The <a href="https://www.hmda.gov.in/">HMDA</a> is now giving back to the people the lands they acquired to construct the Outer Ring Roads. The development body distributed 17 new plots to the property owners of the nearby areas who gave up their lands and helped the government in land acquisition for ORR.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="HMDA Hands Over New Lands To Farmers">HMDA</a> acquired the properties over the last few years at Srinagar village, Maheshwaram Mandal in Ranga Reddy district. New plots to the people were also allocated in the same town. Then, in an exclusive draw of lots at the Hyderabad Growth Corridor Limited (HGCL) office in the Financial District, Gachibowli, the allotment letters were handed over to the people who gave their lands.&nbsp;The people expressed their gratitude to the State Government for giving back their lands and appreciated HMDA and HGCL for finding them lands at the same place. The HGCL also expressed their thanks to the people who gave their land to the government for ORRs and many other developmental works.&nbsp;The HMDA is finding more places and attempting to restore lands of those who gave it to the government in the recent past for various purposes. However, giving them the lands at the same places might not be possible but will ensure that new lands are provided, said a top HMDA official.&nbsp;

HMDA Hands Over New Lands To Farmers 

Investments of all kinds keep making their way to Telangana as businessmen from varied sectors have found Telangana an ideal place to grow their business. The deals sealed in our state to date have one common perk: the employment of thousands of people and upliftment of the nearby village or town if the business is focused outside Hyderabad.&nbsp;Malabar Group, The jewelry giant, has also found Telangana a good place and has decided to invest 750 crores in a gold and diamond jewelry manufacturing unit that comes along with a refinery. The deal being signed concluded with IT and Industries Minister KTR and officials from the Malabar group.&nbsp;This investment by the Malabar group will create employment opportunities for 3000 people, including 2500 at the manufacturing unit and approximately 500 in terms of staff for more branches of the famous jewelry store that will open soon.&nbsp;Malabar Group Chairman MP Ahmed, who was a part of the meeting with Minister KTR, expressed how the government policies, availability of human resources and land, and favorable conditions have made the Malabar group invest in Telangana.&nbsp;KTR extended his warm welcome to the jewelry group for starting up this unit in the state to take their current business of 260 stores globally to a higher number. The Minister also expressed his gratitude towards the chairman for his views on expanding his business and providing employment opportunities to Telangana.

Malabar Group Invest Big In Telangana With Jobs For 2500 People 

The <a href="https://www.ghmc.gov.in/">GHMC</a> officials have taken up laying a bridge between Zoo Park and Aram Ghar at the cost of Rs 636.8 crore under the Strategic Road Development Programme (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flyovers_and_under-passes_in_Hyderabad">SRDP</a>). The road will be abutting the Bahadurpura flyover, which will be completed by year-end.A team of GHMC officials visited the site and unveiled the sketched plans of the proposed project. They took stock of soil-testing work being done at the site ahead of the project’s formal grounding. While 50 percent of the soil testing has been completed, work on the flyover is likely to begin on September 18.According to Datupant, superintending engineer (projects), south zone, GHMC, “The six-lane grade separator or flyover will be raised on 119 piers that form nearly 4.5km-long curve all the way from zoo park to Aram Ghar. It will have a viaduct length of 3.570 km between the columns. The project will see 12 pillars of 10.00m in level-1 and 107 pillars of the same size in level 2, besides eight portal piers with a viaduct length of 0.240 km between the raised columns.As per the plan, the flyover will have six down ramps of 180 meters and eight up ramps of 240 meters to enable commuters to move and down the bridge near their destination. The flyover got administrative sanction almost three years ago.Of the entire project cost, nearly Rs 300 crore has been set aside for civil work, while the remaining Rs 336.80 crore have been set aside for land acquisition, compensation, dismantling of structures, shifting of pipes, and carrying out electrical fittings during the execution of the project.The flyovers coming up at the Bahadurpura stretch on the busy National Highway-44 are a part of a series of structures that will be raised one after another in the coming days to form a complete inner circle around the city. The idea is to ease out traffic congestion within the city.

