptions are continuing in surrounding areas of the city.These unscheduled power cuts might end in a month.
CPDCL officials were hoping that summer showers and pleasant weather might bring down power demand in the city.On the contrary,the demand has remained unchanged in Greater Hyderabad limits,comprising three circles of Hyderabad and two circles of Rangareddy district.Of the total consumption,1,200 mw power is being utilized in Hyderabad metro zone,mainly offices,industrial units and commercial establishments.
CPDCL sources said the power demand on May 1 was 1,700 mw and subsequently it touched up to 1,900 mw on May 5,but it peaked on May 10,reaching 2,100 mw,highest this season.On the next day i.e., on May 11,the power demand was 2,037 mw.
CPDCL officials said power demand is reduced to a great extent during the weekends,as IT hubs remain closed on Saturdays and Sundays and commercial establishments and offices on Sundays.Generally,the power demand is 900 mw on Sundays and 1,100 mw on Saturdays.There are no power cuts and load shedding for the past 20 days in the city as we are getting the required power from APTransco, CPDCL chief general manager (metro zone) AG Satish Kumar told TOI.
However,consumers in two circles (North and South RR district) complain that they have been experiencing unscheduled power cuts from one to two hours daily.Even if there is a minor shower,there is no end to power woes, a consumer from Malkajgiri said.Once the power generation improves next month,we will overcome even the 400 to 500 mw shortfall, a CPDCL source said.
 
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Hussainsagar Lake Dredging Step Closer to Realization

Source


Tendering process for the Hussainsagar dredging work has been completed and a concurrence from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is funding the Hussainsagar and Catchment Area Improvement Project, is awaited.

According to The Hindu, the dredging of the sediments looks at collecting a whopping 10 lakh cubic metre, i.e., around 12 lakh tonne, from close to the mouth of the four nalas that join the lake.

“The Kukatpally nala confluence work will be taken up later and since it is hazardous material, the dumping will be done under the PCB guidance,” the official said.

At least two dredgers are expected to work on the lake sediments and the dredged wet material will be initially dumped along the shoreline. The sediment will be allowed to dry at these temporary sites and then moved to Jawaharnagar.
 
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HYDERABAD, MAY 14:
Centrum Group, a financial services and foreign exchange group, is opening a branch in Hitech City, Madhapur. The key focus for the year is to expand its forex network in the country with a thrust on South India.

The group provides various travel and forex relatd products through its 100 plus branches and implant offices in major IT companies.

Mr T.C. Guruprasad, Executive Director and Business Head (Forex), said “We foresee a huge market potential for foreign exchange mainly corporate business in Hyderabad and thus we aim to introduce our various range of products and services in the city.” Centrum will open more branches in the coming months.

The Centrum Group has four wings — Centrum Capital, Centrum Direct , Centrum Wealth Management and Centrum Broking Pvt. Ltd.
 
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HYDERABAD: The municipal corporation has plans to develop the Imliban Park, which is situated on the Musi river bed in the old city, mayor Mohd Majid Hussain has said. He said that in response to a suggestion made by Alam Mehdi of National Union of Journalists that the GHMC could use the land at Imliban Park to build an auditorium as the old city had no auditorium.
�“The Salarjung Museum Auditorium and the Indira Priyadarshani Hall at the Public Gardens are expensive for conduct of events on a large scale,” the journalist said.
�The mayor assured him that the corporation would find a suitable location for building the auditorium. The mayor responded positively to a request from the association for construction of apartments for journalists hailing from a poor economic background.
�“We request the GHMC to provide us lands to construct apartments under urban housing scheme,’’ said Uppala Lakhsman, member of the Press Council of India. The mayor assured to look into the request and take an appropriate action
 
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Compensation for road widening work okayed

GHMC Proposes To Build Mahila Bhavan In City

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Hyderabad: The standing committee of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Thursday cleared a proposal to construct two-storied Mahila Bhavan at Ratna Nagar in the Barkatpura division at a cost of Rs 22 lakh.
The committee,which met under the chairmanship of Hyderabad mayor Majid Hussain,also accorded administrative sanction for construction of a community hall at Satyanagar,also in Barkatpura,at an estimated cost of Rs 27 lakh.
The GHMC also cleared land compensation,based on registered market value,to 27 house owners whose properties would get affected in widening of the road between Morning Star Caf and Rein Bazar to 40 feet.Two storm water (SW) drains at different locations in Rein Bazar were also cleared for remodelling.
For the storm water drain between SRT 306 and Islamia College junction,which has already been taken up,an amount of Rs 44 lakh was sanctioned,while Rs 45 lakh was approved for another storm water drain between Old A K Traders and Rein Bazar.
Meanwhile,the GHMC on Thursday conducted trial run of the simultaneous interpretation system at its headquarters.The interpretation system would become functional from the GHMC general body meeting on May 19.
 
