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13. Urban Development
186 questions 1. What percentage of Telangana's population is projected to reside in urban areas in 2026? ↓
2. What is India's projected urban population percentage for 2026? ↓
3. What is Telangana's projected urban population percentage by 2036? ↓
4. What is India's projected urban population percentage by 2036? ↓
5. What are Telangana's and India's projected urban population shares (%) from 2011 to 2036? ↓
6. Which report is the source of Telangana's urban population projections? ↓
7. What economic model institutionalises Telangana's urban transition, balancing metropolitan hyper-growth with regional hub innovation? ↓
8. What does TCUR stand for and what area does it define? ↓
9. What is CURE and what type of metropolis does it represent? ↓
10. What is the maximum inter-town distance defined under the Polycentric Regional Urban Cluster strategy? ↓
11. How many Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) does the CDMA oversee, and what is their composition? ↓
12. In how many Municipalities and Municipal Corporations did CDMA conduct elections for newly constituted councils in February 2026? ↓
13. When was the 100 Days Action Plan 2025 launched, and what occasion did it commemorate? ↓
14. What were the key outcomes of the 100 Days Action Plan 2025? ↓
15. Which government order merged 27 ULBs into GHMC, and when was it issued? ↓
16. Which government order reorganised the expanded Hyderabad metropolis into three separate Municipal Corporations, and when? ↓
17. What are the three Municipal Corporations created under the GHMC reorganisation, and what are their administrative details? ↓
18. What is the collective administrative footprint of GHMC, CMC, and MMC combined? ↓
19. What area does HMDA oversee for planned development and maintenance? ↓
20. What are HMDA's critical specialised subsidiary arms? ↓
21. What is the Planning Department of HMDA currently formulating? ↓
22. What does DTCP stand for and what is its state-wide role? ↓
23. What population does HMWSSB serve, and up to what boundary? ↓
24. Which department is responsible for water supply, sewerage, and storm-water drainage across all ULBs excluding GHMC? ↓
25. When was HYDRAA constituted, and what area does it cover? ↓
26. When was FCDA constituted, and what area does it regulate? ↓
27. When was NIUM established, and under which programme? ↓
28. How much land has the State Government allocated to NIUM in Bharath Future City? ↓
29. Which SPV pioneered the concept of "Missing Link Roads"? ↓
30. Which SPV under HMDA focuses exclusively on infrastructure around the Outer Ring Road? ↓
31. Which agency serves as the primary body for Musi River pollution control and riverfront development? ↓
32. Which agency is the state nodal body for urban poverty alleviation, focusing on SHGs and street vendors? ↓
33. Which corporation is the State Mission Directorate for AMRUT and AMRUT 2.0 schemes? ↓
34. Which authority ensures regulatory oversight and transparency in Telangana's real estate sector? ↓
35. Which body under HMDA is dedicated to the preservation and protection of lakes? ↓
36. Which authority spearheads the all-round development of Hyderabad's Old City? ↓
37. Which authority focuses on the development of the Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple and surrounding areas? ↓
38. What are the two flagship projects addressing traffic decongestion in Hyderabad under HMDA/GHMC's regional connectivity strategy? ↓
39. How many structures and road-widening projects were sanctioned under H-CITI and SRDP, and how many were grounded as of late 2025? ↓
40. What concept did HRDCL pioneer to redefine intra-city mobility? ↓
41. How many Missing Link Roads were completed in Phases I and II, and at what cost? ↓
42. What is the sanctioned amount and scope of Phase III of the Missing Link Roads project? ↓
43. How many Greenfield Radial Roads are planned to connect the ORR with the proposed Regional Ring Road (RRR)? ↓
44. What is the length of the proposed Regional Ring Road (RRR)? ↓
45. What are the details of HGCL's two greenfield radial roads? ↓
46. Which three industrial hubs does Radial Road No. 2 connect directly to Hyderabad? ↓
47. What are the details of the three Strategic Elevated Corridors being developed by HMDA in northern Hyderabad? ↓
48. What is the status of Elevated Corridor-III as of the source date? ↓
49. At how many strategic locations has DTCP taken up road widening works in Khammam Municipal Corporation? ↓
50. How many passengers does the Hyderabad Metro Rail currently serve daily? ↓
