Hyderabad, Aug. 7 -- The Telangana government on Thursday, August 7, approved the preparation of a Storm Water Master Plan for the Telangana Core Urban Region (TCUR) by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).

The government also extended the permission to invite proposals from eligible consultants/firms for undertaking the development of a geo-referenced database of the storm water drainage system, and for conducting hydraulic and hydrologic modelling and analysis of the SWB network.

The project involves collecting and validating all key water and land data, identifying where rainwater drains are wrongly connected to sewer lines, and creating a step-by-step plan to separate them through on-site inspections.

It also involves...