Miyapur

Miyapur (Template:IPAc-en ), located northwest of Hyderabad in India, is part of Greater Hyderabad and administered by GHMC and developed by HMDA. Transportation is managed by UMTA.

Miyapur has many lakes, and upscale residential apartments. The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University is nearby.

Miyapur is one of Hyderabad's busiest places at the head of the Miyapur – L.B. Nagar metro rail corridor. Industrial facilities include IT, pharmaceutical, apparel and industrial development areas. It is strategically located on NH65, the Pune-Hyderabad-Machilipatnam highway. Contributing to the growth are connectivity via the Miyapur-Gachibowli and Miyapur-Kompally intermediate ring roads, and developments like the Hyderabad Metro and ICBT.

History

Miyapur, a Major village, close to Hyderabad, owes much of its ancient history, to the history of Hyderabad. Chalukyas, Kakatiyas, Bahmanis, Qutb Shahis, Mughals and Asaf Jahis ruled this region. It was often referred to as an extension of the Bachupally village.

Miyapur is now a part of Ranga Reddy (RR) district, previously known as 'Hyderabad (Rural)' district, which was formed on 15 August 1978, by carving out and deleting the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, a few surrounding urban settlements that formed the urban core, of the erstwhile district of Hyderabad in the erstwhile Indian state of Hyderabad and renamed as Ranga Reddy district after the Late Sri K. V. Ranga Reddy, then deputy chief minister of erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh.

Geography

Miyapur is located at the heart of the Deccan Plateau of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia with geo coordinates near Kukatpally. Minable minerals include quartz, felspar and limestone. Sand quarrying is also done.

Miyapur falls under the "tropical rainy climatic" group, more specifically a tropical wet and dry or savanna climate.

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Greater Hyderabad Zones

• Miyapur is now part of GHMC, west zone.

Economy

Agriculture was the predominant occupation, before the urbanization of Miyapur. The main crops were cotton, maize, sugar cane, ground nut, red gram etc. In addition Flori-culture, dairy, vegetable cultivation were being practiced by the farmers. Sand quarrying is also an occupation.

For sometime now, Miyapur is turning around, to be a more urban economy with people working in large corporates and moving away from agriculture. Since 2021, Miyapur has witnessed a high-rise construction boom and is now home to some of the tallest buildings in Hyderabad. Candeur 40 and Team4 Nyla are the tallest among them.

Landmarks

• Lakes
• Miyapur Cheruvu
• Miyapur Patel Cheruvu
• Gangaram Cheruvu
• Hafeezpet Cheruvu
• Madeenaguda Cheruvu
• Ameenpur Lake
• Kendriya Vihar
• JP Nagar
• Allwyn Colony Junction
• Cavalry Temple Church
• ARK Towers
• SMR Vinay City (Narenn Estates)
• SMR Vinay Hilands
• Sriven Mall
• HUDA Mayuri Nagar

Development projects

• Upcoming Projects
  • HMR
  • ICBT
  • Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
  • Master plan for Hyderabad Metro Rail expansion
  • Parks
    • Biodiversity park, Mayuri Nagar, Miyapur.
  • Fire Stations
    • Fire Station, HMR Depot-I, Miyapur
    • Fire Station, ICBT, Miyapur
• On-Hold Projects
  • Elixir City is a medical city at Ameenpur that is being planned by HMDA, with a focus on medical tourism. As of 2012, this project is on hold.
  • Hyderabad BRTS – Seems to be a non-starter. Maybe this should be converted to an overhead metro rail.
  • AI-Based Pharma Healthcare IT Hub: At the 73rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, D. Sridhar Babu, Minister for IT along with Deputy Chief Minister, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Pulsus Group CEO Gedela Srinubabu, announced the creation of an AI-based pharma healthcare IT hub. This initiative aims to develop AI-based skills and generate 10,000 direct jobs and 40,000 indirect jobs in Telangana.

