Tata Consultancy Services (<a href="https://www.tcs.com/">TCS</a>), an IT services, consulting, and business solutions major has emerged as the biggest employer in the city in the IT sector, with more than 60,000 employees. Among the IT companies operating in the city for a long time, TCS is the one that has crossed the new milestone this week.&nbsp;According to Vice President &amp; Regional Head, TCS, V Rajanna, Hyderabad will continue to remain an important part of the TCS story. KT Rama Rao, state IT minister, felicitated V Rajanna for achieving the new milestone in employment generation.The IT leader added that state CM K Chandrashekhar Rao closely gauged the needs of the IT industry, at the same time, was focused on getting more investments into Telangana. Rajanna recalled that they met the Chief Minister in 2017 and explained about their big investment at Adibatla. The location did not have much traffic. Issues about the safety of employees were raised.&nbsp;KCR immediately called the top police personnel and ordered them to set up a PS next to the TCS campus in seven days. The Police Station did come up within a month. While doing so, CM had asked when TCS would cross the 50,000 employment mark. Rajanna added that KCR is a great businessman when it comes to the State’s interests.TCS also crossed the $200 billion milestones in market cap on September 15, the first $100 billion took 50 years, and the next $100 billion took just three and a half years.

TCS Emerges Hyderabad's Biggest IT Sector Employer

Not so long ago, there was a time when traveling from one place to another in twin cities was a huge issue due to traffic snarls at various signal points. However, the state government and bureaucracy implementing the strategic road development plan (SRDP) have changed the way people travel in the capital city.&nbsp;The government initiatives to boost road infrastructure and address long-pending traffic problems are now showing results. Among the many initiatives that changed the face of Hyderabad, SRDP can be considered an important one. The state government formulated SRDP a few years back for improving basic amenities in Hyderabad, for safe driving and improving traffic monitoring facilities, minimizing travel time, increasing journey speed, and reducing air pollution levels.&nbsp;The idea is to reduce traffic woes and create the necessary infrastructure for future traffic needs. Also, the main roads have been restored under the comprehensive road maintenance program (CRMP), and new link roads have been developed. Post-SRDP by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (<a href="https://www.ghmc.gov.in/">GHMC</a>), it can be seen that the city roads have undergone a lot of change.&nbsp;Apart from the cable-stayed bridge at Madhapur, the authorities have managed to construct 22 flyovers, underpasses, RoBs, and RuBs at different parts of the city. For the unversed, SRDP was intended to cover major corridors and activity centers such as Jubilee Hills, HITEC City, Kukatpally, Panjagutta, Abids, Bachupally, Charminar, LB Nagar, Chandrayanagutta, Secunderabad, Uppal, ECIL, Alwal, Kompally, and Jeedimetla.

Hyderabad Aces Infrastructure Development Drive

Hyderabad is a city where liquor is as favorite as tea and coffee and is also drunk equally by the people. There has been long speculation among authorities and liquor traders in the city whether or not the concept of home-delivered liquor will work in the city or not.&nbsp;<a href="https://iswai.in/about-us/">International Spirits and Wines Association of India</a> recently conducted an eight-state survey.&nbsp;Hyderabad is the only city where 100% of the survey people favor liquor being delivered home. The rest of the cities and states showed an average agreement of 70%, while Warangal, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Karimnagar, and Nalgona expressed wanting liquor delivered home in their cities. The <a href="https://iswai.in/about-us/">ISWAI</a> titled this survey 'Consumer Pulse on Home Delivery Of Liquor' and spoke to close to 6,000 alcoholics who favored home delivery.Out of the 6,000 people, around 60% of the consumers said they would order for pleasure and convenience, and 40% stated that home delivery would facilitate social distancing and the risk of contracting the virus.&nbsp;The chairman of ISWAI expressed that delivering alcohol home is a progressive policy that is buzzing in metro cities should be implemented. The e-commerce and delivery of liquor, if handled the right way, could boost the state's revenue to a different level.&nbsp;The survey results have been submitted to the government, and Hyderabad might soon see liquor being delivered. Currently, Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab, Puducherry, and New Delhi have this option running in full swing.&nbsp;

