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Bengaluru’s GBA and Hyderabad’s CURE: What they have in common and where they differ
While the mega-cities have split up into smaller corporations, both have put state leadership in control of city governance.
With the Core Urban Region (Integrated Governance) Bill 2026, better known as the CURE Bill passing in the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India's two fastest-growing mega-cities—both having crossed the 1.3-crore population mark—now operate under brand-new urban governance laws enacted within roughly two years of each other. Both states confronted the exact same structural challenge: a single, overstretched corporation, fractured inter-agency coordination, and an urgent need for hyper-local administrative units capable of delivering civic services efficiently. In an earlier article, we broke down how local governance would change with the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act. Read it here. Two mega-cities, one playbook The…
Last Saturday when we met wanted to apprise you position taken by Your other co bengaluru MLA’s M/S Narendra Babu, KJGeorge & BNVijaykumar. As an initiative for Solid Waste Management, they have ordered Rs.I.28 lakhs worth Shredders with KJG going for DOUBLE. Invoices has been received by them and are arranging to send the required amount shortly for execution on its supply. If you consider it to be of any value, personally i want Sanjaynagar should not lag behind. Please do let know your intention. If similarly done this will; add one more feather to your already loaded cap. RCDutt