Thursday, April 05, 2007 Cyberabad Times
Survey says, unclean Hyderabad
An all-India survey of 18 cities, based on interviews with local residents, shows that Hyderabad ranks pretty low on cleanliness in terms of its citizens' perceptions.

Hyderabad can draw consolation from the fact that its score is in the nineties, the same league as Delhi and Mumbai, but then so are Jaipur, Ranchi and Bhopal, which are far less professionally managed.

Chandigarh emerges as the clear winner in the first-of-its-kind survey, which is virtually a satisfaction index. In fact, the city surpasses all others by far with a score of 144 against an all-India average of 100. Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore stand second, third and fourth in the rankings based on the AC Nielsen ORG-Marg survey. Interviews done across the cities with people from various income and age groups on parameters such as purity of drinking water, cleanliness in public places, level of air pollution and condition of public toilets.

According to the findings, Chennai (118), Kolkata (108) and Bangalore (108) have fared better than Hyderabad.

Even emerging urban centres like Lucknow, Bhubaneshwar and Thiruvananthapuram have scored higher. Hindustan Lever Ltd, the company which commissioned the survey, said the findings vindicate its effort to promote health and hygiene. Punit Misra, marketing manager, HLL, said, "This report serves as an urgent wake-up call for all citizens on the need for playing our part in creating cleaner and healthier cities." Source: The Times of India, The original article focused on Mumbai, Article modified from original to put Hyderabad in context.

Wake up call for APSRTC.
Mumbai Hyderabad MSRTC service photo copyright binaiks

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/526/mumbaihyderabadvolvoch7.jpg

APSRTC just got some profits this year after a long break. hopefully, they take up new initiatives to rejuvenate the organisation.

Thursday, April 05, 2007 Cyberabad Times
Engines of growth
Good infrastructure leading to a better quality of life is what makes a city really tick... MMTS has been considered an underdog in the factors that fueled the real estate boom but experts and real estate players say its one of the key selling points...

The proposal, which recently got a nod from the State Government looks to expand the MMTS in different directions. Presently, the service is run between Lingampally-Nampally, Lingampally-Falaknuma and Falaknuma-Nampally. The proposal is to spread its reach to Shamshabad, Ghatkesar, Medchal and Patancheru. On the busy Patancheru sector, the service which presently terminates at Lingampally gets extended till the bustling industrial estate with new stations identified at Tellapur, BHEL, Ashoknagar and Patancheru.

It has also been decided to revive certain sections like Moulali-Sanathnagar which are presently catering to the goods service. Once done, this line will have the MMTS serving residents of Ferozeguda, Bowenpally, Venkatapuram, Bhudevi Nagar, Lothukunta, Neredmet, East Anand Bagh and Moulali. Introducing the service on Secunderabad-Ghatkesar route will mean the entire 19 km stretch getting a swank and quick transport system. As of now, this line has stations at Lallaguda, Lalapet, Moulali, Cherlapalli and the Singapore Township while some new ones are to be identified on the route.

There is some good news for those either residing or planning to buy property along Malkajgiri, Dayanand Nagar, Safilguda, R.K.Puram, Ammuguda, Cavalry Barracks, Alwal, Bolarum Bazaar, Gundla Pochampalli and Gowdavalli too as the MMTS will touch these spots while racing towards Medchal. The Secunderabad- Medchal line is expected to be around 28 km long. On the busy Patancheru sector, the service which presently terminates at Lingampally gets extended till the bustling industrial estate with new stations identified at Tellapur, BHEL, Ashoknagar and Patancheru...

"The MMTS phase-I mainly catered to the city which is already choking. The second phase servicing suburbs like Medchal, Ghatkesar and Shamshabad is bound to increase property values," says a realtor. When completed, the second phase of MMTS along with the first phase is expected to bring the service within 1 km reach for 31 per cent of the population and within 4 km reach for 78 per cent population. Since it criss-crosses the city core and also the outskirts, the two phases will have 38 per cent employment centres within 1 km reach and 84 per cent of them within a 4 km radius. Source: The Hindu

Roumours... MMTS Phase II * Cost: Rs.385 crores * GoAP share: two-thirds
Secunderabad - Ghatkesar (Lallaguda, Lalapet, Moulali, Cherlapalli and the Singapore Township).
Secunderabad - Medchal (Malkajgiri, Dayanand Nagar, Safilguda, R.K.Puram, Ammuguda, Cavalry Barracks, Alwal, Bolarum Bazaar, Gundla Pochampalli and Gowdavalli).
Falaknuma - Shamshabad (Katedhan, APAU, RS Badvel, Satmra).
Tellapur - Patancheru (line would be revived: Tellapur, BHEL, Ashoknagar and Patancheru.)
Moulali-Sanathnagar (line would be revived: Ferozeguda, Bowenpally, Venkatapuram, Bhudevi Nagar, Lothukunta, Neredmet, East Anand Bagh and Moulali). Picture: Credits and Thanks to Magestom.
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3361/mmts13ow.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=4328669
Roumours...

MMTS Phase II * Cost: Rs.385 crores * GoAP share: two-thirds


It makes sense to develop MMTS with coaches like those for Delhi Metro.
Even new lines can extended like from Miyapur to Gachibowli. The city will get long term benefit at least cost and disruption. However its not going to be executed easily by the world's largest employer.

http://www.business-standard.com/banking/storypage.php?tab=r&autono=279868&subLeft=1&leftnm=2


ICICI to set up back office operations for South in Hyd


Since it is coming up on 8 acres, i think we can expect some unique desgin from these guys. i would love to see a landmark building that could attract many more financial companies....any renderings so far? also, who is the consultant designing the building?
According to this story (http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=21210), the architect is Hafeez Contractor.
Eminent architect Hafeez Contractor of Mumbai is to design the building, which is expected to be completed by December 2008.

If this building was always slated to be designed by HC, and was originally slated to be 44 floors...

...guess which other building located in Hyd was/is to be about that size.
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1430/obelisk123c9aesh9.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3020/obelisk223d94elw8.jpg


So are we looking at a shorter version of obelisk?

According to this story (http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=21210), the architect is Hafeez Contractor.


If this building was always slated to be designed by HC, and was originally slated to be 44 floors...

...guess which other building located in Hyd was/is to be about that size.
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1430/obelisk123c9aesh9.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3020/obelisk223d94elw8.jpg


So are we looking at a shorter version of obelisk?

Since it has been scaled down to 28 flloors, I do not think a shorter version of Obelisk would be appealing.....a design along the lines of the 18 storey UB Tower would be better off I would think

Line-1 alignement is like: ...Ameerpet - PunjaGutta - Erramanzil - Khairatabad...
So it is likely to cross the Panjagutta flyover, right at the junction.

Thanks for clarifying....in one of my earlier posts I was proposing an Ameerpet flyover crossing the Punjagutta flyover...in lieu of the metro it is not required.

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/07/stories/2007040715230500.htm
Paryatak Bhavan inaugurated
HYDERABAD: Balayogi Paryatak Bhavan, the sprawling one-stop complex for travel and tourism facility at Begumpet, was inaugurated by Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni, here on Friday, in the presence of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

Congratulating the State Government, Department of Tourism and all those involved with the project for the splendid job, Ms. Soni announced at a media conference later that a workshop would soon be held on tourism infrastructure. The Rs. 33-crore centrally air-conditioned, seven floor Paryatak Bhavan, is developed by Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) on 1.83 acres of prime Government land leased to it. The complex with a built up area of 2.18 lakh sft and developed on the lines of a tourism mall offering everything a tourist would require had Central and State Governments contributing Rs.5 crores and Rs.12 crores respectively while APTDC's share was Rs.13 crores.

