NCC Urban One by NCC Urban at Narsingi

For an upper middle-class family, buying their dream home is a landmark event. But given the number of projects coming up in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and the fluctuating prices, one needs to be extra careful while looking for the best deal.

One such upcoming project in the city, which happens to have a happy combination of right price, delivery period and community living is NCC Urban One by NCC Urban at Narsingi.

NCC Urban One is a few minutes’ drive from key locations such as Ocean Park, Appa Junction, Future Kids School, Outer Ring Road, Kokapet and Gandipet.

The project is also close to developments such as ICICI Towers, Cognizant Technologies, Karvy, Polaris, Microsoft, and Capgemini. It is around 4-km from Wipro Polaris Circle at Nanakramguda Junction and 6-km from ORR at Gachibowli.

Hyderabad government land details are available in tablets

In tune with changing times, the Hyderabad district administration will use Tabs (tablet phones) to keep tabs on government land in 16 mandals. Hyderabad could be the first district in the state to use Android-based tablets to get land details.

Hyderabad collector Mukesh Kumar Meena has taken an initiative to provide Tabs to tehsildars working in 16 mandals in the district to update status of government land. “The government is keen to develop a land bank in each district. Though the revenue department has information about status of government land, it is not up-to-date. We have alienated government land to various departments like education, SC, ST, BC welfare, minorities and housing for various purposes. In fact, the district administration does not have exact status of land usage. Though we have allotted the land, the departments have not utilised it for the purpose for which it has been allocated and it has been lying vacant,” collector Meena told TOI.

Speed up tenders for GAME city, Minister tells APIIC

Information Technology Minister Ponnala Laxmaiah has directed the Software Technology Park of India (STPI) officials to work closely with the AP Industrial and Infrastructure Corporation for inviting tenders for the incubation space for gaming and animation companies at Raidurg by August 20.

The IT Minister, who reviewed the status of IT projects across the State and pending issues with the IT&C Department, APIIC and STPI here on Thursday, asked the APIIC to expedite the construction of Incubation Towers at Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Kakinada and Warangal and complete them by December this year.

Finance biggies make Gachibowli a hotspot

Photo credit: Srinivas Setty

Gachibowli that houses ICICI, Franklin Templeton, Andhra Bank, APSFC etc, is sitting pretty with the twin advantage of present high rents due to limited supply and bright future prospects with increased launches.

Gachibowli is a submarket that includes Gachibowli, Nanakramguda, Manikonda, Raidurg and surrounding locations. It is the next popular IT/ ITeS destination of Hyderabad after Hitec City. IT-related developments in Gachibowli began with CMC setting up its campus in the late 90s and Microsoft opening its first campus in India in the early 2000s. 

AMD Opens Global Design Centre In Hyderabad

President and CEO Rory Read at the inauguration of a new Global Design Center in Hyderabad on Thursday. PTI

Chip maker AMD today announced the opening of its design centre in Hyderabad equipped with state-of-the-art lab facilities for software and hardware innovations which are at the heart of the firm's popular Accelerated Processing Units (APUs).

The new design centre was inaugurated by AMD President and CEO Rory Read, AMD said in a release. "AMD is committed to providing customers with innovative, tailored technology solutions that empower people and deliver exceptional experiences," Read said.

GHMC goes tech savvy

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) claims to be the first to use a real-time urban governance monitoring system at any level of government to attend to citizens’ complaints and increase the efficiency of civic services.

The off-site real-time (OSRT) monitoring system uses the ubiquitous cell phone as a major component. GPRS technology allows cellphones to capture real-time images of public servants at work or public sites under inspection, with the date, time and location of the picture. These images are instantly transmitted to a central server and are available in the public domain.

Garbage collection, for instance, which is outsourced to private contractors can be easily monitored using this system. The private contractor collects the garbage and brings it to dumper bins from where it is taken to transfer stations. The corporation takes over from here and transfers the waste to the main dump yards.