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"The FOBs and skywalks will be taken up by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation ( GHMC ). Subsequently, the balance 39 were transferred to the GHMC recently.“Now, with relaxation of rules for eligibility, many agencies may come forward for construction,” GHMC chief engineer (projects) R Sridhar said. Meanwhile, state government gave names of 44 locations to Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority for construction of FOBs couple of years ago. However, the urban authority could build the FOBs only at five places and expressed its inability to take up the remaining due to various reasons. According to the MA&UD principal secretary, designs for the bridges were also finalised by the agency.To begin with GHMC had proposed 20 FOBs, but some of them had no takers..