51. What is the proposed length and investment for Hyderabad Metro Rail Phase-II? ↓
52. What is the Elevated Cycle Walk project proposed to transform? ↓
53. What is the length and cost of the Mehdipatnam skywalk, and what is its status? ↓
54. What is the length of the proposed Secunderabad skywalk, and what does it connect? ↓
55. Which institute has been entrusted with a study for skywalks/Foot Over Bridges at 21 locations in Hyderabad? ↓
56. What innovative transit solution is being studied to connect the Qutub Shahi Tombs to Golconda Fort? ↓
57. What technology is being used for the pilot Automated Multi-Level Parking complex at Nampally, and at what cost? ↓
58. Which agency is replicating the Ameerpet Metro Station Multi-Modal Integration (MMI) pilot at other hubs? ↓
59. At which locations is the MMI pilot being replicated? ↓
60. What is the purpose of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in Telangana? ↓
61. What are the notified TOD Corridors in Hyderabad? ↓
62. How much potable water does HMWSSB currently provide, and through how many connections? ↓
63. What is the projected water demand and demand-supply gap for HMWSSB by 2027? ↓
64. What project is the Government executing to bridge the water demand-supply gap, and at what cost? ↓
65. What are the details of the four water supply flagship schemes for regional and local distribution stability? ↓
66. How many water supply projects is PH&MED taking up across ULBs under AMRUT 2.0, and at what investment? ↓
67. What administrative sanction was accorded under UIDF Phase-III for water/infrastructure projects, and across how many ULBs? ↓
68. At what cost were water supply schemes in 61 ULBs completed under AMRUT, TMDP, TUFIDC, and Mission Bhagiratha (Urban)? ↓
69. What is the total sewage treatment capacity through which GHMC is on track to achieve 100% sewage treatment? ↓
70. What length of sewer line network does HMWSSB maintain? ↓
71. What are the details of the three STP Cluster Packages rehabilitating Hyderabad's basins? ↓
72. How many sewerage projects and STPs are in progress in the ORR area under AMRUT-2 for Musi sanitation? ↓
73. What sewerage projects have been completed in seven major towns under state-wide UGD expansion, and at what cost? ↓
74. What is the scope of the GWMC (Greater Warangal) Underground Drainage Project? ↓
75. When did the State Government resolve to implement a greenfield UGD system for GWMC? ↓
76. How many FSTPs has CDMA commissioned as of December 2025? ↓
77. In how many ULBs has PH&MED taken up FSTP construction, and at what cost? ↓
78. What is the Strategic Nala Development Programme (SNDP), and what did Phase-I achieve? ↓
79. What is the cost of SNDP Phase-II, and how many priority works were sanctioned? ↓
80. How many storm water drain works has GHMC taken up under the Engineering Maintenance Wing, and how many are completed? ↓
81. How much nala network and how many lakes/tanks has HYDRAA digitally mapped across the TCUR? ↓
82. How many severe encroachments did HYDRAA's spatial mapping identify across the Nala network, and how much land was restored? ↓
83. What is the "Nagarabhivrudhi" budget head, and when was it introduced? ↓
84. What is the total administrative sanction under Nagarabhivrudhi, and across how many ULBs? ↓
85. What CITIIS 2.0 role has Telangana pioneered nationally? ↓
86. How much NDMA funding did the Government secure for strategic risk mitigation (sponge zones, trunk sewers, early-warning systems)? ↓
87. How many waterlogging points, vulnerable colonies, and culverts did HYDRAA geofence and map? ↓
88. How many emergency tasks were carried out during the 2025 monsoon by Monsoon Emergency Teams? ↓
89. How many complaints did HYDRAA's Disaster Response Force (DRF) attend to between July 2024 and February 2026? ↓
90. How much MSW does GHMC scientifically treat daily at the Jawaharnagar facility? ↓
91. What is the combined capacity of Telangana's three Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants, and how much electricity have they generated? ↓
92. When was the 1,000 TPD Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) plant commissioned at Jawaharnagar? ↓
93. Through how many dedicated plants is Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste processed, and where? ↓
94. How much legacy waste has been remediated through biomining, and how much land reclaimed? ↓
95. Which corporation leads the Musi Riverfront Transformation project, and what stretch does it cover? ↓
96. What master plan integrates the Musi Riverfront Transformation to ensure clean water flow and biodiversity buffers? ↓
