Objective: The main objective is to study and understand how GHMC (Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation) works in the old city, and the power dynamics between both the GHMC and the local leaders and the way in which the municipality will function in order to maintain the historic element of the city.

Brief: Old Hyderabad shows the richness of the culture and the heritage. Maintaining all the monuments and buildings is a very important factor along with concerning the problems faced by the residents under GHMC or the government.

This study will be focusing on the municipal budgets sanctioned to maintain the old city and to address the basic problems faced by the residents. People from different communities started living in the old city part of Hyderabad, because of this there are various power centers existing in the city. This study focuses on the roles played by the local leaders in decision making or in any other important works. The relation between the municipal officers and the local leaders will be studied and how it effects the maintenance and improvements of the city as whole.