Hyderabadis Waiting For Home Delivered Liquor 

A big water bill refund is coming people's way as The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board will refund all those bills of people that have availed the 20-kilolitre free drinking water scheme in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (<a href="https://www.ghmc.gov.in/">GHMC</a>) limits. A refund that 3 Lakh consumers would receive.&nbsp;&nbsp;The water board had created confusion among people about how they could be eligible for the scheme when they initially announced and had a cut-off date of April 30, which did not satisfy many consumers and had to pay the bill for May and June. Without any notification or further information about the scheme, the people were asked to continue seeding their Aadhar details without any refund.&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hyderabadwater.gov.in/">HMWS&amp;SB</a> suspended water and sewerage bills up to August 15, 2021, on July 6, which made 2.5 lakh households with water meters and 2 lakh slum households receive free 20,000 liters of water per month. The people could avail of this scheme by linking an Aadhar card and having a meter.&nbsp;The slums need not have a water meter to avail this scheme. However, residents in apartments would have to furnish their water meter, along with an Aadhar card and their property tax identification number.&nbsp;The flats that have their&nbsp;<a href="https://propertyadviser.in/news/real-estate/how-to-know-the-ptin-property-tax-identification-number-in-hyderabad-343#:~:text=Property%20Tax%20Identification%20Number%20(PTIN,will%20be%20allotted%20three%20PTINs." style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">PTIN</a>&nbsp;and Consumer Account Number linked before or on August 15 will be eligible for refund and will continue the scheme, and the ones after will have to pay the bill from December 2020 to August 2021 without interest.&nbsp;More than 5 Lakh people have already availed this scheme from January 2021. Around 4 Lakh people who couldn't link their Aadhar and PTIN before cut off had paid their bills and benefited from water during the extension period. The government has already asked the water board to give those consumers the refund who availed with this scheme before the second cut-off date of August 15. The government and the water board are also working on a systematic procedure for notifications regarding the free water scheme to avoid confusion.

Water Bill Refund Coming Soon For Eligible People In GHMC Limits 

The increasing cybercrimes in the state have made experts understand why this year has seen so many cybercrimes, in fact, double the previous years even though 99% of the victims are aware of online transactions and their risks involved and aware of how people cheat.&nbsp;The experts have found that a strong password can make a difference and reduce such crimes by a good 60%. Moreover, during a detailed interrogation with the victims, the police often find out that they have set specific passwords using birthdates, anniversaries, or any familiar and easily guessable number. This estimate of 60% has been from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kaspersky.co.in/">Kaspersky's</a> Incident Response Analytics Report.&nbsp;The same report shows that if users employ an appropriate patch management policy, the risk of being attacked can also be reduced by 30-40%. The report also mentioned that understanding updates, patch management, and strong passwords is no rocket science. Anyone with minimum knowledge of cybersecurity can also make patching, timely changing of passwords a habit. However, the intruders have the biggest edge because people and organizations are not used to these tasks, which is recommended to be a quarterly or monthly task to avoid intrusions.&nbsp;Head of <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/healthprotection/errb/global-rrt.htm">Global Emergency Response Team</a> Konstantin Sapronov explained how the remote working boom had taken cyber attacks from 13.6% in 2020 to 31% in 2021. This indicates that user discretion, a secure network, and strong passwords are not enough. Instead, tools that help a person detect and prevent an attack and report the incident will do the trick for people.

Save Yourself From Cyber Attacks By Using A Strong Password  

Hyderabad City Police Commissioner <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anjani_Kumar">Anjani Kumar</a> was threatened by a man on Whatsapp. The man is accused of using obscene language against the commissioner and Hyderabad Cyber ​​Crime Police have registered a case and started an investigation.&nbsp;Going into details, two days ago CP Anjani Kumar shared two mobile numbers through WhatsApp to the police control room staff. The person, on the other side, was abusing and threatening the CP. He instructed the staff to find out what the problem was. With this, constable Murali who is on duty in the control room called the number.&nbsp;The other man refused to tell his problem and continued to insulted CP Anjanikumar with obscene language. He did not attend the calls when called again. He started abusing and threatening the CP on Whatsapp. Constable Murali lodged a complaint at the cybercrime police station and the police are tracking the person with the mobile number.

Whatsapp Threat To Hyderabad Police Commissioner

In Greater Hyderabad, there is a sudden surge of the cases of seasonal fevers irrespective of age. There is a high incidence of seasonal ailments like dengue, malaria, typhoid, pneumonia. The GHMC found that such cases were mostly reported in 323 colonies. It named the colonies as high-risk areas and focused on them.&nbsp;Mosquito infestation has increased due to potholes on the roads due to previous rains, waterlogging, and non-regular removal of garbage on major roads. At many places, the sewers are not properly drained and debris accumulates in them and the stench dissipates. Some colonies have to bear the sewage all day long as the drainages were overflowing.People in the areas adjacent to Musi were once the most affected by the disease. Diseases are now rampant in those areas and in many other areas as well. Diseases are also rampant in the colonies where all care is taken. SMR Vinay City in Miyapur, Chikoti Gardens in Begumpet, Indian Airlines Colony, Madhuranagar in Yusufguda, Uppal, Chilukanagar, Masjid Gully, Adarsh ​​Nagar in Khairatabad, Riyasat Nagar in Charminar, Maitri Enclave in Kapra, Kapra, Serilingampally, Gachibowli, Gopannapally, Telecom Nagar, Prashant Nagar in Karavan Circle, Ambedkar Nagar, Kurma Basti, Kanakadurga Colony, Mehdi Colony are some of the worst-affected areas.&nbsp;In the colonies identified by the GHMC authorities, patients are going from Basti dispensaries to PHC and area hospitals as well as private clinics and hospitals. The officials who identified the high-risk areas decided to take immediate action in those areas. Fogging for mosquito control is already in place in some colonies but the people staying there are not at all happy with how the Corporation is unprepared every year this season.&nbsp;