State Tourism, Culture and Major Industries Minister J. Geeta Reddy said Paryatak Bhavan would be the single point tourist resource centre. It would have tourist information stalls of other States, offices for India Tourism, APTDC, tour operators, travel agents, international airlines, space for tourism-related facilities like currency exchange, souvenir shops and a three-star hotel with 84 rooms, swimming pool, restaurant, bar, food court, board rooms and conference facilities, all under one roof.

The Centre had been helping projects in State and more assistance would follow like Rs.25 crores to destination development, Rs.50 crores for circuit tourism with facilities like golf courses, helipad, Southern Splendour under Incredible India, Buddhist circuit, and a second Destination on Wheels.
cool.

IT firms twist jobs-for-land rule
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad, April 6: Several information technology companies which got hold of government land in Madhapur promising to create thousands of jobs have instead rented out their premises to other companies. While some firms handed over the land to big construction companies to create more space for renting, others shifted to smaller buildings in other parts of the city and rented their prime space in the Hitec city area to top IT companies. All these companies are coolly earning crores of rupees as rent and many have also been allowed to register the lands in their name.

Inquiries by this correspondent revealed that companies such as Vanenburg, I Labs, Ananth Technologies, Softsol, Softpro and SQL have rented out their premises to others. A construction firm Ascendas acquired 8.5 lakh sq ft in the 20-acre Vanenburg IT Park and rented it out to Cognizant Technologies, Computer Associates, SSA Global and Motorola. I Labs rented out its premises to GE and the Hyundai Research and Development Centre. Ananth Technologies gave 1.5 lakh square feet to two IT companies on rent while operating its own business from three independent buildings in Jubilee Hills.

These companies had been given land under the IT policy provision that they should create certain number of jobs within a stipulated period. “The companies should create 300 jobs for every acre they had taken in specific timeframe,” said a senior official of the IT and communication department. “The land will be registered in the company’s name if it creates the promised jobs.” Though these companies had presented statistics on annual employment creation, no effort has been made to find out whether these claims were true. It is suspected that the figures include employment by companies which had been given space on rent.

By making these claims, the companies were not only able to register the land in their name but were also able to recover the entire construction cost within a few years by collecting huge rents. “We have fulfilled our obligations both in terms of job creation and built up area as per the MoU signed with APIIC,” said I Labs general manager G. Ramesh. “Since we are a holding company we are meeting our obligations through the companies in which we hold more than 26 per cent shareholding.”

The company initially constructed 2.5 lakh sq ft and subsequently added another 2 lakh sq ft. “The company also got the land registered under its name after fulfilling the employment obligation,” he said. Some companies defended themselves by saying that they were doing what everyone else was doing. “Most of the companies which availed land are doing the same thing,” said Mr Brahmanandam of SoftSol. APIIC had entered into an agreement with Ananth Technologies on April 21, 2004, for 3.11 acres, with a condition that the company should create 1,000 jobs in five years. However, P Subba Rao, managing director of Ananth Technologies, admitted that he had leased out more than 1 lakh sq ft to two other companies. He also said that the monthly rents range from Rs 25 to Rs 35 per sq ft. Mr Subba Rao said they would soon shift to their premises near Hitec city from Jubilee Hills.

“Though 1 lakh sq ft is sufficient we are building double the space keeping in mind future requirements,” he said. Officials of the IT and Communication (IT&C) department as well as APIIC have remained mute spectators to this double game played by the companies. “If they rent out premises, then it could have been given to a real estate company in the first place,” quipped an official. When contacted, IT&C secretary K. Ratna Prabha said that the government was aware of such practices and would take action. She also said that the government would verify the employment particulars submitted by the companies.
money money money

ONGC to step up investments for refinery project in Kakinada
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, APRIL 07, 2007 02:56:53 AM]

HYDERABAD: It’s official. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation chairman R S Sharma on Thursday announced that the company would soon resume work on the proposed refinery project in Kakinada. The company has also decided to step up investment from Rs 12,000 crore to over Rs 20,000 crore for the project. “Earlier, we were planning to set up a 7.5 million tonne refinery. But studies show that we can increase the capacity of the refinery to 15 MT and we expect to lay the foundation of stone of the new project in about four months..." he said.

He made this statement in the presence of Union petroleum minister Murli Deora.

... The project will come up in the 10,000-acre SEZ in Kakinada.

... According to him, with KG Basin emerging as a major hub of gas, Andhra Pradesh will be able to attract more investment. “The reserve will also help us bring down the gas prices by about 30%,” he said. He assured the state government that natural gas from KG Basin will be supplied by Reliance and other developers by June next year...
Its official! :) Rs 20,000 crore investment. 15MT capacity. 10,000 acre SEZ.

Source: TOI Epaper

Hyderabad: At least 10 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) from Andhra Pradesh are expected to figure in the 83 projects that the Centre’s Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) cleared for notification at its meeting in New Delhi on Thursday.
These projects, for which land has been acquired but the notification kept on hold by the Centre due to the land acquisition controversy created by the Nandigram incidents in West Bengal, will take off full steam now, a state government official told TOI.
With the group of ministers (GoM) having cleared the 83 projects, the notifications are expected to be issued in a week’s time by the Union commerce ministry.
The major project which will get an impetus is the Brandix textile SEZ in Visakhapatnam. Having already employed about 500 people, the Brandix India Apparel City Private Limited with an area of 404.70 hectares, had been threatening to pull out unless the notification comes about soon so that construction work could begin. Another major project that is expected to be cleared is the ONGC-promoted port-based multi-product SEZ in Kakinada.
Several IT SEZs from the state are to be notified following the central clearance on Thursday. These include the 16.29 hectare Raheja IT/ITES SEZ in Madhapur (Ranga Reddy district), the 10.62 hectare DLF IT/ITES SEZ also in Ranga Reddy district, the 10 hectare AP Techno Projects Pvt Ltd IT/ITES SEZ in Hyderabad, the 10.52 hectare IT/ITES SEZ of Satyam Computer Services Ltd in Bahadurapalli, Hyderabad, another 12.14 hectare Satyam SEZ in Hyderabad, and three IT/ITES SEZs promoted by Maytas Properties Pvt Ltd in Qutbullapur, RR district (29.85 hectares); in Medchal mandal, RR district (14.16 hectares); and Serilingampally in RR district (15.92 hectares).
According to state government officials, the notification of these SEZs would give a great fillip to the industrial and IT growth of the state. “Even before the notification, a major IT major has booked huge space in the Raheja SEZ. Similarly, construction is almost complete on one of the SEZ’s promoted by Satyam.
Once the notification comes, there will be a boom in IT and industrial activity in the state,” an official said.

Monday, April 02, 2007 Cyberabad Times

Greenlands Flyover: ======================================== Jan/Feb 2008

Today morning i saw the progress made on the construction of greenlands flyover.
The only thing thats left seems to be the part of the flyover that goes parallel to the begumpet flyover. Construction of piers on that side is also happening fast, so once the mch and railways sort out the problem it should not take that much time to finish the entire project.

I am guessing the flyover would be ready by oct/nov 2007.

Today morning i saw the progress made on the construction of greenlands flyover.
The only thing thats left seems to be the part of the flyover that goes parallel to the begumpet flyover. Construction of piers on that side is also happening fast, so once the mch and railways sort out the problem it should not take that much time to finish the entire project.

I am guessing the flyover would be ready by oct/nov 2007.

Yes the remaining bit is the contentious part....I recall from an earlier post that it may not be done before Jan/Feb 2008 ?

