The contours of Hyderabad are in for a drastic change. With the High Court and even the supreme court quashing the petitions challenging formation of Greater Hyderabad, the State capital  witnesses substantial increase both in terms of its population and area. The merger of 12 surrounding municipalities and 8 gram panchyats will result in the urban agglomeration area increasing from 172 sq. km to 725 sq. km.

The municipalities proposed to be included are L.B. Nagar, Gaddiannaram, Uppal Kalan, Kapra, Alwal, Qutubullapur, Malkajgiri, Kukatpally, Serlingampally, Rajendranagar, Patancheru and Ramachandrapuram.

Greater Hyderabad is considered necessary to facilitate improved civic services and relieve the stress on existing infrastructure.

The constitution of Greater Hyderabad ,there will be better planning and focused development of the mega city, make it internationally competitive with world-class infrastructure and services. The population has registered an increase of about 216 per cent in the last three decades - jumping from 18 lakhs in 1971 to about 57 lakhs in 2001.

A New Expressway called Hyderabad Outer Ring Road of about 160 km is being built now and will be done in about 4 - 5 years. The work has already started and the Phase 1 is nearing completion.
Secondly, Rajeev Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad is considered to be the largest airport in Asia and was inaugurated by Smt sonia Gandhi. A lot of townships and ventures have come up in the vicinity of the airport, thus easily accessible to the airport.