323 Colonies At High Risk For Seasonal Fevers

GHMC and HMDA are making extensive arrangements for Ganesh immersion on the 19th of this month. A total of 215 special teams under the auspices of the Sanitary Supervisor or SFA with 8,116 personnel from GHMC have been deployed to maintain sanitation on the roads where the Ganesh Nimajjanam procession will take place.- Ganesh Action Teams will perform duties in three shifts every 3-4 km.- Immersion waste removal works will be carried out in coordination with HMDA and GHMC- HMDA and GHMC have hired 1000 Labor and Supervisor staff to remove idols, flowers, paper and other rubbish in the vicinity of NTR Marg and Hussain Sagar.- Water Board will set up 101 camps for the convenience of devotees at the places where the procession will take place.- The procession and immersion spots will be equipped with 38 fire engines from the fire department.- Three special boats were set up at Saroor Nagar, Lapra and Pragati Nagar ponds- The Urban Biodiversity Department will remove tree branches along the respective routes without interrupting the procession. Special staff is constantly available at a rate of two per circle.- The R&amp;B department will set up double layer heavy gates and control rooms for continuous monitoring in the vicinity of Hussain Sagar.- Transport department officials are providing 1000 vehicles to the Bhagyanagar Ganesh Festival Committee organizers for the transportation of the idols.&nbsp;

Extensive Arrangements For Ganesh Nimajjanam

The state government is filled with plans that boost the startup scene and bring everything no state in India has. The state has multiple plans and programs, all working for a more significant and singular motive of growth that matches international standards.&nbsp;The IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao, in an exclusive function, revealed that the government is working on a mega plan of setting up&nbsp; 12,000 Digital Telangana Centres at the gram panchayat level to reach every village possible. The technology graduates who haven't been able to do much due to multiple factors will now be equipped in Artificial Intelligence, all set to reach a peak and start a wave of employment in the state and country.&nbsp;This big plan is a part of the second five-year Information Communication Technology Policy, which aims to establish a huge startup fund of 13,000 crores and fund close to 8,000 startups that will put Telangana on top. A special Government Investment Committee will soon be in place to ensure that the plan is running and the startups are being funded.Jobs in electronics and its allied fields will act as magnets to the state's growth and will attract EV industries, battery storage systems, consumer electronics, medical devices, and automobile sectors and get a massive 75,000 crore investment and create over 3 Lakh job opportunities for people. The state's average GDP and Per capita income have been better than the national average, and that the state, which is one of the youngest, will soon become the fastest-growing state in all aspects.

Government Takes Innovation To The Village With 13,000 Crore Startup Fund 

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 

The <a href="https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr9GjC.yyhh5CwAZR9XNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNncTEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1630092351/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2froadbuild.telangana.gov.in%2f/RK=2/RS=m4hMLHBNHt2HE2S5xQM_a1EXOGE-">Roads and Buildings</a> Department of the Government of Telangana is preparing to commence one of its most significant projects this year: The expansion of the National Highway-65, also known as the Vijaywada Hyderabad highway, up to Malkapur. This project is valued at a vast 550 crores and funded by the Central Government.Since the pandemic and its attempts to financially boost development, this will be the biggest road expansion project, which will begin from LB Nagar crossroads to Malkapur, covering 25 km. The current time to travel this distance takes an average of an hour and a half but post-completion. This is the first leg of the project, post which a 12 lane up and down the road for people, including a dedicated carriageway, considering the numerous accidents they have caused knowingly or unknowingly.&nbsp;This project will not require any land acquisition, at least in the making of the 25 km stretch, as there are 200ft of space on either side of the road. Apart from the lanes, eight underpasses and two Foot-over-Bridges will be constructed for the convenience of carriage vehicles.&nbsp;A top R&amp;B official from the state has confirmed that everything is set, all groundwork is ready, and tenders are already in progress.&nbsp; Once the entire thing is done, the work will commence within the next three months, with the worst-case scenario of beginning in December, not later than that. Thus, the entire project is set to be done by the end of 2023. Currently, Vanasthalipuram has been chosen to have one of the two rare foot over bridges, while the second location will take a while to be finalized.