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/09/stories/2007040918610500.htm
Scam accused may lose FOB contracts
HYDERABAD: The MCH might cancel the four foot overbridge (FOB) contracts bagged by Saroos Ads owned by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scam accused Sarasa Devi under the Fund Your City (FYC) campaign on the build, operate and transfer (BOT) mode. Additional Commissioner (Traffic, Transportation and Advertisements) N.V.S. Reddy said notices had already been issued for annulling the deals because of the delay in taking them up by the agency. A final decision, however, will be taken up in next few days.

New agency: If a decision to cancel the contracts was taken, the next ad agency in contention would be given the project while the BOT period would remain the same, he said. The agency commenced work only for the Khairatabad FOB but there are apprehensions whether the structure will come through now. Geo Desic, Bangalore-based agency, which had designed the nut and bolt structure and erecting it, has been promised by corporation officials that there will be no issue with payments and it can go ahead with the construction. "If Saroos Ads does not pay rest of the amount, we will give it to the next contending agency and the amount paid by the former will be adjusted with advertisement tax arrears," explained Mr. Reddy.

90-lakh tax arrears: Incidentally, Saroos Ads owes Rs. 90 lakhs in tax and notices have been issued for the same and hoarding contracts are not being renewed for this year. The Ad agency was known to be an aggressive bidder and its owner was an enthusiastic participant during the bidding process of FYC campaign started by MCH in December 2005 to set up important civic infrastructure through public-private partnerships.

Project costs : It had quoted Rs.80 lakhs for BOT ownership of eight years and 10 years, more than a year ago, for the Khairatabad and Secunderabad railway station FOBs respectively.

Two more FOBs — at JNTU and Masab Tank and Erragadda bus stop — were garnered at the fourth FYC campaign a few months ago. The first one was for Rs. 42 lakhs for a two-year period and the second was Rs.45 lakhs for the same period. However, the Secunderabad station FOB was shifted to NIMS in Punjagutta as it was coming in the way of the proposed metro rail route...
this person must be a very powerful lobbyist.

Sunday, April 08, 2007 Cyberabad Times
Integrated Transportation system
In an effort to create a synergy between various means of transport Metro, MMTS and BRTS in the city the government plans to create integrated master plan to solve the traffic problems of the city. The proposed Metropolitan Transport Authority should be a policy making body for public transportin the city.

The government has learnt from the MMTS experiment and felt that a combined and independent entity is required to handle transit and transportation in the city and so was the idea of the Metropolitan Transport Autority formed. MMTS which was touted as the solution for all the transportation needs in the city, has failed to deliver. MMTS had two major problems which have proven to be its undoing. One There are not enough feeder services to railway stations and second the low frequency of trains makes the service unreliable...

The MRTS, a state government initiative, is a much bigger project that will pass through the most congested routes of the city covering 66.39 km. Hyderabad has a daily commuting population of 32.5 lakh. Their commute requires 75 lakh motor trips per day, and that is putting great stress on the city's infrastructure...

BRTS was a solution born out of the MMTS problem of lacking feeder services to and from MMTS stations. The Central Government is encouraging BRTS by giving liberal financial assistance under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission and hence the MCH chose these routes as feeder and complementary routes for the metro rail routes. BRTS will have dedicated bus lanes across seven routes and for little more than 50 kilometres of road length across the twin cities connecting major bus terminals and metro stations. These Routes originate and terminate at different points to reduce the waiting time and travel time for the passengers.

On the other hand the three metro lines will also touch major bus terminals located in four corners like the Jubilee Bus Station, Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station at Imlibun, Dilsukhnagar Bus Station, Miyapur Bus Station and Charminar Bus Station.

Apart from that Metro and MMTS will have interchange stations. The interchange stations with the railways will be at Nampally, Secunderabad and Begumpet. For Metro, line one and line two will have an interchange station at Osmania Medical College in Koti, line 1 and line 3 interchange station will be at Ameerpet and for line 2 and line 3 at Parade Grounds. Interchange stations for MRTS with existing MMTS network will be at Bharatnagar, Begumpet, Khairatabad, Malakpet and Falaknuma. Railway lines will be crossed over at Alugadda Bavi, Hotel Ramakrishna, Old Gandhi Hospital, Begumpet, Malakpet, Khairatabad and Bharatnagar...

BRTS Routes
Mehdipatnam to Uppal - 17 km (Rs. 102 cr)
Mehdipatnam to Attapur - 3.7 km (Rs. 22.2 cr)
Owaisi Hospital to Aramghar junction - 9.5 km (Rs.85.5 cr)
Moosarambagh bridge - Chaderghat (south bank) - 3.5 km (Rs. 52.5 cr)
Moosarambagh bridge - Chaderghat (north bank) - 3.5 km (Rs.31.5 cr)
Punjagutta to Erragadda - 4.5 km (Rs.22.5 cr)
Bapughat to Chaderghat (north bank of Musi) - 12 km (180 cr).

Metro Stations
Line one
JNTU - KPHB Colony - Kukatpally - Balanagar - Moosapet - Bharatnagar - Erragadda - ESI Hospital - S.R.Nagar - Ameerpet - Punjagutta - Erramanzil - Khairatabad - Secretariat - Ravindra Bharathi - Assembly - Gandhi Bhavan - M.J. Market - Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station - Malakpet - Moosarambagh - Dilsukhnagar - L.B.Nagar.

Line two
Parade Grounds - Secunderabad station - Ramnagar - Chikkadpally - Narayanaguda - Sultan Bazar - Osmania Medical College - Salar Jung Museum - Charminar - Shalibanda - Shamsheergunj - Jangamet - Falaknuma.

Line three
Habsiguda - Begumpet - Ameerpet - Madhuranagar - Yousufguda - Jubilee Hills

Compiled by The Cyberabad Times

Sunday, April 08, 2007 Cyberabad Times

Which is the mrts line that terminates at HiTech city/Shilparaman? Has HUDA thought of Phase 2 for connecting the IT/Fin hub of Gachibowli?

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/09/stories/2007040918610500.htm

this person must be a very powerful lobbyist.

Why the fuss/interest with FOBs? Most of them ( Begumpet, HPS, Banjara Hills etc) are hardly used. Freaking pain to see people bang in the middle right below the FOB:bash: I believe they are waste of money. Also looks like there was not much of planning since Mehdipatnam FOB may hv to be shifted since it falls in the way of PVNR expressway....

Wake up call for APSRTC.
really a wake up call.
Wonder why APSRTC is not finding it as lucrative as Hyd-B'lore sector.
they better learn from APTDC , who are running more buses on this sector.

They should not try to scale this down. it look bad.

According to this story (http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=21210), the architect is Hafeez Contractor.


If this building was always slated to be designed by HC, and was originally slated to be 44 floors...

...guess which other building located in Hyd was/is to be about that size.
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1430/obelisk123c9aesh9.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3020/obelisk223d94elw8.jpg


So are we looking at a shorter version of obelisk?

Monday, April 09, 2007 Cyberabad Times
Awaiting a landmark approval
Under pressure from public seeking permissions for taking up construction activity within one km belt of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) growth corridor, the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has urged the State Government to approve the draft proposals of the ORR

As the project is likely to trigger large-scale development along the ORR corridor, HUDA prepared a Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) with hierarchical road network. The comprehensive plan depicts the Growth Corridor, 11 MRTS corridors, skyscraper zones, bio-conservation zone, 900-metre buffer strip around Hakimpet and Dundigal airports and a green belt along the Musi.

Growth Corridor Master Plan and Special Developmental Regulations (SDRs) submitted by them last year. HUDA officials sought clearance for granting permissions along the 162-km ORR on the condition that the developer/owner/petitioner should submit an undertaking that he or she would abide by the final orders, including payment special charges, if any. After examining the proposal and consulting the Law department, the State Government has sought the opinion of the Advocate General who is said to have orally communicated to the officials that the draft can be notified and after receiving objections and suggestions from the people, the final notification can be issued. Though the draft notification was to be published by March 31, it got delayed due to official apathy.

