CURE Bill passes, questions remain uncured

The Telangana Assembly passed the Core Urban Region (Integrated Governance) Bill, 2026, on September 12, replacing the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955. The framework covers the Greater Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri municipal corporations and is intended to coordinate planning, roads, drainage, flooding, water, waste, lakes and related urban services. (Telangana Today; The New Indian Express)

The Assembly also reduced the proposed annual property-tax increase ceiling from 20% to 10%. The reported system shifts Hyderabad from Annual Rental Value to capital-value taxation, with rates of 0.15% for residential buildings and 0.75% for non-residential buildings. The government said it received 4,107 suggestions and objections and made 70 changes before introduction, according to the minister’s account reported by The New Indian Express.

That is the part that has a record. The rest still has footnotes where the final law should be. Residents’ groups have objected to centralisation, weaker elected bodies and unclear safeguards. ThePrint reported that the draft could permit utility disconnections in occupied apartments over developers’ dues and allow seizure after 24 hours’ notice, but the final text of both provisions has not been independently confirmed. The government has passed the bill; publishing the bill would be a useful next step.