Miyapur ( ), located northwest of

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, is part of Greater Hyderabad and administered by

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and developed by HMDA. Transportation is managed by

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. Miyapur has many lakes, and upscale residential apartments. The

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is nearby. Miyapur is one of Hyderabad's busiest places at the head of the Miyapur – L.B. Nagar metro rail corridor. Industrial facilities include IT, pharmaceutical, apparel and industrial development areas. It is strategically located on NH65, the

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highway. Contributing to the growth are connectivity via the Miyapur-

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and Miyapur- Kompally intermediate ring roads, and developments like the

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and ICBT.

History

Miyapur, a Major village, close to Hyderabad, owes much of its ancient history, to the

history of Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital of the Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. It is a historic city noted for its many monuments, temples, mosques and bazaars. A multitude of influences has shaped the character of the city in the last 400 yea ...

Chalukyas The Chalukya dynasty () was a Classical Indian dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th centuries. During this period, they ruled as three related yet individual dynasties. The earliest dynas ...

, Kakatiyas,

Bahmanis The Bahmani Sultanate, or Deccan, was a Persianate Sunni Muslim Indian Kingdom located in the Deccan region. It was the first independent Muslim kingdom of the Deccan,

, Qutb Shahis,

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and

Asaf Jahis The Asaf Jahi was a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Hyderabad. The family came to India in the late 17th century and became employees of the Mughal Empire. They were great patrons of Persian culture, language, and literature, the fami ...

ruled this region. It was often referred to as an extension of the

Bachupally Bachupally is a suburb in the Medchal-Malkajgiri district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the mandal headquarters of Bachupally mandal in Malkajgiri revenue division. It was a part of Ranga Reddy district before the re-organisation of d ...

village. Miyapur is now a part of Ranga Reddy (RR) district, previously known a
'Hyderabad (Rural)'
district, which was formed on 15 August 1978, by carving out and deleting the twin cities of

and Secunderabad, a few surrounding urban settlements that formed the urban core, of the erstwhile district of Hyderabad in the erstwhile Indian state of Hyderabad and renamed as Ranga Reddy district after the Late Sri K. V. Ranga Reddy, then deputy chief minister of erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh.

Geography

Miyapur is located at the heart of the

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of the

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with geo coordinates near Kukatpally. Minable minerals include quartz, felspar and limestone. Sand quarrying is also done. Miyapur falls under the "tropical rainy climatic" group, more specifically a tropical wet and dry or ''savanna'' climate. Hyderabad Zones

*Miyapur is now part of

, west zone.

Economy

Agriculture was the predominant occupation, before the urbanization of Miyapur. The main crops were cotton, maize, sugar cane, ground nut, red gram etc. In addition Flori-culture, dairy, vegetable cultivation were being practiced by the farmers. Sand quarrying is also an occupation. For sometime now, Miyapur is turning around, to be a more urban economy with people working in large corporates and moving away from agriculture.

Landmarks

*Lakes *Miyapur Cheruvu *Miyapur Patel Cheruvu *Gangaram Cheruvu *Hafeezpet Cheruvu * Madeenaguda Cheruvu *Ameenpura Lake *Kendriya Vihar *JP Nagar *Vikas, The Concept School * Allwyn Colony Junction *Kalwary Temple *ARK Towers *SMR Vinay City (Narain Estates) *SMR Vinay Hilands *Sriven Mall *HUDA Mayuri Nagar

Development projects

*Upcoming Projects ** HMR ** ICBT **Transit Oriented Development (TOD) **Master plan for Hyderabad Metro Rail expansion **Parks ***Biodiversity park, Mayuri Nagar, Miyapur. **Fire Stations ***Fire Station, HMR Depot-I, Miyapur ***Fire Station, ICBT, Miyapur *On-Hold Projects **Elixir City is a medical city at Ameenpur that is being planned by HMDA, with a focus on medical tourism. As of 2012, this project is on hold. ** Hyderabad BRTS – Seems to be a non-starter. Maybe this should be converted to an overhead metro rail.