"We are awaiting the opinion in writing so that the issue can be put up for approval of the Chief Minister and the Cabinet," officials of the Municipal Administration department told. According to them, as the project is likely to trigger large-scale development along the ORR corridor, HUDA prepared a Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) with hierarchical road network and also framed Special Development Regulations (SDRs) for the areas falling within one km belt on either side of the ORR to curb haphazard and ribbon development. "In fact, we have suggested that a high-level team, including MLAs, visit Ahmedabad, the best local body in the country with planned development, so that the same can be replicated for the ORR project," the officials said.

The CDP and SDRs were prepared by modifying the notified Master Plan for non-municipal areas and other Zonal Development Plans of Shambhupur, Medchal, Yamjal, Keesara, Poppalguda and Ramachandrapuram zones... Source: The Hindu, The New Indian Express

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/12/stories/2007041217100500.htm

Metro rail project: special purpose vehicle approved
Ambitious venture to have three routes running up to 66 km
Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited to have Rs. 100 cr. capital
HYDERABAD: The proposed elevated metro rail for the capital reached a significant milestone with the Government approving the formation of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) - Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) Limited to implement the project.

The Government has also appointed Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department Principal Secretary S.P. Singh as Chairman and Multi-Mode Transit Service (MMTS) Project Director N.V.S. Reddy as the Managing Director for HMR.

Other members are: Principal Secretary (Finance) N. Ramesh Kumar, Principal Secretary (Transport) Tishya Chaterjee, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board MD K.S. Jawahar Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Limited MD G. Sai Prasad, Hyderabad Urban Development Authority VC Jayesh Ranjan.

The SPV has an authorised capital of Rs. 100 crores and the MD designate N.V.S. Reddy has been asked to immediately get the company registered. The MA & UD Department will work out the share capital to be subscribed taking into account the funds already released and available for the project.

The objectives: HMR would help in land identification, land acquisition and shifting of utilities like telephone, power, sewer and drinking water lines. It would help in timely implementation of the project as per the approved technical specifications, performance criteria and very high safety standards.

HMR's other objectives indicated in the Government order are to provide for feeder service network, commercially exploit land, air space and other resources, undertake transit oriented developmental activities, etc...

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/12/stories/2007041217090500.htm
HMR to become landowner for 266 acres

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Metro Rail, the newly formed special purpose vehicle to supervise the project, will become the landowner for the 266 acres -- 223 acres belonging to the Government and the rest of 43 acres in private hands -- required for the project.

The Government will be transferring land ownership to HMR, which in turn would lease the land to the private BOT developer for a period of 35 years including five years for constructing the project, said MD designate N.V.S. Reddy. "At the end of the 35-year term the land will revert back to the Government which means the BOT developer can utilise the land for development, but not sell...

Three major depots for maintenance and rolling stock are to be built at Miyapur - 99 acres, Habsiguda-77 acres and Falaknuma - 17 acres.

About Rs. 261 crores earmarked to acquire 43 acres of private property has been left out of the project cost bringing it down to Rs. 8,482 crores from Rs. 8,760 crores already.

HMR expects the Central and State Governments to pitch in about Rs. 3,277 crores as Viability Gap Funding (VGF) of 40 per cent from the total projected cost of Rs. 8,482 crores...

...construction period could begin in four months with three months for technical bids scrutiny and another fortnight for financial bids scrutiny.

... it would be metro rail for all three routes and a single BOT developer would be chosen from among the five consortia short-listed has been finalised as technical experts wanted uniformity in technology...

Cyberabad Times
Fabcity : A race against time
Fabcity may not have got the timing right even as the government finally has a policy that it hopes could put the country on the world map of semiconductor manufacturing.

The process of joining the ranks of countries such as Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan, Singapore and the US has already begun with the government expecting a $6-10 billion investment.

The $3 billion Fabcity is already underway and Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing has submitted its $4 billion proposal that awaits the Centre's nod. But most analysts and some industry players are wondering whether government incentives alone will suffice...

By the time the fabs come up (2009-10), technology would have moved on. For instance, most of the projects announced about 130 nm (nanometer) technologies to begin with.

This technology will help in developing chips for set-top boxes, micro controllers, logic devices, discrete devices, and so on but not for mobile phone or memory chips (which account for 40 to 50 per cent of the total semiconductor market) that require better technologies.

However, there's still a logic in having a fab plant in India. Chip designing, which India excels in, accounts for around 30 per cent of the total high-tech manufacturing revenues.

"The problem is that by the time the fab plants in India start production, these high-tech devices will require more sophisticated technology (say 60 nm or 45 nm technologies)," says an expert. Only SemIndia is currently talking about 90 and 60 nm technologies for its second phase of production. Besides, the lower the chip size, the higher the investment. However, there's still a logic in having a fab plant in India. Chip designing, which India excels in, accounts for around 30 per cent of the total high-tech manufacturing revenues. Assembling, testing, marking, packing (ATMP) and chip manufacturing account for the remaining 70 per cent which India loses out on...

SemIndia, the company which is setting up fabcity in Hyderabad, has said there will be enough local demand since India's GDP is growing at over 8 per cent...

Industry experts also note that much depends on contracts too. Major fab players like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have contracts for a minimum period of two years. TSMC recently opened an office in Bangalore to bolster its efforts. Indian semiconductor plants will have to compete with the global majors for a decent market share...
Source: Business Standard, Minor modifications made to the source article to fit format.

State government to notify creation of Greater Hyderabad
Friday April 13 2007 00:00 IST Newindpress
HYDERABAD: After overcoming the legal hurdles as well as political pressures, the state government is poised to issue a notification on Friday for the creation of Greater Hyderabad.

Senior IAS officer CVSK Sarma has already been appointed as the chief commissioner of the Greater Hyderabad. Highly placed sources told this website's newspaper that Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy has signed the relevant file on Thursday evening.

The Greater Hyderabad Metropolitan Corporation (GHMC) will come into existence with a jurisdiction of 625 sq km covering over 66 lakh population, after the notification is issued.

The Greater Hyderabad will comprise Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, 12 Municipalities - L.B.Nagar, Gaddianaram, Uppal Kalan, Kapra, Alwal, Qutbullapur, Malkajgiri, Kukatpally, Seri Lingampally, Rajendranagar, Patencheru and Ramachandrapuram and eight Gram Panchayats - Shamshabad, Mamidipalli, Satamrai, Jalapally, Mankhal, Almasguda/Tukkuguda, Sardarnagar and Ravarala.

The GHMC will be bifurcated in to five zones, 17 circles and 150 wards in place of the existing four zones, seven circles and 100 wards. The chief commissioner will be assisted by one additional commissioner each for south, west, north, east and central zones. Each zone will have 17 deputy commissioners and two to three assistant commissioners will be attached to each deputy commissioner...

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/13/stories/2007041321880300.htm
MCH appoints technical panel to look into hoarding accident
HYDERABAD: A shell shocked Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad has appointed a two-member technical committee to look into the uni-pole mishap in Jubilee Hills and also to check structural safety of all advertising boards including hoardings...

JNTU faculty member and renowned structural engineer N.V. Ramana Rao and MCH's own Superintending Engineer R. Sridhar are panel members investigating into the mishap. They will check for any design deficiency in the structure or if it was sabotage...

