More high-rises on the way

Due to lack of wide approach roads, inadequate open spaces and traffic congestion in the core city builders are making a beeline to construct skyscrapers in the surrounding municipalities.The trend of high-rises seems to be in favour of surrounding municipalities ever since they were merged with the core city to form Greater Hyderabad.Serilingampally municipality tops the list with maximum number of applications received for construction of multi-storey buildings (MSB). Majority of the 40-odd applications received by GHMC for MSBs since September 17 are seeking permission to build high-rises in Serilingampally municipal limits.GHMC chief city planner B. Purushothama Reddy confirmed that builders were opting for surrounding municipalities to construct high-rises. "In core city, 100-feet wide road is mandatory to construct a multi-storey building. Besides, it is not feasible to leave approximately 10-feet setback area around 10-storey building," he added. Builders forum said they viewed Serilingampally and surrounding areas as the future city. Source: The Hindu