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#Hyderabad and several districts across #Telangana could face a growing public health challenge from extreme heat, according to a new study that suggests heatwaves may be causing far more deaths across #India than official records indicate. Published in Frontiers in Environmental Health, the study presents the first nationwide district-level assessment of #heatwave-induced excess mortality in India. 🔗newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderab… @NewIndianXpress

And nobody bothers about pedestrians here. It was hell to cross and go to Sharath city mall from the other side when I lived there.

I extend my sincere and heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Anand Kumar, Bill Collector at Malkajgiri Municipal Office, stationed at Madhura Nagar, for his prompt assistance in updating the widow pension for a bedridden patient. He graciously visited the patient’s home upon request, demonstrating exceptional kindness and dedication. In today’s times, empathy and compassion towards vulnerable citizens, especially the elderly and disabled, are truly the need of the hour. I humbly request all municipal authorities to consider visiting the homes of such senior citizens who are bedridden individuals to extend them the convenience and support they deserve. 🙏🏻 @revanth_anumula @Bhatti_Mallu @TelanganaCMO @TelanganaCS @MCMalkajgiri @Collector_MDL @GHMCOnline @PrlsecyMAUD @swachhhyd @TelanganaHealth

Hyderabad is facing a severe groundwater crisis and most of us rely on tanker water for daily needs. Yet, this is the state of the tankers. How much water is needlessly wasted everyday @HMWSSBOnline @hmwssbdop

Telangana Consumer Price Inflation at 5.81% in April 2026 has been consistently the highest in India and well above the national 3.48%. indiafoodstats.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-to…

15,000+ tanker bookings/day is not a record to celebrate — it’s a warning. Rapid urbanisation, falling groundwater and rising demand are pushing our cities toward water stress. The answer lies in action: save every drop, harvest rainwater, and strengthen community efforts through RWAs. #WaterCrisis #SaveWater #RainwaterHarvesting

Isn’t it clear violation of the road safety? Blocking entire free left simply by putting commercial flex and causing huge safety issues 2 commuters. Masjidbanda to Lingampally road, HCU Bus depot @ZC_SLP @GHMCOnline

@JioMart_Support I've been trying to add a valid Gift card but I keep getting the message "Voucher code does not exist" How do I get it to work?

@JioMart is turning shoddier by the day. The revamped site is a mess. Hard to find products. Gift card doesn't work and customer support is unresponsive. 😡

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🚨 HYDERABAD’S GROUNDWATER CRISIS IS A TICKING TIME BOMB — AND OUR AUTHORITIES ARE SLEEPING ON IT! Hyderabad has officially become India’s WORST-HIT metro for groundwater depletion — worse than Delhi, worse than Mumbai. According to the Dynamic Groundwater Resource Assessment Report 2025 (Union Ministry of Jal Shakti): • 26 mandals/tehsils in Greater Hyderabad (including parts of Rangareddy & Medchal-Malkajgiri) classified as “Critical” or “Over-exploited”. • Zero “safe” groundwater zones left in Hyderabad district. • 15 out of 16 units are in the red zone. • Water tables have plummeted beyond 20 metres in many areas due to unchecked extraction and pathetic recharge. This is not a future problem. This is happening NOW in the city of 3.3 crore people. Yet, the 3 GHMC Commissioners and HMWSSB continue business as usual. Immediate Demand: 1. All three GHMC Commissioners and HMWSSB must launch a war-like mission within the next 30 days to mandate and implement Rainwater Harvesting Pits across every government building, public institution, school, college, park, and new construction in Greater Hyderabad. 2. Strict penalties for non-compliance. No more excuses. 3. Mass-scale desilting and revival of lakes + mandatory RW harvesting in every household and apartment complex. 4. Public dashboard showing groundwater levels and progress on recharge pits — updated weekly. We are heading towards a catastrophic water crisis — Day Zero is not far if this negligence continues. The next generation will not forgive us for destroying the very groundwater that sustains this city. PLS ACT NOW! @GHMCOnline @HMWSSBOnline @CommissionrGHMC @MCMalkajgiri @MC_Cyberabad @TelanganaCMO

Private equity has sunk its fangs deep in to the Indian patient while GoI demurs from creating a unified independent healthcare regulator and state healthcare authorities are busy protecting their monopolies/turf.

This is why every state must have a Forgotten Foods & Opportunity Crops mission!

Neither the state government nor the central government cares about public toilets. People can find liquor shops every few kilometres, but not a clean toilet in an emergency. Then they talk about development and world-class cities. Women, senior citizens and travellers suffer the most, but this issue never becomes a priority. Reality of governance is seen on the streets, not in speeches and advertisements.

