Mr Rosaiah said this after he inaugurated the central modern lighting, erected on an 11-km stretch between BHEL crossroads and Nakka Vagu near Patancheru. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation began the works on the project on October 28, 2009, and completed it by May, 2010, at a cost of Rs 2 crore.

Stating that several more civic and transport infrastructure projects would be taken up jointly by the GHMC, state and the Central governments under various schemes and programmes, the Chief Minister laid foundation stones for the Rs 4-crore project aimed at supplying Manjira water to 24 villages in Patanecheru that have been affected by groundwater pollution due to industrial effluents.

Ministers Ms J Geeta Reddy and Mr D.K. Aruna, the Greater Hyderabad Mayor, Ms Banda Karthika Reddy, and senior officials of the GHMC were present.