Miyapur concerns

Issues

• Lakes
  • Encroachment
  • Patel Cheruvu Trouble
  • Pharma-pollution
• Fire stations
  • Cyberabad fire station to be beefed up
  • Fire stations, firemen and equipment is inadequate
  • Most buildings in Hyderabad are potential tinder boxes
• Environment
  • Air, water, noise and radiation pollution in Indian cities is a cause of great concern and Miyapur is no exception and the worst part is no one knows which are the culprit industries the polluting industries have been extremely clandestine in their polluting activities.
  • Miyapur turns into a virtual gas chamber
  • Trace Element Contamination in Ground Waters of Miyapur and Bollaram, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  • Groundwater Quality Assessment of Miyapur Area in Ranga Reddy District, Telangana, India
  • Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) report.
  • Hyderabad on BARC’s radiation radar
  • Trees are reducing in great numbers.
  • Depleting ground water table
  • Polluting industries
    • 33 pharmaceutical-drug units, some of which include reputed companies like, Dr Reddy's Laboratory, Aurobindo Pharma, which have units in and around Miyapur.
• Quality of Roads
  • Lack of storm water drains
  • Bottlenecks
  • Overflowing drains and water logging
  • Open manholes : Death traps
  • Sudden troughs, uneven and bumpy road surface : Damage vehicles and causes back pains
  • Potholes
  • Shoddy repairs
  • Traffic congestion
  • No signboards or even barricades to warn motorists
• Land Grabbing
  • Disputed land survey number 78, Hafeezpet village at Serilingampally mandal.
  • Govt is reclaiming usurped land in Hyderabad. In Miyapur the disputed land survey numbers are 70, 44, 214.

Remedial measures

• The government, corporates and social workers have been doing a great job by playing an active role in the development of surrounding communities and pollution control.
• Erstwhile united Andhra government order to shift polluting industries from Hyderabad
• Arun Krishnamurthy, The man who's cleaning up India's dirty lakes
• Enforcing Road Sense

Infrastructure

Roads

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The Hyderabad Radial Roads

• Inter City Bus Terminal (ICBT), Survey Number 20, Miyapur (upcoming)
• Indian National Highways (NH)
  • NH65, the Pune – Hyderabad – Suryapet – Vijayawada – Machilipatnam highway passes through Miyapur
  • NH7, the Varanasi-Nagpur-Hyderabad – Bangalore – Kanyakumari highway is connected to NH9 via the intermediate ring road.
• Intermediate Ring Roads (IMRR)
  • IMRR 2 : Miyapur – Gachibowli
  • IMRR 3 : Miyapur – Kompally
• Radial Roads (RR)
  • RR 9 : Miyapur – Kukatpally road (also known as NH9)
• Other Major Roads
  • Miyapur – Yellamma Banda (near Ambir Cheruvu) road (upcoming).
  • Miyapur – Hafeezpet road (upcoming, see HMDA masterplan 2031)
• Inner Ring Road
  • Nearest point : East : Punjagutta
• PVNR Elevated Expressway
  • Nearest point : Southeast : Mehdipatnam
• Nehru Outer Ring Road
  • Nearest point : North : Nehru-ORR, Exit 5, Dindigul, Medak
  • Nearest point : West  : Nehru-ORR, Exit 3, Muthangi, Medak
  • Nearest point : South : Nehru-ORR, Exit 19, Narsingi
• Regional Ring Road
• Telangana State Highways (TSSH)

Rail

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Indian Railways, Hyderabad Deccan (HYB) Station

• Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) (upcoming)
  • Miyapur metro station
  • Miyapur Depot-I
• Indian Railways
  • City Rail – Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS)
    • Hafeezpet (HFZ) station is south of Miyapur.
  • Long Distance Rail – South Central Railway zone
    • Hyderabad Deccan Nampally (HYB) station is southeast of Miyapur.
    • Secunderabad (SC) station is east of Miyapur.
    • Hyderabad Kacheguda (KCG) station is southeast of Miyapur.

Air

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RGIA

• Airports
  • Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is approximately south of Miyapur.
  • Begumpet Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is a joint civil and military airport. The biennial Wings India is held here. It is approximately southeast of Miyapur.

See also

• Bachupally
• Kukatpally
• Nizampet
• Transport in Hyderabad
• Hyderabad Metro Rail
• Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System
• Education in Hyderabad
• C. Earl Stubbs

References

G.Vijay: "Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals in South India: Sun-Rise Industrialisation or Global Cost Shifting of Dirty Goods Manufacturing", in Hans Lofgren and Prakash Sarangi (eds) (2009) The Politics and Culture of Globalisation: India and Australia, Social Science Press, New Delhi.

G.Vijay: 'Other side of Industrialisation', in D’Souza Rohan (ed.,) (2012): Environment, Technology and Development; Critical and Subversive Essays, Orient BlackSwan, Economic and Political Weekly and Tata Institute of Social Sciences; New Delhi.

G.Vijay: 'Systemic Failure of Regulation: The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical and Bulk Drug Manufacturing' in Hans Lofgren (ed) (2013)The politics of the pharmaceutical industry and access to medicines : world pharmacy and India, Social Science Press, New Delhi.