97. What is the length and tentative cost of Phase-I of the Musi Riverfront Transformation project? ↓
98. What iconic bridge across Mir Alam Tank received administrative sanction in July 2025, and at what cost? ↓
99. Since its establishment, how many enforcement drives has HYDRAA carried out, and how many illegal encroachments removed? ↓
100. What total acreage and value of public land has HYDRAA reclaimed through encroachment removal? ↓
101. What is the breakdown of land types reclaimed by HYDRAA (Fig. 14.2)? ↓
102. How many families residing in the Musi riverbed have been relocated to 2BHK dignity housing? ↓
103. What relocation allowance was provided per family for the Musi riverbed rehabilitation? ↓
104. How much has been disbursed to SHG members within affected Musi riverbed families for livelihood generation? ↓
105. How many children have been enrolled in age-appropriate institutions following the Musi riverbed rehabilitation survey? ↓
106. As of December 2025, how many Preliminary and Final Notifications has the Lakes Protection Committee (LPC) issued, out of how many total lakes? ↓
107. How many acres of encroached lake areas has HYDRAA reclaimed? ↓
108. What are the area increases achieved for the six critical water bodies restored by HYDRAA? ↓
109. How many water body rejuvenation projects have been taken up under AMRUT 2.0, and across how many peripheral ULBs? ↓
110. How many lakes under HMDA and GHMC were adopted under CSR MoUs for rejuvenation? ↓
111. How many plants has CDMA planted across all ULBs, and how many Tree Parks developed, during the 2025-26 greening season? ↓
112. How many plantations has GHMC achieved since 2016, and how many Miyawaki sites established? ↓
113. How many seedlings has HMDA raised and planted for the 2025-26 season? ↓
114. How many conventional streetlights did GHMC convert to LED under its Net-Zero initiative, and what energy savings resulted? ↓
115. How many EV charging stations has GHMC installed? ↓
116. What is the Eco Hill Park at Kothwalguda, and what is its approximate land area and investment? ↓
117. What is the size and global ranking of the walk-through bird aviary at Eco Hill Park? ↓
118. How many exotic birds and species does the Eco Hill Park aviary house? ↓
119. How many plants were planted as part of Eco Hill Park's greening initiative, and how many specifically in the Butterfly Garden? ↓
120. What Public-Private Partnership components are proposed for Eco Hill Park's future expansion? ↓
121. How many new SHGs and Area Level Federations (ALFs) did MEPMA formalise in 2025-26? ↓
122. How much credit access did MEPMA facilitate to SHGs in 2025-26, and to how many groups? ↓
123. Within the GHMC area, how many SHGs were formed and how much bank credit facilitated? ↓
124. How many units were grounded under the Self-Employment Programme (SEP) in 2025-26, and at what disbursement? ↓
125. What is the Indira Mahila Shakthi (IMS) programme, and how many individual/group enterprises were grounded under MEPMA in 2024-25? ↓
126. How many individuals, groups, and canteens has GHMC supported under IMS as of 2025? ↓
127. What is the Mahila Shakti Bazaar, and how many stalls does it have? ↓
128. How much did the SVANidhi scheme disburse to street vendors in 2025-26, and to how many vendors? ↓
129. What were the total sales achieved during the 100-day street food festival programme under SVANidhi? ↓
130. How many vendors were profiled and schemes sanctioned under SVANidhi in the year? ↓
131. How many functional shelters does MEPMA operate state-wide under Shelter for Urban Homeless (SUH), and what is their capacity? ↓
132. How many shelter homes and patient attendant centres does GHMC operate, and what is the combined temporary accommodation provided by MEPMA and GHMC shelters? ↓
133. Which authorities are implementing Old City heritage conservation projects for 2025-26? ↓
134. What are the costs of the major Old City heritage restoration projects currently under implementation? ↓
135. Which heritage works were recently completed, and at what costs? ↓
136. What is the 2025-26 budget allocation for the Vemulawada Temple Precinct expansion? ↓
137. How many structures have been demolished by DTCP for the Vemulawada road widening project, following due procedure? ↓
138. When did the Future City Development Authority (FCDA) become fully operational, and what area does it regulate? ↓
139. What is the Government's flagship initiative for a futuristic, net-zero metropolis in southern Hyderabad? ↓
140. Which road secures connectivity to the Bharat Future City? ↓
141. What is the Young India Skills University (YISU), and when was it established? ↓
