Hyderabad:
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) plans to develop major projects worth several crores of rupees around Hyderabad, though there is an ongoing dispute over the city's status after the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
The state government has also approved the 'Metropolitan Development Plan 2031' which aims to take up several development works in an area of over 5985 square kilometres, spread over four districts surrounding Hyderabad.
A high-level HMDA meeting chaired by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today approved the development of the Hyderabad Habitat Centre (HHC), on the lines of India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, at a cost of Rs 134 crore.
The HHC will be developed on a 11-acre site at Khanamet, outside Hyderabad city, with a visual arts gallery, sculpture courts, artiplex theatres, learning centres, convention facilities, theme parks, landscape gardens, open air theatre and food courts, a press release from the Chief Minister's Office said.
An exclusive society will be constituted to develop, implement and manage the project, for which a detailed project report is being prepared.
The second major project proposed is the Science City on 83 acres of land at Budvel, at a cost of Rs 160 crore, which would host a space station, earth pavilion, an energy park, Imax 9D Virtual Reality, futuristic technologies and centres of excellence.
An exclusive society will be formed to develop and manage the project and a feasibility report is being prepared.
Next in line is the Hyderabad Education Hub at Jawaharnagar on the outskirts of the city, which would have complete ecology and infrastructure for education, with focus on world-class graduate and post-graduate education.