A criminal case was filed against `Ad Age', the agency that put up the uni-pole at Jubilee Hills, and their licence too was cancelled. Stringent legal action will be taken against the guilty party after the panel submits its findings in four days' time, he said. Mr. Rao and Mr. Sridhar visited the mishap site on Thursday and took down measurements. The entire area, looked like it was hit by a typhoon, has been cordoned off. Later, the structural engineers panel will also study the safety of all the 75 uni-poles and some of the hoardings estimated to be 1,800 in number in about a fortnight's time...

Agencies' clout :The incident not only brought to light the lack of proper design specifications for the uni-poles and hoardings but also revealed the tremendous clout enjoyed by outdoor agencies. Close to 50 uni-poles more are awaiting permission as on date. In fact, these agencies had successfully thwarted an earlier attempt to act against hoardings and uni-poles projecting on to the roads. It is also common knowledge that advertising space on these is much more than permitted by the MCH. This too would be now curbed, promise officials.
Deccan Chronicle:
MCH will pull down shaky ads
Hyderabad, April 12: The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad began inspection of all hoardings and unipoles in the city and decided to remove those posing a threat to the public. As a first step, the MCH engineering wing removed a big unipole advertisement near Nagarjuna circle on Thursday to avoid another havoc in Hyderabad.

The MCH also appointed a two-member committee comprising JNTU structural engineer Prof. N.V. Ramana Rao and MCH superintending engineer R. Sridhar to inspect all the 1,700 hoardings and 70 unipoles in the city. “We will remove those which pose a threat after receiving the report in a week’s time,” said MCH additional commissioner NVS Reddy.

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/13/stories/2007041321880300.htm

Deccan Chronicle:
^^ The whole incident was a real shocker ( and a possible eye opener) for everyone...instead of sueing the company MCH should have stringent quality checks prevent these from happening in the first place.

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/14/stories/2007041408740100.htm
Lufthansa facility for Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Lufthansa Technik, leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul of airplanes, components and engines, has decided to set up a new facility in Hyderabad to support the growing aviation sector in India.

The new facility will be located in the Greenfield Rajiv Gandhi International Airport coming up at Shamshabad, near here. Lufthansa Technik will team up with GMR Group, infrastructure developer and the concessionaire of airports in Hyderabad and Delhi. The facility will provide base maintenance services for the Airbus A 320 family and Boeing 737 aircraft, including 737 Classic and 737 NG (next generation), according to August W. Henningsen, Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik AG.

Announcing the new facility at a press conference here on Friday, he said the investment in the two-bay hangar and its state-of-art workshops would exceed Rs. 100 crores (20 million USD) in the initial phase. Construction of the 20,000-square metre facility would begin this year. The facility is expected to commence operations by 2008-end with two parallel lines to serve the maintenance requirements of the rapidly growing narrow body fleet of Indian carriers. "With more than 400 airplanes on order, the Indian aviation market is one of the fastest growing in the world. The new facility will complement the existing MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) support being provided to new and the existing fleets in India," he added.

The company requires 400 highly qualified personnel once the facility is fully operational. "Plan is to concentrate recruitment within Andhra Pradesh," designated Managing Director of the new company Dominik Wiener-Silva said. Replying to a question, Mr. Henningsen said Lufthansa Technik had signed a Total Component Support contract with Air Deccan and was sole provider of support services to Kingfisher Airlines. It had concluded contracts with Jet Airways, Go Air, Air India, Indian and Air Sahara.

MCH to take over Eenadu city land
Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad, April 13: The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad has decided to acquire forcibly 141.47 square yards of land in the premises of the Eenadu office in Somajiguda within a week, officials said. The MCH will demolish constructions on the land to widen the road between Khairatabad and Panjagutta junctions under the compulsory land acquisition rules and regulations.

MCH will acquire land from three other owners, Dr Marood Khan, Mr Gousuddin and Aiwan-e-Urdu, along the road. According to officials, 269.52 square yards on the Khairatabad-Panjagutta route will be acquired within a week. The road narrows to 85 feet in front of the Eenadu compound, though it was widened to 100 feet elsewhere along the stretch.

The MCH planning department and land acquisition wing decided to take recourse to the Land Acquisition Act after it failed to convince Ushodaya Enterprises to hand over the land. The wing has sent the file to Hyderabad joint collector M. Muktheswara Rao to finalise the compensation amount. Officials said that Eenadu cannot move court against the acquisition since the court had authorised the MCH to acquire land wherever necessary for road widening. They can demand more compensation, officials said.

"We requested Ushodaya Enterprises several times to hand over the property for road extension. They did not respond to our public notices which were issued in January 2007. So we decided to take over possession of the land," Mr N. Raghunatha Rao, special deputy collector, MCH land acquisition wing ...
"The road will be extended to 100 feet after the demolition of those properties."...

HMR to become landowner for 266 acres

Babji,it would be great if certain projects could only be posted in the thread made exclusively for them. I see no point in posting news related to the metro/ORR/HIAL again in this thread.

:cheers:

Babji,it would be great if certain projects could only be posted in the thread made exclusively for them. I see no point in posting news related to the metro/ORR/HIAL again in this thread.

:cheers:

thats a good idea.
i thought it wasn't unususal for cross posting, esp, when the news is of interest to the forumers who frequent their city threads.

^^ The whole incident was a real shocker ( and a possible eye opener) for everyone...instead of sueing the company MCH should have stringent quality checks prevent these from happening in the first place.

Deccan Chronicle
Annoyed MCH not to permit unipoles
Hyderabad, April 13: The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad on Friday decided not to permit new unipoles and hoardings in the city in light of the tragic incident in which one person died and five others were injured on Wednesday. The decision was taken at the general body meeting presided by special officer S.P. Singh. A resolution was passed to this effect.

MCH will also to inspect all communication towers and other such structures erected on top of buildings. The MCH asked the concerned firms to submit fresh stability certificates and details of the rental agreements. It may be recalled that strong winds toppled a giant hoarding at Jubilee Hills, killing one person and injuring a few others on Wednesday
better late than never. the good thing is to learn from the mistakes and not to repeat mistakes.

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/14/stories/2007041420210500.htm
Rs. 250 crores granted for old city sewerage network
HYDERABAD: After the green signal for the Rs. 150-crore underground sewerage network plan for Charminar and surrounding areas under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM), the Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) received another shot in the arm on Friday with the State Government sanctioning a Rs. 250-crore project to cover Chandrayangutta, Yakutpura, Saidabad and Malakpet areas.

The plan was cleared by the State-level Steering Committee at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy as part of the Rs. 2,000-crore special package he had announced for the old city last year. Of this, Rs. 800 crores was earmarked for rehabilitation and strengthening the sewerage network, water board Managing Director K.S. Jawahar Reddy said.

Both Zone I (Charminar and surrounding areas) and Zone II (Malakpet, Saidabad, Chandrayangutta, Yakutpura and MCH ward nos. 16, 17, 18 and parts of 22 and 23) cost a staggering Rs. 400 crores, exactly half of the amount set aside for the new sewerage network.

Centre to chip in :The Centre would chip in with 35 per cent cost of the three-year project under JNURM and the rest borne by the State Government. "We are confident of getting it cleared under JNURM," Mr. Reddy affirmed. The Zone II project entails upsizing of the existing network and laying of new underground sewerage pipelines — be it conveying mains, trunk mains, laterals or branch sewers and transfer of storm water drain connections to the sewer system, all measuring to a length of 190 km in 25-sq km area...

Deccan Chronicle

better late than never. the good thing is to learn from the mistakes and not to repeat mistakes.

Smart decision by MCH:) It will save them the stick in future...Now I hope they also do something about dangling and strewn wires from hoardings that lie all across the roads before something serious happens...

MCH to take over Eenadu city land
Deccan Chronicle

Good....it is difficult to travel in the stretch between Somajiguda and Raj bhavan during peak hours.....