Four-km Long Flyover Between Zoo Park-Aram Ghar

Big cities are incomplete without crime. A reality that our government and the people have accepted and are somehow living with it. The police and law enforcement do not believe the same as they are constantly working to catch the bad guys and bring them to justice.&nbsp;However, the pandemic saw a decline in many mainstream crimes not just in Hyderabad but also across the nation. ‘Crime in India 2020’ report brought out by the National Crime Records Bureau clears the picture with 90% accurate statistics of Hyderabad and other big cities.&nbsp;The reports showed a good dip in violent crimes from 1,431 incidents in 2019 to 1045 incidents in 2020. Crime against women though a big number but still showed some improvement as it dropped from 2,755 in 2019 to 2,390 in 2020.&nbsp;In addition, a sharp decline was observed in crime against children and crime by juveniles as these figures dipped by 60% in 2020. However, the cybercrime, forgery, cheating, and fraud cases, a segment by the National Crime Records Bureau, put Hyderabad on top in 2019 and 2020 among 19 other cities with 2,040 incidents and Delhi far behind with 1,400 incidents in Delhi.&nbsp;Hyderabad is third to Delhi and Mumbai in banking fraud which involves credit and debit card forgery and other scams. The ranking of these three cities remained unchanged in both years as the number of incidents increased.&nbsp;Hyderabad holds the number 1 spot for Adulteration of food, sale of illegal meds and drugs (intoxicants) with&nbsp; 272 cases, and Mumbai is way down with just 65 cases.&nbsp;Road accidents remained in constant top 10 in both the years, with 1,800 incidents and 1,400 cases of negligent driving.&nbsp;However, Hyderabad still stands second behind Delhi in violent crimes by Husband and family and SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act. The entire report has put mainstream crime rates in the backseat while fraud, drug abuse, family atrocities, and road cities are alarming. However, the 2021 report will come next year, and these reports are pretty unpredictable, especially with this year recording quite a lot of cyber frauds.

Violent Crime Rates Drop But City Still On Top In Many Other Crimes

The government-run <a href="https://nilouferhospital.in/">Niloufer Hospital</a> at Lakdikapool, which has a capacity of 400 beds, is almost full. The medical facility is full of patients suffering from various seasonal diseases such as dengue, viral fevers, bronchitis, pneumonia, and other illnesses or diseases.The hospital is 100% full during the monsoon season due to seasonal infections, diseases, and dengue cases. However, at times as such, even those without any severe infections or diseases are referred to the hospital dedicated to children.Young kids from faraway districts are also referred to the hospital though they do not have serious infections, according to a paediatrician from the hospital. Also, parents of children down with diseases like dengue or malaria rush them to the hospital when their platelets count drops below one lakh. Presently, 90% of the hospital is full of non-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19">COVID-19</a> patients.However, anticipating the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic to hit children as well, a separate 400-bed facility was added to the hospital recently. Only one floor of the new facility is dedicated to COVID-19 patients. The remaining three are allocated to children suffering from respiratory issues. A senior doctor shares that they cannot send away children brought in from the districts even if their condition is not severe.

