Hyderabad, July 5 -- The Telangana government on Sunday, July 5, released the Core Urban Region (Integrated Governance) Bill, 2026, for public inputs.

The bill proposes maintaining decentralised administration at the corporation level along with coordination at the metro level, bringing the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Cyberabad Municipal Corporation, and Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation under an integrated governance system.

It aims to replace the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955, as it has not kept pace with the region's growth from a city of 15 lakh people to a metropolitan area of 1.3 crore, the government stated in a release.

While major provisions on corporations, standing committees, commissio...