Even with uncertainty hanging over its future status, Hyderabad will be hosting a prestigious international event, the XI Metropolis World Congress 2014 in October this year.
The event, once in three years, the Congress of World Association of Major Metropolises will be attended by 1500 to 2000 delegates from 60 countries and 126 member cities. The Congress will discuss the issues facing the big cities and metropolitan regions and come up with the solutions and strategies. Cities with more than one million population all over the world are the members of this association.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, which will be hosting the event, was looking for a suitable event organiser to arrange the Congress from October 6.