Drinking water supply will be disrupted during Phase II work on the Krishna Drinking Water Supply Project from 6 am on October 5 to 6 pm on October 6.

Affected areas: Adibatla, Kammaguda, Gurranguda, BN Reddy Nagar, Vanasthalipuram, Autonagar, Alkapuri, Beerappagadda, Habsiguda, Ramanthapur, Venkat Reddy Nagar, Uppal, Nacharam, HMT Nagar, Tarnaka, Boudhanagar, Lalapet (partial), Hasmatpet, Prakashnagar, Mekalamandi, Bholakpur (partial), Padmaraonagar, Begumpet, South Central Railway, MES, Secunderabad Cantonment, Lalaguda, Addagutta, Pattigadda, Nallagutta, Gautamnagar, Ferozguda, Bansilalpet, Ramgopalpet, Sitaphalmandi, Mettuguda, Vaishalinagar, Mirpet, Badangpet, ARCI, Balapur, Mysore, Barkas, NPA, Shamshabad, Madhuban and Prashasannagar (partial).

The Supreme Court set aside a High Court order and upheld the Telangana government’s position in the Sahebnagar Kalan, Gurramguda reserve forest case. It ruled that 102 acres in survey number 201/1 of Sahebnagar Kalan village are government land forming part of the Gurramguda reserve forest, proposed and managed as forest. Forest officials estimated the land’s value at ₹4,000 crore. The forest abuts Vanasthalipuram. The case was brought against the Forest Department by Mir Jafar Ali Khan, who claimed descent from Salar Jung III, Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, former prime minister of Hyderabad. After hearings over three days, the court held that belated, time-barred private claims over notified forest land are not legally sustainable.

Telangana plans a greenfield highway to reduce Hyderabad–Vijayawada travel time to two hours. During an inspection in Vanasthalipuram, Roads and Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy highlighted a six-kilometre elevated corridor from LB Nagar to Pedda Amberpet, costing ₹650 crore, which will connect to the Outer Ring Road and improve access to Hayathnagar. He said ₹541 crore had been secured for road works between LB Nagar and Malkapur during his tenure as MP, and that he aims to complete pending works.

Work is underway on the ₹2,300-crore Gauravelli–Valigonda–Bhadrachalam highway, including the Valigonda–Thorrur section; tenders for the remaining route are being finalised. A separate ₹375-crore road from Andole Maisamma to Vijayawada is also progressing. Seventeen accident-prone black spots have been identified for priority fixes. The minister plans to meet Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to expedite approvals for Metro Phase II and the Regional Ring Railway. TIMS Hospital in Sanathnagar is due to open in September.

Roads and Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said the long-pending 6-km elevated corridor from LB Nagar to Pedda Amberpet would be prioritised. After inspecting Vanasthalipuram Junction on August 3 with National Highways officials, engineers and LB Nagar MLA Devireddy Sudheer Reddy, he directed officials to expedite central approvals and construction preparations. He was scheduled to meet Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on August 6 to seek final clearances.

Reddy said he had pursued ₹541 crore for the LB Nagar–Malkapur Road during his time as MP; four vehicle underpasses have been completed. The government is preparing a Hyderabad–Vijayawada Greenfield Highway intended to cut travel time to two hours. The ₹2,300-crore Gaurigolla–Valigonda–Bhadrachalam Greenfield Highway is progressing: construction from Valigonda to Thorrur is complete, and tenders for Thorrur–Bhadrachalam are under way. Reddy said he had been tasked with securing approvals for Metro Phase 2.