Public opinion for Master Plan sought

Hyderabad, Jan 12: Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development Anam Ramnarayana Reddy on Tuesday said a Master Plan of the Hyderabad periphery area would be placed before the general public so that public opinion could be garnered before finalising it. Chief Minister K Rosaiah released the Master Plan in the form of a Compact Disc (CD) at the Secretariat on Tuesday.

Mr Ramnarayana Reddy said the Master Plan, prepared by a consultancy, was already approved and it would be placed before the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) and the public through the HMDA’s website and the CD.The Minister also announced the decision to complete the first phase of Outer Ring Road project by the end of October at the meeting and added that tenders had been called for phase 2-B of ORR. He said Chief Minister K Rosaiah instructed officials to take steps to complete the entire 170 km ORR by end of 2012.