Hyderabad, March 1 -- The Telangana government will soon enact new legislation for the comprehensive administration of the capital city Hyderabad, officials said on Saturday.

The new municipal act, called Hyderabad Core Urban Act, will replace the existing Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act (GHMC) and it will be enforced in the administration of three municipal corporations - GHMC, Malkajgiri and Cyberabad.

The decision was taken at a high-level official meeting held by chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday night. The legislation is expected to be introduced in the upcoming budget session of the assembly in the second week of March.

According to an official statement from the chief minister's office, Reddy instructed that a...