Chief Minister to head HMDA

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy will head the newly constituted Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority as its Chairman.

The Government issued G.O. No. 571 to this effect on Monday. While Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development is the Vice Chairman, Metropolitan Commissioner is the Convener. The GHMC Mayor, secretaries of all key departments like MA & UD, Revenue, Industry and Commerce, Transport and R&B, Environment and Forest, Panchayat Raj, Home, Finance, representative of Metropolitan Planning Committee, VC and MDs of Transco, APIIC, APSRTC, GHMC Commissioner, GM of South Central Railway, Chief General Manager of BSNL are the members.
Members

Another G.O. 573 was issued on Monday constituting the Executive Committee of the HMDA with Metropolitan Commissioner as Chairman and GHMC Commissioner, MD of Metro Water Supply and Sewerage board, MD, APIIC, VC and Housing Commissioner, APHB, VC and MD, APSRTC as the members besides the Collectors of Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar.
To nominate experts

The Government would also nominate experts in engineering, urban planning, estate and land management, secretary to MDA as members. Meanwhile another G.O. 572 stated that with the constitution of HMDA, HUDA, Hyderabad Airport Development Authority, Cyberabad Development Authority and Buddha Purnima Project Authority cease to exist as authorities and become functional units of HMDA. The officers and employees of these authorities would be deemed officers and employees of HMDA.

However the rules, regulations issued by these authorities under AP Urban Areas (Development) Act shall continue to be applicable even under HMDA till HMDA rules are approved by the Government.