Future City plans gain momentum as Telangana govt creates new police commissionerate
CM Revanth Reddy has proposed to develop Future City on the outskirts of Hyderabad as the fourth city in the region, after Hyderabad, Secunderabad, and Cyberabad
Indicating its seriousness about developing the proposed Future City on the outskirts of Hyderabad, the Telangana government on Monday reorganised the police administration to create a new commissionerate for the city.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has proposed to develop an area on the outskirts of Hyderabad as Future City — the fourth city in the Hyderabad region after the main Hyderabad city, Secunderabad, and Cyberabad.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has also been reorganised to include several new areas. The Rachakonda Police Commissionerate, which had jurisdiction over a vast area surrounding Hyderabad, has been reorganised and will now be known as Malkajgiri Commissionerate. The Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri area, which was under the erstwhile Rachakonda Police Commissionerate, has been separated as a new police district, and a Superintendent of Police (SP) will head it.
“State government has reorganised the police administration and created four new police commissionerates in accordance with the reorganisation of the GHMC and the Future City,” a statement from the CM’s Office said. The previously existing three commissionerates have been reorganised, and Hyderabad, Cyberabad, Malkajgiri, and Future City commissionerates have been established.
Key areas such as the Assembly, Secretariat, Begumpet, Shamshabad Airport, and Budvel High Court have been brought under the Hyderabad Commissionerate. The rapidly developing IT areas of Gachibowli, Financial District, Nanakramguda, Madhapur, and Raidurg, along with industrial areas like Patancheru, Genome Valley, RC Puram, and Ameenpur, will fall under the Cyberabad Commissionerate. The Rachakonda Commissionerate has been reorganised, and a new commissionerate named Malkajgiri has been established. Areas such as Keesara, Shamirpet, Quthbullapur, and Kompally will come under this commissionerate. A new commissionerate for the rapidly developing Future City will have Chevella, Moinabad, Shankarpally, Maheshwaram, Ibrahimpatnam, and other areas under it.
Moving quickly after the announcement late at night, the state government appointed commissioners. Senior IPS officer G Sudheer Babu, who was heading the Rachakonda police, has been posted as Future City Police Commissioner; Avinash Mohanty, Cyberabad Police Commissioner, has been posted as the newly created Malkajgiri Commissioner; Dr M Ramesh, IGP, has been posted as Cyberabad Commissioner; and Akshansh Yadav, Deputy Commissioner (Yadadri Bhuvangiri), has been posted as SP of Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district.
The government unveiled the Telangana Rising 2047 Vision Document at the Telangana Rising Global Summit on December 9. The document laid a roadmap to achieve $3-trillion economy by 2047, the CMO said. As part of providing better services to the public, maintaining law and order, and controlling crime, the police administration has been divided into four commissionerates, the CMO said.
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As part of the vision document, the state has been divided into zones to move forward with a specific strategy and plan for the development of each region. Twenty-seven municipalities inside the Outer Ring Road (ORR) were also merged with the GHMC to develop the Core Urban Region (CURE). Consequently, the expanded GHMC has been reorganised into 12 zones, 60 circles, and 300 wards. The other departments are also being reorganised in a similar manner.
Future City — between Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar highways — is envisioned as a model for sustainable urban development and technological innovation, according to officials.
Sreenivas Janyala is a Deputy Associate Editor at The Indian Express, where he serves as one of the most authoritative voices on the socio-political and economic landscape of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. With a career spanning over two decades in mainstream journalism, he provides deep-dive analysis and frontline reporting on the intricate dynamics of South Indian governance.
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