Hyderabad, Feb. 11 -- The Telangana government on Wednesday, February 11, appointed IAS officer Jayesh Ranjan, Special Chief Secretary to the Government, Metropolitan Area & Urban Development Department, as Special Officer for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Cyberabad Municipal Corporation, and Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation.

The decision was taken as the five-year term of the GHMC Council came to an end on Tuesday, February 10.

GHMC reorganised

On Wednesday, the Telangana government also reorganised the existing GHMC into three separate municipal corporations - Greater Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Malkajgiri.

The government had, in December last year, merged 27 municipalities on the fringes of Hyderabad into the Gr...