Cyberabad all set to become a reality

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, OCT. 9. The State Government will accord approval for the draft master plan and issue orders on the formation of Cyberabad by this month-end. This was announced at a review meeting on Cyberabad held by the Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, at the Secretariat today.

The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) would issue a notification under Section 10 of the Andhra Pradesh Urban Areas (Development) Act to bring the master plan into force. After the notification, permissions would be granted as per the statutory plan from November 1 onwards.

It may be recalled that as per the recommendations of the State Investment Promotion Board, the Cabinet Sub-Committee and the HUDA, the Government constituted a high-power committee with the Director-General, National Academy of Construction, as Chairman, to monitor matters concerning Cyberabad. The Government constituted the Cyberabad Development Authority (CDA) and also notified its jurisdiction, with 17 villages and 51.70 sq km of area.

The Vice-Chairman of HUDA would look after the administrative affairs of the CDA till the constitution of a full-fledged authority. The HUDA already notified a draft master plan for which 677 objections and suggestions were received. The Chief Minister directed the HUDA to prepare an action and operational plan on Cyberabad by October 20 and a city mapping plan by using the Global Positioning System.

The Chief Minister asked the HUDA to complete the work relating to the construction of the Brahmananda Reddy Park compound at the earliest. He asked them to plant more trees and to study the correlation between excess rain received in Hyderabad and the greenery developed in the City.

The Minister for Roads and Buildings, Mr. K. Vijayarama Rao, the Chief Secretary, Mr. P.V. Rao, the Secretary, Municipal Administration, Mr. A.K. Goyal, the Vice-Chairman of HUDA, Ms. Lakshmi Parthasarathy, and the Collector, RR District, Mr. Ajay Jain, attended the review meeting.

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