Miyapur concerns

Issues

*Lakes **Encroachment **Patel Cheruvu Trouble **Pharma-pollution *Fire stations **Cyberabad fire station to be beefed up **Fire stations, firemen and equipment is inadequate **Most buildings in Hyderabad are potential tinder boxes *Environment ** Air, water, noise and radiation pollution in Indian cities is a cause of great concern and Miyapur is no exception and the worst part is no one knows which are the culprit industries the polluting industries have been extremely clandestine in their polluting activities. **Miyapur turns into a virtual gas chamber
Trace Element Contamination in Ground Waters of Miyapur and Bollaram
Hyderabad,

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, India
Groundwater Quality Assessment of Miyapur Area in Ranga Reddy District

, India
Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB)
report.
Hyderabad on BARC’s radiation radar
**Trees are reducing in great numbers. **Depleting ground water table **Polluting industries ***33 pharmaceutical-drug units, some of which include reputed companies like, Dr Reddy's Laboratory, Aurobindo Pharma, which have units in and around Miyapur. *Quality of Roads **Lack of storm water drains **Bottlenecks **Overflowing drains and water logging **Open manholes : Death traps **Sudden troughs, uneven and bumpy road surface : Damage vehicles and causes back pains
Potholes
ref name="BadRoads"/> **Shoddy repairs **Traffic congestion **No signboards or even barricades to warn motorists *Land Grabbing **Disputed land survey number 78, Hafeezpet village at Serilingampally mandal. **Govt is reclaiming usurped land in Hyderabad. In Miyapur the disputed land survey numbers are 70, 44, 214.

Remedial measures

*The government, corporates and social workers have been doing a great job by playing an active role in the development of surrounding communities and pollution control. *Erstwhile united Andhra government order to shift polluting industries from Hyderabad * Arun Krishnamurthy, The man who's cleaning up India's dirty lakes *Enforcing Road Sense

Infrastructure

Roads

* Inter City Bus Terminal (ICBT), Survey Number 20, Miyapur (upcoming) * Indian National Highways (NH) ** NH65, the

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– Suryapet –

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highway passes through Miyapur ** NH7, the

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highway is connected to NH9 via the intermediate ring road. * Intermediate Ring Roads (IMRR) ** IMRR 2 : Miyapur –

** IMRR 3 : Miyapur – Kompally * Radial Roads (RR) ** RR 9 : Miyapur – Kukatpally road (also known as NH9) *Other Major Roads **Miyapur – Yellamma Banda ( near Ambir Cheruvu) road (upcoming). **Miyapur – Hafeezpet road (upcoming, see HMDA masterplan 2031) * Inner Ring Road **Nearest point : East : Punjagutta * PVNR Elevated Expressway **Nearest point : Southeast : Mehdipatnam * Nehru Outer Ring Road **Nearest point : North : Nehru- ORR, Exit 5, Dindigul,

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**Nearest point : West : Nehru- ORR, Exit 3, Muthangi,

**Nearest point : South : Nehru- ORR, Exit 19, Narsingi * Regional Ring Road * Telangana State Highways (TSSH)

Rail

* Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) (upcoming) ** Miyapur metro station **Miyapur Depot-I *

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Indian Railways
**City Rail – Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS) *** Hafeezpet (HFZ) station is south of Miyapur. **Long Distance Rail –

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*** Hyderabad Deccan Nampally (HYB) station is southeast of Miyapur. *** Secunderabad (SC) station is east of Miyapur. *** Hyderabad Kacheguda (KCG) station is southeast of Miyapur.

Air

*Airports **

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace ...

is approximately south of Miyapur. **

Begumpet Airport Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad, also known as Hyderabad Old Airport, is a civil enclave located in Begumpet. The airport is home to the Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academy (RGAA), the Telangana State Aviation Academy and the Begumpet Air Force Statio ...

is a joint civil and military airport. The biennial Indian Civil Aviation Airshow is held here. It is approximately southeast of Miyapur.

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References

G.Vijay: "Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals in South India: Sun-Rise Industrialisation or Global Cost Shifting of Dirty Goods Manufacturing", in Hans Lofgren and Prakash Sarangi (eds) (2009) The Politics and Culture of Globalisation: India and Australia, Social Science Press, New Delhi. G.Vijay: 'Other side of Industrialisation', in D’Souza Rohan (ed.,) (2012): Environment, Technology and Development; Critical and Subversive Essays, Orient BlackSwan, Economic and Political Weekly and Tata Institute of Social Sciences; New Delhi. G.Vijay: 'Systemic Failure of Regulation: The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical and Bulk Drug Manufacturing' in Hans Lofgren (ed) (2013)The politics of the pharmaceutical industry and access to medicines : world pharmacy and India, Social Science Press, New Delhi.

External links

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