Niloufer Hospital Running at Full Capacity

For the city's IT employees, it is now back to the salt mines. They have been getting ready to switch back to the work from office culture, albeit reluctantly, which they had almost wiped off from their memory. Out of the six lakh employees working in more than 1,500 Hyderabad's IT and ITES companies, 40% of them who had moved out to different places in the country are now slowly returning to the capital as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19">pandemic</a> is on the wane.Top-most IT firms like <a href="https://www.wipro.com/">Wipro</a>, <a href="https://www.hcltech.com/">HCL Tech</a>, Deloitte, Wipro, Infosys, TCS, and many others, have either ordered or are getting ready to ask their employees to say good-bye to work from home (WFH) and get back to the routine of working from the office.&nbsp;If we go by what the senior officials in the IT department say, about 20% of employees are working from the office currently, and the figure is improving gradually. The threat of Covid is on the wane now, and since a majority of the IT employees have at least been vaccinated once, the future of WFH looks bleak. The economy is up and running, and it is time for the employees to return to offices.The government and the IT sector had remained equally worried during the two dreadful phases of the pandemic over its impact on the dependent informal sector, which had died of natural death almost.As the graph of COVID19 has begun to nosedive, IT department officials have begun to breathe easy. They were more concerned about the informal and small businesses that had taken a disastrous beating owing to the 'working from home' culture of their employees.

Goodbye WFH, Its Time To Get Back To Offices

The Joint Entrance Exam, one of the most critical competitive exams of the country that were conducted amid the closing of the second wave of the covid 19 pandemic, finally released their results on Wednesday, in which the state did exceedingly well.44 students secured 100 percentile marks from across the country. Out of which 18 students secured AIR 1 rank at the examination that guarantees them a seat in any IITs irrespective of their JEE Advanced Result.&nbsp;Seven students from Telangana scored 100% in this year's JEE Mains, while two students Komma Sharanya and Madur Adarsh Reddy, joined the other 16&nbsp; in the AIR 1 ranking.&nbsp;The National Testing Agency(NTA) conducted this year's JEE Main in four sessions keeping in mind the pandemic, and all scores and ranks were decided based on the candidate's best score in more than one session of the exam. This year has been one candidate shy of matching last year's toppers of eight students.&nbsp;Students have described how they managed to be covid positive and still spent up to 10 hours preparing and practicing for the big exam, and now have come out on top. For example, Madur Adarsh Reddy, one of the state's AIR 1 ranked students, described how he was tension-free about covid during his third and fourth test session as he had already contracted the virus and knew that he wouldn't contract it again.&nbsp;The results of B-Arch and B-planning are yet to be declared. However, 20 candidates have been banned for three years to write the exam and will not be eligible to apply for JEE Advanced.

Telangana's Students Shine Bright In JEE-Mains!

Pandemic time is when many in the city began exploring their artistic side and took it up as a serious vocation. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/the.weavingbird/">Sandhya Madhuri</a>, an IT professional based out of Hyderabad, is one such tapestry artist who dabbled in various art forms before settling on the tapestry. Sandhya’s tapestry website, <a href="https://www.theweavingbird.com/">The Weaving Bird</a>, is a one-stop-shop where she sells exquisite hand-woven tapestries that she makes by herself.A self-taught tapestry artist, Sandhya tried her hand at various art forms such as photography, music, and pottery, before she accidentally stumbled upon tapestry weaving about three years ago. The budding artist shares that her interest in the art form kicked off when she got interested in the samples posted on Pinterest. She says the weaves captivated her, and she decided to take it up herself. After months of research, exploration, and watching lots of tutorials online, Sandhya started off making tapestries.Sandhya’s inspiration comes from Baya Weaver Bird that she learnt about in school. The bird weaves its nest in an intricate manner, and that also happens to be the inspiration behind the name of her website as well.However, it was no easy-going for her during the initial days. Sourcing resources was one huge issue, she says, adding that she went through several tapestry artists’ profiles globally, read through many blogs, and did a lot of trial and error before she finally made her first piece of tapestry.Sandhya says there are no rules in art. She weaves whatever her mood tells her, and for the dovel used to hang these tapestries, Sandhya uses anything from a paintbrush to a wooden spatula. This makes it therapeutic, she reveals.Presently, Sandhya is also conducting online workshops to tell people the ease with which they can start off this art form. Though she herself started off with an expensive loom, one life hack that Sandhya learnt is to use an old photo frame for the purpose. As for the fabric, she says one can use rope and old sarees cut into strips, cotton twine, or anything suitable.