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Funds allotted for shifting power lines

Source: The Hindu


A High Tension wire runs through a grid of apartment blocks, passing over a temple at Mayuri Nagar in Hyderabad. Photo: Nagara Gopal

However, officials yet to finalise works to be taken up on priority basis

Power lines hanging menacingly over the residential colonies and alongside the balconies could be a thing of the past in at least a few localities of the city, if funds allotted by the government as part of the Prajapatham programme are properly utilised by the Discom.

A total of Rs.25-crore has been allotted recently as part of the public outreach programme, for shifting of high tension and low tension power lines from housing colonies in all the four Discoms. Of this, the Central Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh (APCPDCL) has got a lion's share, Rs.10-crore, with Metro Zone and Ranga Reddy Zone in GHMC area having been allocated Rs.1 crore each.After 75 per cent of the allotments are spent, the Discoms may approach for additional amounts, enclosing the utilisation certificates colony-wise. More funds are likely to follow depending upon the successful completion of works in the first phase.

However, a full month after the allotment, the Metro Zone officials are yet to finalise the list of colonies where the works are to be taken up on priority basis. This is despite the stipulation that works should be taken up first in localities where accidents took place earlier. A number of fatal accidents occurred in areas such as Sanathnagar, Mehdipatnam, Asmangadh, and Saidabad earlier, when people came in contact with live wires passing in close proximity of houses. Children were often easy victims. When people and public representatives protested, the company has played it safe by blaming it on the residents for constructing houses with no heed to vertical and horizontal clearance norms.

However, by the time these norms were fixed in 2003, many houses had already been built near the power lines, some even by the Andhra Pradesh Housing Board. One example is B.K.Guda in Sanathnagar where even high tension 11 KV and 33 KV lines are within hand's reach of residents.

The area recorded quite a few deaths by electrocution in the past few years.

The fresh sanction from government came in the wake of a report submitted to Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy over a year ago, in which it was mentioned that over 8,000 houses in GHMC area were dangerously close to power lines. The report further mentioned that a total of 335 kilometers of power lines and nearly 3300 electric poles will have to be shifted in order to render these colonies safe.
 
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HYDERABAD: After the National Police Academy (NPA), Greater Hyderabad may soon boast of a National Prison Academy as the state government has allotted 100 acres for it at Vikarabad, about 70 km from the city centre.

The Union ministry of home affairs (MHA), which has allocated Rs 320 crore for its construction, will also run the institution where prison officials from all over the country will be trained. As of now, there is no national academy to train prison officials. There are, however, some state-level academies such as the State Institute of Correctional Administration (SICA) in AP and the Academy of Prisons and Correctional Administration (APCA) in Tamil Nadu. Chandigarh (Haryana) and Kolkata (WB) also have similar academies. Apart from AP, other states, including TN, had offered land for the academy. The AP government is also planning to set up a model jail next to the new academy. "This will be akin to a hospital attached to a medical college. Officials being trained can test their mettle here," a state official engaged in the exercise told TOI.

Other than the NPA, Hyderabad also has a training academy for Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel. The need for an apex training institution was felt as prison officials have often been found wanting in dealing with criminals from different backgrounds. "As jails continue to follow archaic practices, the staff need to be trained to think in a more modern fashion," a veteran prison administrator said.
 
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Hyderabad - Best city for MICE in Asia:banana:

Hyderabad has been voted by MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing, Exhibitions) readers as the best city for MICE in Asia for the Annual MICE report Awards 2012. :cheers:

The award for best city for MICE in Asia recognises Hyderabad as an excellent and outstanding destination in the meetings, incentive and business travel sector, according to a press release from Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC).

The release said that Hyderabad got a ‘double bonanza' with HICC hosting 11{+t}{+h}Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity from October 1 to 19, 2012 and Hyderabad being voted Winner of the Best City for MICE in Asia for Annual Mice Report Awards 2012 (The Mice Report is the official media partners of IMEX Frankfurt, 2012).
 
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