
GHMC general body meeting on Dec. 18
The Hindu
Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi announced on Wednesday that the general body meeting of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elected council will be held on December 18. She sought the cooper
Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi announced on Wednesday that the general body meeting of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elected council will be held on December 18. She sought the cooperation of the members for a cordial meeting to discuss civic issues.
“We have started to receive questions and we will give the answers to the corporators. We can discuss all these issues in a friendly manner without resorting to any arguments or rushing to the well. I am ready to listen to any number of grievances raised by members and will ensure answers are given,” she said.
Earlier, the Mayor chaired the first meeting of the 14-member standing committee where GHMC Commissioner Lokesh Kumar and other senior officials were present. The ‘powerful’ committee was meeting for the first time after the election. The delay was attributed to the COVID pandemic and the model code for MLC polls.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