The #Chevella #Banyans are still burning. A tree that stood for centuries… erased in days... and nobody is stopping it. Despite an #NGT order meant to protect them… despite promises, committees and paperwork… the trees stand abandoned. The Monitoring Committee vanished. The petitioners disappeared after “winning” the case… and the banyans? Left to die in silence. This tree was not cut overnight. It was slow-burnt for days… until it finally collapsed. What’s being left “in situ” under the order is now being deliberately burnt by plot owners — one tree at a time. Since 2019, over 200 banyans have vanished. At this pace, the remaining giants won’t survive much longer. @NHAI_Official @nhairohyd @TelanganaFD #SaveFullyGrownTrees #thebigtreequest

@serish With more "heat islands" due to high rises and "heat harvesting" done by cutting down trees IN THE PEAK OF SUMMER, Hyderabad can look forward to the making of a perfect storm & extreme weather adventures ahead

There have been more deaths due to lightning than any other natural disaster in India over the past 50 years, I write for The Hindu.

India is the dirtiest country in the world and Indians are the most morally bankrupt people in the world that have absolutely no civic sense. I know I will be trolled and abused for saying this but this is the fucking reality. Almost every city today is fucked up, the heritage is destroyed, people have somehow accepted the dilapidation of their infrastructure and the situation is so bad that if you try to fix it, you have to deal with uncouth and incompetent people. India doesn’t have a tourism problem, it has a fucking civic sense problem. As much as I would like, I find it hard to convince people to visit India. @ShenazTreasury

This is a much needed solution to the choked roads around KBR Park. But is it the only one? I have thoughts: West Hyderabad has been living, breathing, working inside a cloud of concrete dust for years now. Even today - as the city keeps stretching endlessly, as construction refuses to pause... roads, buildings, commercial complexes rising one after another, that dust continues to wreak havoc. Air quality suffers. Visibility drops. Lungs and sinuses take a hit. It's like a war zone with fancy acrylic signboards. I live in Secunderabad - and it takes me a lot of willpower to drive to and through the "developed" part of our city. And beyond us, I cannot even begin to imagine how many birds and animals have quietly suffocated. KBR Park, a recognised National Park is an oasis in Jubilee Hills - a rare green lung. It has been a safe, calming sanctuary for decades - for thousands of walkers, joggers, children, elderly - anyone who enjoys engaging with nature - including builders and bureaucrats who walk through the park chatting about how it is a precious piece of land in the middle of the bustling city. KBR Park is home to rich flora and fauna, and to hundreds of majestic peacocks. I still remember, many years ago, riding my bike along the KBR Park road towards the checkpost - it was almost routine to spot peacocks flying across the road, gliding towards the open lands near Annapurna Studios. It felt magical then. Normal, but magical. Now, with this massive construction project closing in from all sides, I wonder what its impact will be on this fragile oasis? What happens to the trees, its soil, its birds, its animals? Will the green of KBR Park eventually fade into the same dull, lifeless grey that now blankets Gachibowli, Nanakramguda, Neopolis, and everything beyond? Are we seeing the last of the silence & quiet time before endless drilling and the cacophony of trucks and machines takes over for the foreseeable future? We already know how slow and disjointed bureaucratic machinery can be. We also know that mega projects rarely finish on time, if they finish at all. By the time this project "finishes" and the contractors have long stashed their earnings - traffic will have increased manifold - potentially causing traffic jams on the first day of the opening. Of course - they will be hidden behind those monstrous and cringe-worthy 15ft circular political banners - Hyderabad's new favourite and most cringe publicity medium - but that's a different conversation entirely. Yes, traffic bottlenecks are frustrating. Yes, infrastructure matters. But surely, infrastructure does not have to mean only more concrete, wider roads, and more flyovers & underpasses. Here are some solutions I could think of: • Serious investment in reliable, well-connected public transport. • Increased capacity on the Hyderabad Metro. More coaches and frequency on existing routes. • More TSRTC buses of all grades. • Motivating more people to take public transport; changing the impression that it's only for a certain class of people. • Last-mile connectivity that actually works. • Office clusters incentivised to stagger timings or support remote work. • Pedestrian-friendly zones around environmental hotspots. Remember "Biodiversity Junction"? It's a forgotten dust bowl now. • Stricter dust control norms that are enforced, not just documented. • And above all, urban planning that treats green spaces as non-negotiable assets, not obstacles to be built around. History will not judge us by how fast we moved. It will judge us by what we chose to destroy along the way.

In this blistering summer heat, Hyderabad has none. Are there?

How long will government and @RBI claim #KYC works fine? These 2 ladies are a national security threat under PMLA? When will govt start listening to 🪳🪳 🪳 🪳 ?