Need To Maintain Charminar To Get UNESCO’s World Heritage City Status: KTR

Hyderabad, Feb 11 (Maxim News): Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, K. Tarak Rama Rao said that there is a need to maintain properly the Historic Charminar for getting UNESCO’s World Heritage City status for Hyderabad.

No matter, how many skyscrapers come up in Hyderabad, Charminar will remain an iconic structure and the pride of Asli Hyderabad, he said.

Speaking on the floor of the House, today, the minister said on the Charminar Pedestrianisation Project work, the Minister said GHMC allotted Rs. 75 crore for the works and HMDA allotted Rs. 25 crore for executing Charminar Pedestrianisation Project works. If required, an additional Rs. 50 to Rs. 60 crores would be released from HMDa for expediting the works, he said.

The Minister claimed that he is personally supervising the works of Pedestrianization project work. In the next six months, people will get to witness a good result, he said, adding that Rs. 100 crores was allotted for taking up Metro works in the Old City as well.

The State government had deposited Rs. 150 crores with the GHMC Chief City Planner for taking up road widening works in the Old City, he said appealing to the MLAs to promote TDR in the region and facilitate early completion of road widening works. The Minister said Rs. 40 crores was sanctioned for constructing an iconic Pedestrian Bridge at Afzalgunj on River Musi for accommodating hawkers of the Pedestrianisation project. Tenders were already floated for executing the works.

Another pedestrian bridge with a similar design was being planned near Naya pul. There was a bit of delay due to design finalization, he added. (Maxim News)

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