Truck terminals to declog city traffic
Saturday April 14 2007 15:04 IST Newindpress
HYDERABAD: The Road Transport Authority (RTA) is waiting for a green signal from the State Government for setting up half-a-dozen truck terminals on the outskirts to ease vehicular traffic in the city.

The RTA has 40 acres of land at Pedda Amberpet on the Hyderabad- Vijayawada National Highway and 10 acres at Medchal on the Hyderabad- Nizamabad Highway. Besides, the police department has 54 acres opposite the SVP National Police Academy.

The Government is planning to resume 300 acres belonging to the Hindustan Machine Tools on the Hyderabad- Narsapur road and a portion of the land is likely to be allotted for having these terminals.

The terminals, to be executed on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode and Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) model, will have petrol pumps, dormitories, hotels and other infrastructure. Each terminal will come up on a 50-acre site at an estimated cost of more than Rs 1 crore...

The officials further said that private bus depots and stations were being planned in at least five places on the national highways towards Vijayawada, Mumbai, Bangalore, Nagpur and other places which are important entry and exit points to the city.

They would be along the inner ring road on 5-10 acres. One of them would be in front of Victoria Memorial Home on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada Highway, the officials said.

Remove TV wires on roads: Police
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad, April 14: The city traffic police directed cable television and internet service providers to repair the service wires which are hanging precariously on the roads and footpaths within a week. The traffic police believe that these are causing inconvenience to the motorists and pedestrians apart from triggering accidents.

The police said that the operators were using wires tied to electric and telephone poles at Punjagutta, Khairatabad, Lakdikapul, Ravindra Bharati and Secretariat. They added that at some places the wires were also found to be cut...

City Govt ==========(old) ====== (new)
================= MCH ====== Greter HMC

Chief Commossioner = n/a ======= Dr CVSK Sharma (Commissioner and Spl Officer)
Spl Officer ======== SP Singh === ??? (back to Cheif Secretery?)
Commissioner ====== Sanja Jaju == ??? (re-designate Spl Commissioner and continue same duties)

rumours...

...the chief secretary issued orders making Sarma commissioner of GH.
Sarma is not only commissioner of the new body, but also special officer in the MCH as well as ex-officio principal secretary of municipal administration and urban development.

This imparts immunity from interference from the department and makes Sarma all powerful in GH...

Rs 1,255cr land retaken
Decan Chronicle
Hyderabad, April 15: The government has recovered 73 acres of prime land in the twin cities worth Rs 1,255 crores, though throwing occupiers out of government land is no easy task because of the escalating price of land and determined efforts of those holding on to the land. Land was recovered from the posh Banjara Hills, Shaikpet, Somajiguda, Punjagutta, Kamalapuri and other areas...

Many persons including Congress MP D. Vittal Rao who were in occupation of 3,552 square yards and Mr Chakrapani and others who had occupied 2,852 square yards in Kamalapuri Colony were among those who lost legal battles. The government had filed cases in the land grabbing court (LGC No 46 of 2002) against Mr Vittal Rao and others for recovery of 3,552 square yards worth Rs 17.76 crore at Rs 50,000 per square yard... In other legal battles, the government won rights over 26,000 square yards in Shaikpet village held by M/s S.N. Mutually Aided Cooperative Housing Society; 2,092 square yards held by Mr M. Prabhakar in Jubilee Hills Cooperative Society; 18,000 square yards held by Mrs Banu Bee in Hakimpet, Hyderabad district collector R.V. Chandravadan said.

On Road No 12, Banjara Hills alone, the government won cases to take over 3,361 square yards held by Ms Rajani Barve; 24,287 square yards held by Mr S.K. Biyani and 10 others; 2,045 square yards in possession of Mr Khaja Naseeruddin and another represented by Mr Malleshwar holding general power of attorney... In other cases, the government won back 13,673 sq yards held by Mr Bhaskar at Somajiguda, 1,200 square yards in possession of M/s Nagarjuna Constructions at Nagarjuna Circle, Panjagutta; 9,680 sq yards held by Mr Sajjad Ali Khan and others belonging to Mental Hospital...

“The battle is far from over. Some have gone in for appeal and we are fighting it out in higher courts while some have sought regularisation of the encroached lands. We have listed out government lands under encroachment and trying to remove the encroachers with an iron hand,” he said. To ensure a foolproof case, the Hyderabad collector has provided digital cameras to some staff members to take photographs of encroached lands and encroachments removed and set up a demolition squad with equipment to throw out encroachers. According to Mr Chandravadan, 425 cases were pending in various courts involving 1,089.22 acres of government land. So far, 134 cases had gone in favour of the government, 152 against and 139 were pending.

... one acre of land held by one Dr Sudha and others in Banjara Hills, 3 acres held by Mr Hanumantha Rao in Somajiguda, one acre in Jubilee Hills and 5.2 acres belonging to Padmalaya Studio...
I guess, its good to have a strong opposition, so the Govt machinery thrives to perform better...

Sunday, April 15, 2007
Videocon dumps Hyderabad
Reversing its decision to set up the country's first thin-film transistor chip facility in Hyderabad, Videocon industries limited said it would set it up near the West Bengal capital.

"Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee proposed that we set up the facility in West Bengal and his government is ready to provide whatever is required. I could have gone to Hyderabad, but I am not going," VIL chairman Venugopal Dhoot told reporters after a meeting with the Chief Minister.

Spread over 100 acres, the facility will have an initial investment of Rs 1,000 crore. Dhoot said, "More funds would be pumped in later and the investment can go up to anything." According to Bhattacharjee, the facility will have units for microchip manufacturing, design and research and development in one place...
Source: Zee news
and we thought, Hyd (AP) was giving away goodies like no other state...
wonder, how many ppl are they going to employ in 100 acres FAB facility...

The Mahanagar club...

Mahanagar === Area ======== Population == Avg Income
Delhi ======= 1,482 Sq km == 1,53,33,741 == Rs 47,471
Mumbai ====== 438 Sq km == 1,19,14,398 == Rs 48,594
Bangalore ==== 477 Sq km ==== 65,00,000 == Rs 28,305
Chennai ==== 1,180 Sq km ==== 76,00,000 == ?? (#36 in the world best metros)
Hydearabad === 650 Sq km ==== 60,00,000 == ??

The Mahanagar club...

Mahanagar === Area ======== Population == Avg Income
Delhi ======= 1,482 Sq km == 1,53,33,741 == Rs 47,471
Mumbai ====== 438 Sq km == 1,19,14,398 == Rs 48,594
Bangalore ==== 477 Sq km ==== 65,00,000 == Rs 28,305
Chennai ==== 1,180 Sq km ==== 76,00,000 == ?? (#36 in the world best metros)
Hydearabad === 650 Sq km ==== 60,00,000 == ??

you mean 36'th largest urban agglomeration.......??!

you mean 36'th largest urban agglomeration.......??!

according to Eenadu, it is #36 in the best metros in the world
(apparently no other Indian metro made to the list of 100 world best metros)
imo, from the better living standards point of view, but not sure.
http://eenadu.net/district/districtshow1.asp?dis=hyderabad#17

Sunday, April 15, 2007

and we thought, Hyd (AP) was giving away goodies like no other state...
wonder, how many ppl are they going to employ in 100 acres FAB facility...

Perhaps the costs of everything is getting costlier over here...we also hv the Sem India fab based around Hyd..wonder what is the progress on that front...since it is more than 1000 acres employment potential would be tremendous

The Mahanagar club...

