Telangana Housing Board earlier known as City Improvement Board is
public sector corporation under
Government of Telangana located in
Hyderabad, Telangana. Its activities are to facilitate affordable
housing to the citizens of Telangana. The board, which was formerly known as City Improvement Board until 1960, was conceived by
Nizam Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII in 1911.
History
In the early 20th century,
Nizams
The Nizams were the rulers of Hyderabad from the 18th through the 20th century. Nizam of Hyderabad (Niẓām ul-Mulk, also known as Asaf Jah) was the title of the monarch of the Hyderabad State ( divided between the state of Telangana, M ...
-ruled
Hyderabad was affected by the large-scale flooding of the
Musi river in 1908 and a deadly plague in 1911. This led to a decrease in population in the city. Then-Nizam
Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, who had just occupied the throne, was aware of these problems. Together with his ministers and city planners, the Nizam decided to improve the sanitation and hygiene of the city. The City Improvement Board was formed in 1912 with the Nizam's son Moazzam Jah as its President.
The mandate of this entity was to bring about planned development of the city with its specific tasks being improvement of
slum
A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty. The infrastructure in slums is often deteriorated or incomplete, and they are primarily inh ...
s,
housing for poor, acquiring open lands, underground drainage, road widening schemes and laying of roads to enable the use of buses.
Sir Visvesvarayya was also requested to contribute with his ideas for the further improvement of the city. The board commenced operations at a building in
Basheerbagh, which was built with a Regional Mughal Variation-styled architecture, and continued here for over four decades.
The board took up activities such as rehabilitation of slums in
Dabeerpura, Sultan Shahi, Mughalpura,
Nampally and Gunfoundry, Red Hills, Mallepally and those that were lined along the banks of
Musi River Musi may refer to:
* Musi River (Indonesia)
* Musi River (India), Telangana
* Moosy River, Andhra Pradesh, India
* Musi language, a Malay language spoken in Indonesia
* Angelo Musi (1918–2009), American basketball player
* Agostino de' Musi, real ...
. The board is also credited with the construction of the Nizamia Tibbi Hospital (near
Charminar), Pathergatti complex,
Moazzam Jahi Market,
Andhra Pradesh High Court,
Osmania Hospital and the City College. The architecture of domes and arches that was used for these projects became known as the CIB or the Osmanian style.
Besides this, the board enhanced the look of Hyderabad by constructing elaborate gardens, planned housing colonies, potable drinking water supply, underground drainage with separate
stormwater drain
A storm drain, storm sewer (United Kingdom, U.S. and Canada), surface water drain/sewer (United Kingdom), or stormwater drain (Australia and New Zealand) is infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces ...
s, wide roads and bus and train services, much before many of the major cities of
India.
The Town Improvement Trust of
Secunderabad
Secunderabad, also spelled as Sikandarabad (, ), is a twin cities, twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It ...
was formed in the year 1931 with more or less similar objectives with emphasis on development of lands.
Aims and Objectives
The main objective of the Housing Board is to provide housing accommodation to the needy citizens at an affordable price.
About Us
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The Telangana Housing Board is engaged in the following activities :
*Construction of houses under integrated / Composite Housing Schemes and allotment of houses under Lower Income Group, Middle Income Group and Higher Income Group categories.
*Self-Financing Scheme for Higher Income Group and Middle Income Group # Sites and Services
*Construction of shops, Commercial Complexes and Multistoried Buildings to be let out on rent to augment financial resources of the Board.
References
{{State Agencies of Telangana
State agencies of Telangana
Companies based in Hyderabad, India
Housing organisations based in India
Indian companies established in 2014
Companies established in 2014
2014 establishments in Telangana