Hyderabad Construction Firm Challenges State Tender Process as Drug Crackdown and Electoral Audit Unfold
Hyderabad's week centred on institutional accountability: a construction company publicly accused the state government of rigging road tenders and demanding commissions, over 1.5 lakh city voters missed critical electoral revision hearings and risk being dropped from the voter list, and state drug inspectors flagged more than 130 medical shops across city zones for compliance failures.
Construction Firm Alleges Tender Manipulation and Commission Demands
A Hyderabad-based construction company has publicly accused Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's office of serious irregularities in the awarding of government road infrastructure contracts. RVM Constructions India Limited addressed a letter to the Builders Association of India (BAI) — the apex body for the construction sector — alleging that the tender process for the Hyderabad Growth Corridor Limited's Radial Road-2 project was deliberately manipulated to favour pre-selected bidders. The company's managing director, Nama Ramesh, cited Sushee Infra as a specific example of a bidder he claimed was positioned to win through a process engineered in its favour. Beyond the tender allegations, RVM Constructions further alleged that commissions of 15 percent were being demanded before pending project payments — amounting to more than Rs 20,000 crore — could be released to contractors. The firm sought the BAI's intervention in resolving the matter and bringing attention to what it described as systemic corruption in state procurement. The allegations place Telangana's public works tendering process under sharp scrutiny; Radial Road-2 is a significant piece of Hyderabad's urban highway expansion programme, and the irregularities alleged, if substantiated, would represent a substantial breach of procurement norms. [2]
Over 1.5 Lakh Hyderabad Voters Risk Being Struck from Electoral Rolls
More than 1.5 lakh voters in Hyderabad have missed their scheduled hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being conducted across Telangana, putting them at risk of permanent removal from the final voter list. Data from the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer confirmed that 1,50,260 electors in Hyderabad alone failed to attend their appointed SIR hearings. Statewide, hearing dates had lapsed for 6,70,299 voters as of Tuesday, October 13. A further 15,281 electors across the state also skipped their rescheduled appointment slots, compounding the problem. Among neighbouring districts, Rangareddy recorded the second-highest count of missed hearings at 1,02,182, followed by Medchal-Malkajgiri at 78,301. For voters who also missed their rescheduled slots, Hanamkonda saw the highest figure at 5,092, followed by Nizamabad with 2,572, Hyderabad with 1,942, Rangareddy with 1,155, and Medchal-Malkajgiri with 1,014. Voters who do not respond to notices even after a rescheduled hearing will be categorised under Absent, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate — the ASDD designation — and their names will be excluded from the final electoral roll. The revision process, which is intended to ensure roll accuracy, is placing a significant administrative burden on the state's election machinery. [6]
🗳️ 137 Medical Shops Flagged in Hyderabad Pharmaceutical Inspection Drive
Telangana's drug enforcement authorities have flagged 137 medical shops across Hyderabad's zones following a targeted inspection sweep aimed at pharmaceutical compliance, according to NewsMeter. The inspections were conducted systematically across the city's different administrative zones as part of the state's broader drug regulatory crackdown. The 137 shops identified during this drive were noted for a range of discrepancies discovered by inspectors during their visits. Pharmaceutical inspection drives of this kind in Hyderabad have historically uncovered issues including the stocking of expired medicines, improper storage of temperature-sensitive drugs, dispensing of prescription medications without valid prescriptions, inadequate maintenance of purchase and sales records, and in some cases the presence of unlicensed pharmaceutical products. For a city of Hyderabad's size and density, ensuring pharmacy compliance is a public health priority, particularly given the large volume of daily transactions at medical shops across its diverse neighbourhoods. The scale of the flagging — 137 shops across the zones covered — suggests inspectors identified significant non-compliance during this particular round. Residents are advised to verify the credentials and inspection records of their regular pharmacies. [7]
POCSO Accused Dies by Suicide in Turkayamjal
A man who had been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act in Hyderabad died by suicide on October 15, according to Telangana Today. The man was a resident of Meerpet and had been accused of filming a minor girl while she was bathing. Police confirmed that a POCSO case was formally registered against the accused on October 12, following a complaint regarding the incident. The accused was subsequently found dead in Turkayamjal. The case was at an early investigative stage at the time of the reported death, and no further details about the circumstances of the original complaint were provided in the initial report. The death has been reported plainly as a matter of public record. [5]
Sources: [2] The News Minute · [6] The Siasat Daily · [7] NewsMeter · [5] Telangana Today