Mahanagar === Area ======== Population == Avg Income
Delhi ======= 1,482 Sq km == 1,53,33,741 == Rs 47,471
Mumbai ====== 438 Sq km == 1,19,14,398 == Rs 48,594
Bangalore ==== 477 Sq km ==== 65,00,000 == Rs 28,305
Chennai ==== 1,180 Sq km ==== 76,00,000 == ?? (#36 in the world best metros)
Hydearabad === 650 Sq km ==== 60,00,000 == ??

What is the source of this article ?

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/17/stories/2007041706660300.htm
Lanco Hills Park notified as SEZ

HYDERABAD: The city-based Lanco Hills Technology Park Private Limited of the Lanco Group has been notified as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) by the Union Ministry of Commerce with effect from April 10, 2007. A sector-specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITES) will be set up over 25-acres in Manikonda village, Rajendranagar Mandal of Ranga Reddy district.

The company is planned to be positioned as one of the largest `mixed-use' developers in the world worth over US $ 1 billion.

It constitutes realty sectors like IT/ITES space, mall, ultra modern living spaces, extraordinary entertainment, luxury hotels and service apartments, to name a few. It will be a truly international standard integrated IT park, he said. Chairman L. Madhusudhan Rao said "The sanction is recognition of our credentials and unique track record in creating global-scale landmarks." He said it would be a trendsetter in destination-building and etch Hyderabad as a signature to India as an emerging global destination.
cool. does it mean the 90 storey Lanco Tower is more or less confirmed ...

Ambani, Israel in race for city tower
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad, April 16: Anil Ambani’s Reliance Energy and an Israeli construction giant are in the race for the prestigious 100-storied tower that is to come up at Manchirevula on the city outskirts. A consortium of Reliance Energy and Shoba Developers of Bangalore, and the real estate wing of Israel-based Elbit Medical Imaging submitted technical bids for the project on Monday. Sources said that though Elbit bid on its own, Indu Projects, a local developer, will join it in executing the project. In all, 10 companies including Emaar and DLF were pre-qualified for the bid but only two firms submitted bids.

Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) managing director B.P. Acharya said that noted architect Hafeez Contractor would evaluate the designs submitted by the companies. “The financial bid will be opened within a month, after the technical bids are evaluated,” he said. APIIC had quoted Rs 6 crores per acre as the upset bid price for the 76 acres. The big tower would be developed in 30 acres in the first phase. It is estimated that about 20 lakh square feet built up area would be made available in the first phase of which the tower will have 10-12 lakh sq ft. Each floor is likely to have 15,000 sq ft. The bidders have proposed that a few more towers with 20 to 30 floors should be built around the big tower. Mr Acharya said that there were no restrictions on the use of space. “It can be utilised for IT, non-IT or even for hotels,” he pointed out.

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/17/stories/2007041719080100.htm

GHMC comes into existence
State Government issues notification merging 12 municipalities with MCH

HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) came into existence on Monday with the State Government issuing a notification for creation of the 625 sq. km metropolis.

All 12 municipalities surrounding the State capital have been merged with the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad to create the GHMC, which will have a population of 67 lakhs.

As a result, the municipalities of L.B. Nagar, Gaddiannaram, Uppal Kalan, Malkajgiri, Kapra, Alwal, Qutbullahpur, Kukatpally, Serilingampalli, Rajendranagar, Ramachandrapuram and Patancheru stand scrapped.

The new entity will be headed by a senior officer of the rank of Special Commissioner and the Government has already appointed C. V. S. K. Sarma to the post. The GHMC has been created to ensure improved service delivery in the surrounding areas and better inter-departmental and inter-agency coordination.

According to Information Minister Mohd. Shabbir Ali, the GHMC will help reduce the "great difference" in standards of service delivery and ensure that the surrounding areas will grow on a par with core Hyderabad. Addressing a press conference, Mr. Shabbir said the Government had no plans to impose new taxes. Developmental plans

"The Government has prepared plans for developmental projects costing Rs. 28,000 crores. Several of these projects will be posed to the Centre for assistance from international funding agencies," he said. Japan Bank for International Cooperation had already expressed willingness to fund the underground sewerage project. GHMC would receive 35 per cent funding for its projects under JNNURM. The State would contribute 15 per cent while 50 per cent would be mobilised through the corporation's resources. Mr. Shabbir said Commissioners of the erstwhile municipalities had been re-designated Deputy Commissioners of the GHMC.

http://www.business-standard.com/compindustry/storypage.php?tab=r&autono=281406&subLeft=1&leftnm=1

....Gamma Agro-Medical Processing Private Limited, a newly incorporated company of Hyderabad-based Gamma Weld Inspection Services, is setting up a commercial food irradiation plant in Medak district.

Coming up on three acres at the Export Promotion Industrial Park in IDA-Pashamylaram, the Rs 5.56-crore plant is expected to start commercial operations by the third week of May this year.

“Machinery has already been installed and the project is expected to be completed by this month-end. We intend to start a 15-day trial run from the first week of May and commercial operations after getting statutory clearances,” PB Kaginalli, managing director of Gamma Agro-Medical, told mediapersons here on Monday.

The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) would provide the necessary technology to Gamma Agro for running the plant. This would be the first commercial food irradiation plant in south India. ....

i hope the 100-storey tower becomes true and turns into a major landmark in India. seriously, they should go for a design that will make the entire world notice it. coming to Lanco, they'll prolly downsize the tower from 90 storeys. i don't think there is such demand to invest so much into one tower, and also, there is no proper support infra in place as of yet. so, that too will be a worry.

Remove TV wires on roads: Police
Deccan Chronicle
And about time too:) Hope they remove the strewn up mess on Hyd roads as promised

Huda goes greater too
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad, April 17: The government which has just completed the formation of Greater Hyderabad is looking into the formation of Hyderabad Metropolitan Authority to replace Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda). HMDA will check unauthorised layouts and illegal activities in the real estate business, officials said.

The municipal administration and urban development ministry is likely to issue a notification on the creation of HMDA which will take up development activities in some parts of Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar and Medak districts apart from Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts. Huda’s jurisdiction of 2,000 square kilometres will grow to 6,812.08 sq km under HMDA including 1,000 villages in 54 mandals in the five districts.The mandal-wise break-up of the proposed HMDA is as follows:

Hyderabad: Ameerpet, Trimulgherry, Marredpally, Amberpet, Himayatnagar, Nampally, Shaikpet, Khairatabad, Asifnagar, Saidabad, Bahadurpura, Bandlaguda, Secunderabad, Musheerabad, Golconda, Charminar.

Ranga Reddy: Shankarpalli, Serilingampalli, Balanagar, Qutubullapur, Medchal, Shamirpet, Malkajgiri, Keesara, Ghatkesar, Uppal, Hayatnagar, Saroornagar, Rajendranagar, Moinabad, Chevella, Shabad, Shamshabad, Maheswaram, Ibrahimpatnam, Kandukur, Yacharam (part), Manchal (part).

Medak: Tupran, Wargal, Shivampet, Jinnaram, Narsapur, Ramachandrapuram, Patancheruvu, Mulugu, Hatnur (part), Sangareddy. Mahbubnagar: Kothur, Farooknagar (part). Nalgonda: Chotuppal, Bibinagar, Bhuvanagiri, Bommalaramaram.

This is the plan for the University Road Flyover.
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/9830/dscn4517ub8.jpg (http://img395.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn4517ub8.jpg)

wow! this flyover combination from Pune looks very unique.
is it feasible to do something on these lines for Ammerpet Junction ...

