Hyderabad, Dec. 10 -- The Telangana government on Monday night issued orders increasing the total number of seats in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) from 150 to 300 through re-fixation of wards.

The order follows the latest gazette notification issued by the government expanding the territorial limits of the GHMC to cover the entire city of Telangana Core Urban Region (TCUR) by merging 27 surrounding urban local bodies, including 20 municipalities and seven corporations, making the GHMC the largest municipal corporation in the entire country with a geographical area of 2,053 sq km.

The order said the Centre for Good Governance carried out the ward reorganization framework for the GHMC in the context of the merger of 2...