A few important decisions have been taken by the State Cabinet, including withdrawal of GO 111, recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff to universities, permitting five private universities in the State, and approving the appointment of medical college professors as Directors and Additional Directors of Medical Education.
GOMS 111: In view of long-pending petitions from landowners on humanitarian grounds, the Cabinet decided to revoke GO 111. 83 villages in seven mandals in Vikarabad and Ranga Reddy districts would benefit from this development. In 1996, GO 111 was issued to prevent pollution due to heavy construction activities and industrialization in the city by using the twin reservoirs of Osman Sagar and Himayath Sagar to meet the city’s drinking water requirements.
GOMS 111 is to be scrapped following the formation of a committee headed by Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. Various departments would be represented on the Committee, including MAUD, the Forestry Department, and other related agencies.
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Due to the lifting of GO 111, instructions have been issued to ensure there is no pollution in the Rivers Musi and Esa, besides Osman Sagar and Himayath Sagar and the declaration of Green Zones. As he addressed media persons here on Tuesday, he also expressed plans to prepare a master plan.
As of now, the twin reservoir project has been synchronized with the Kaleshwaram project. Besides these works, it is a top priority to prevent pollution of twin reservoirs and an alternative pipeline system to prevent murky water from entering these reservoirs is being planned.
Shamshabad Airport get a second runway
With Hyderabad becoming India’s fourth largest airport, instructions have been issued to GMR authorities to construct a second runway at the airport. An extension of the airport’s existing north terminal is planned, he explained.
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