A Self-made Tapestry Artist Who Believes in Detailed Intricacy

The Funday on Sunday At Tank Bund has undoubtedly been a hit among families. They have been present in large numbers at the Tank Bund stretch to enjoy a good time and indulge in small activities and fellowship with safe practices.However, the streak of every Sunday fun and enjoyment will be met with a slight interruption this weekend as the devotees, and the Government prepares for immersions of Ganesh idols at the Hussainsagar stretch. The weekend program will resume from September 26 as usual, with more fun and exciting activities planned out for families and kids.&nbsp;The Secretary of Municipal Administration and Urban Development took to Twitter to notify all the people about this weekend's change and asked commuters to stay tuned to know the traffic diversions made on Saturday and Sunday to meet the footfall during immersions.

Sunday Funday Paused For This Weekend 

Co-living housing provider <a href="https://housr.in/index.html">Housr</a> has made its entry into the Hyderabad realty market with its very first venture opening in Kondapur. The company will soon have 12 properties by November with a cumulative capacity of 1600 to 1700 beds. According to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepakanandhtmediahindustan/">Deepak Anand</a>, founder, and CEO of Housr, the company will be rolling out one property each week and will have 12 properties coming up in the next 2-3 months. The target clientele happens to be working professionals in Hyderabad. Once the offices open next month, the company sees a big opportunity in catering to those working in the BFSI, IT, and start-up segments.Incidentally, the company forayed into Hyderabad ahead of Chennai and Bengaluru, taking advantage of the pro-active ecosystem in Telangana. The existence of corporate parks, infrastructure, and higher salary levels has helped the company set foot in the state.The company already has end-to-end co-living services along with work from home compliant rooms. They will soon be creating meeting rooms and other amenities in other properties in the next two to three months. Incidentally, the company works on an asset-light model and is leasing properties across Hyderabad and other cities where it will be expanding. They have a dedicated app where the customers interact with the firm. Housr also intends to improve the customer experience, and the platform will soon serve the needs of the supply side of the activity.Meanwhile, Housr is also considering the inorganic route for expansion, wherein it is acquiring co-living companies in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and the NCR. Already, they have shortlisted three companies, and acquisitions will happen soon.The company is also exploring a hybrid model, wherein it will be providing co-living and co-working spaces in the same property. Pan-India, Housr intends to be present in 12 cities with 30,000 bed capacity over the next 18 months.Founder-CEO Deepak Anand shares that Housr will be raising $30-40 million during the next quarter. Right now, they have their presence in Pune and will soon be starting operations in Hyderabad, Chennai, and Bengaluru. And by the end of 2021, Housr intends to start operations in Ahmedabad and Indore.

Housr Starts Operations in Hyderabad, to Open 12 Properties Soon

Now, traveling between Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad will be cut short by 100 km, thanks to the construction of a new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Highway_365BB_(India)">Greenfield Highway</a>. Rajamahendravaram <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margani_Bharat">MP Margani Bharat</a> has announced that work of Rs 800 crore Greenfield Highway between Devarapalli in West Godavari and Suryapet in Telangana state has begun.&nbsp;The project has been taken up under the aegis of the National Highway Authority of India’s Rajamahendravaram Project Implementation Unit. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has granted the 162 km length road highway (New NH-365BG) as part of the economic corridor under the Bharatmala Pariyojana, aiming at connecting Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states with robust road infrastructure that supports the speed of 100km/hour. The total project cost is estimated at Rs 2600 crore.According to Bharat, the first phase of the Greenfield Highway work commenced with two lanes and will reduce the distance of nearly 100 km between Telangana capital Hyderabad and AP’s executive capital Visakhapatnam via Khammam town. The project is likely to give a boost to the tourism industry and improve economic development along the road corridor.MP Bharat also shared that a decision has been taken to appeal to the state government to grant Rs 55 crore required for land acquisition for the Greenfield Highway in West Godavari. For the same, 31 villages would be affected in West Godavari district, and the MP revealed that fair compensation would be given to all of them.