Hyderabad, July 21 -- Urban governance advocacy organisation Janaagraha on Tuesday said the proposed Core Urban Region (Integrated Governance) Bill, 2026 presents a significant opportunity to reform Hyderabad's metropolitan governance but requires major improvements to ensure accountability, institutional capacity and citizen participation.
Releasing an independent assessment of the Bill at a press conference here, the organisation said the proposed legislation scored 28 per cent on its City-Systems framework, only marginally higher than the 23 per cent scored by the existing Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Act, 1955.
It said the Bill performed better on transparency provisions and planning reforms but lagged behind the Gre...