142. What high-tech hubs are proposed at Bharat Future City? ↓
143. What is the investment and expected completion for the FCDA office building at Mirkhanpet? ↓
144. What are the details of the major integrated greenfield layout developments under HMDA? ↓
145. What percentage of developed land do owners receive under HMDA's voluntary Land Pooling Schemes (LPS)? ↓
146. Which Land Pooling Area Development Plans have seen significant completed/active progress? ↓
147. Which four new areas received fresh land pooling notifications in January 2025? ↓
148. What is the total value of high-interest loans the Government closed as part of strategic debt restructuring? ↓
149. What are the details of the institutions from which high-interest debt was closed (Table 14.1)? ↓
150. By renegotiating SBI interest rates, what reduction did GHMC achieve, and what was the total interest saving? ↓
151. What monetary savings has GHMC achieved through the LED street lighting programme's operational cost optimisation? ↓
152. Under AMRUT 2.0, how many projects has Telangana secured approvals for, and at what total outlay? ↓
153. How much Central Assistance (CA) did GoI allocate to Telangana under AMRUT 2.0? ↓
154. What is the SNA-SPARSH Model used for, and what State matching share was recently released? ↓
155. What administrative sanctions has the Government accorded under UIDF across its three phases? ↓
156. At what cumulative cost has TUFIDC funded visible impact works (roads, drains, markets, graveyards) across ULBs? ↓
157. What proposal has been submitted under the Hybrid Annuity Model for SBM 2.0 sanitation infrastructure? ↓
158. How is the Hyderabad Metro Rail Phase-II expansion structured as a Joint Venture, and what is GoTG's investment? ↓
159. How much revenue did the Early Bird Scheme generate for property tax collection, representing what percentage increase? ↓
160. How much did the One-Time Settlement (OTS) scheme recover in arrears, and from how many beneficiaries? ↓
161. What was GHMC's total property tax collection as of December 2025, and the revenue increase achieved? ↓
162. For the first time, what milestone did property tax collections surpass for other ULBs in 2025? ↓
163. Which app was deployed for property geo-tagging to enhance tax mapping and accountability? ↓
164. How much revenue has the BuildNow platform generated for the State through online building plan approvals? ↓
165. How much has the Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS 2020) generated as of December 2025? ↓
166. Which authority ensures real estate promoters register projects and adhere to project delivery guidelines? ↓
167. When was the Telangana Real Estate Appellate Tribunal established, and what is its case status as of December 2025? ↓
168. How many applications have been processed under the Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS 2020), and how many proceedings issued? ↓
169. What is the Naksha Pilot Project, and under which programme was it initiated? ↓
170. When was the BuildNow AI Platform launched, and what does it unify? ↓
171. What national benchmark did BuildNow achieve in scrutinising a large building? ↓
172. Between April and December 2025, how many building permissions, occupancy certificates, and open plot layouts did BuildNow process? ↓
173. Which system was integrated with BuildNow to synchronise construction and industrial permissions? ↓
174. What is HMDA developing for long-term predictive planning of the 2,053 sq. km TCUR? ↓
175. What app did CDMA launch to enable citizens to pay taxes and register grievances anytime, anywhere? ↓
176. What redressal rate did the Prajavani grievance programme achieve by late 2025? ↓
177. How many completed emergency tasks did HYDRAA's 24/7 control room handle during the 2025 monsoon season? ↓
178. Under HMWSSB's Smart Operations & Desilting initiative, how many jetting and silt carting vehicles are tracked via GIS dashboards? ↓
179. What app does HMWSSB use to validate user vs. usage categories on the ground? ↓
180. What recognition did HMWSSB receive at the ESRI India User Conference 2025? ↓
181. What rank and rating did GHMC secure in Swachh Survekshan-2024? ↓
182. What did GHMC win at the Garden Festival Programme 2024-25? ↓
183. What award did DTCP receive in 2025, and for which platform? ↓
184. What did HMWSSB win at the Water Digest World Water Award 2025? ↓
185. What certifications has HMWSSB maintained to win the SBM U 2.0 Swachh Survekshan 2024 award? ↓
186. Which master plan guides Telangana's urban trajectory for the 11,500 sq. km Hyderabad Metropolitan Region? ↓