Hyderabad grows in stature, size
Statesman News Service

HYDERABAD, April 17: The 417-year-old Hyderabad today took its giant step towards becoming a mega city with the notification of Greater Hyderabad. This would be the nation’s second-largest city, in terms of area, after New Delhi. Hyderabad till yesterday was spread over 172 sqkm ~home to 4.5 million. Now it is spread across 625 sqkm with a population of 6.7 million. Twelve municipalities not in sync with the throbbing twin-cities have been abolished and merged with the twin-cities to create Greater Hyderabad, through government order 261.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh’s annual Plan outlay for 2007-08 today shot up by 50 per cent to be fixed at Rs 30,500 crore.

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/18/stories/2007041817780400.htm
Revenue authorities take over Krishna Yadav's `surplus property'
Gouthu Latchanna auditorium to come up on the surplus land

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad district revenue authorities on Tuesday took over `surplus land' to an extent of 6, 824.23 sq. metres from the possession of former Telugu Desam Party legislator C. Krishna Yadav at Amberpet here in the city.

A water service station and open place on the premises of IBP petrol pump near Amberpet No. 6 junction, being operated by the former MLA, was taken over by the authorities, besides taking over a concrete structure and a shopping complex adjacent to the petrol pump.

The concrete structure and shopping complex belong to one Syed Azam, said Amberpet Tahsildar Nazar Abbaz...

He said there was a proposal to construct Gouthu Latchanna auditorium on the surplus land.

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/18/stories/2007041820990300.htm
GHMC to focus on urban infrastructure
HYDERABAD: Greater Hyderabad is perhaps an idea of which time has come. In a way, the Government has given an administrative shape to what was already in citizens' minds since anyone entering from Kukatpally or L.B.Nagar side, harboured doubts if it was Hyderabad they were getting into.

It is only after getting into the hitherto core area of Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad is the difference quite striking with regard to underground sewerage, drinking water supply, roads, flyovers, service delivery systems and the likes...

Airport :The information technology boom and new airport saw the growth envelop nearby villages too, but without basic civic infrastructure in place. Lack of proper road widths and an underground sewerage system in the swanky hi-tec city region is a classic case of the cart before the horse.

"Urban infrastructure has been a neglected area for long. With Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), we can have integrated planning for the entire capital region to contain the haphazard growth with proper regulatory systems in place," says a senior planning official. Fact is underground sewerage network is incomplete outside erstwhile MCH area and within it also, road widening has been restricted to core area and flyovers too...

Metro rail:GHMC notification also solved certain hassles for metro rail as some destinations fall outside MCH area on to the districts and railways would have had to be involved if it was outside a local body...

wow! this flyover combination from Pune looks very unique.
is it feasible to do something on these lines for Ammerpet Junction ...

doubtful..there is lack of space unless they plan for some demolitions....

On a different note , coming to Punjagutta junction I am thinking how they are going to manage the traffic once construction starts off for the metro..that would pass over the punjagutta flyover

Video on greater Hyderabad

http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/38779/greater-hyderabad-has-its-share-of-woes.html

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/19/stories/2007041916700500.htm
World Military Games: world-class arrangements fetch State plaudits

HYDERABAD: A high-level delegation of the International Council of Military Sports (CISM), headed by Brigadier General Gianni Gola, was floored by the commitment of the organising committee and the State Government towards preparations for the fourth World Military Games to be held here from October 14 to 21.

Brig. Gen. Gianni Gola, whose panel will be reviewing the preparations for the next two days, remarked that he was pleased with the way things are moving. "On our last trip, we were shown barren lands. Now beautiful infrastructure for accommodation and sports is in place. We are confident of getting everything ready for the Games if this pace of work continues," he explained. "The existing infrastructure at Gachibowli should match the best in the world. We are pleased with the way the Government is supporting the Games," he said.

"We, on behalf of CISM, will ensure that the Military Games will be the biggest sporting spectacle ever in India," he asserted...

Hyderabad Solid management system goes Online

Please follow the link


http://61.17.251.45/swm/

State triples Huda cover, marks ORR growth area
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad, April 18: The government on Wednesday issued two separate orders increasing the jurisdiction and powers of Hyderabad Urban Development Authority and carving out a growth plan along the Outer Ring Road. The GO on Huda jurisdiction is a first step for the formation of Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority. The second GO specifies a 1-km growth corridor on both sides of the Outer Ring Road. The first order triples Huda’s jurisdiction of 2,000 square kilometres to 6,812 sq. km. Huda will intimate all officers and public representatives of that 54 mandals that it will cover about the new rules and regulations with regard to building plans, layouts and other issues. The government will notify HMDA only after seeking their suggestions and objections.

The second order earmarks development of a growth corridor up to 1 km on either side of the Outer Ring Road. The 1-km belt on either side of ORR covers approximately 80,000 acres in 113 villages. Huda has given two weeks for the public to send in suggestions, objections and submit plans as per the new orders. “The government encourages only planned development along the ORR. Construction activity will be allowed as per the new regulations,” said Huda vice-chairman Jayesh Ranjan. The government has directed Huda to prepare a comprehensive development plan with hierarchical road network and frame special development regulation for the areas falling under 1-km belt on either side of the ORR.

Hyderabad to have US Consulate next year (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/04/20/stories/2007042002662100.htm)


A Consulate of the United States will start functioning at Paigah Palace, the temporary accommodation provided to it by the State Government, next year.

The Consulate will take possession of the Paigah Palace, which houses the offices of the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA), in August and a lease agreement in this regard will be signed soon. The US Consulate will have its permanent accommodation near the Hitec City soon.

A top level US delegation consisting of Mr Alexander J. Kurien, Director, Strategic Planning Division, US Department of State Overseas Buildings Operations; Mr William A. Gibson, International Realty, Department of State, Washington; and Mr Mark Fry, Consular Section Chief, Consulate General of the US, Chennai; today called on the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, at the Secretariat.

Dr Reddy said that 40 per cent of those applying for visas in the US Consulate in Chennai were from Andhra Pradesh. A Consulate in Hyderabad would be beneficial to all.

Mr Mark Fry, who welcomed the Chief Minister on his forthcoming short visit to US, remarked that in places such as California, Telugu was among the most talked languages and said he learned Namaskaramandi and other Telugu words from California.

TCS plans Rs 400-cr campus to host 15,000 (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/04/20/stories/2007042002390400.htm)


Tata Consultancy Services has sewn up plans for a new campus in Hyderabad that would create a facility for around 15,000 people and involve an investment of Rs 400 crore.

This would be in addition to the proposed expansion here where the company plans to add around 2,500 people during this year and another 2,500 the next fiscal to the current headcount of 5,000 plus in the three centres in Hyderabad. The vision for Hyderabad aims at hosting around 25,000 people.

New site

The Chief Financial Officer, TCS, Mr S. Mahalingam, said the company had signed up with the State Government for a 75-acre site at Adibatla today located near the greenfield international airport. This will be part of the proposed special economic zone of the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd.

Mr Mahalingam was addressing a press conference here on Thursday along with the head of operations at Hyderabad, Mr V. Rajanna.

Referring to the role played by Hyderabad operations for the $4.3-billion IT company, Mr Mahalingam said that the innovation labs in Hyderabad were responsible for developing the Bo-Suite and this is well complemented by Systems Engineering and Cybernetics Centres.

Its Hyderabad operations would serve banking and financial services, telecom, healthcare, life sciences and insurance verticals. A separate team for insurance-related work is being located here.

Asked about the hiring plans, Mr Mahalingam said that they inducted around 32,000 people during 2006-2007 and they expect to add similar numbers. Asked about $10 billion revenue vision of TCS by 2010, Mr Mahalingam said, "They were well on course to achieving this number. From $1 billion in 2003 (when we were $9 billion away) we have recorded revenues of $4.3 billion in 2006-2007 and are just about $6 billion away from $10 billion vision."

Asked if they expect to do with TCS what Tata Steel did with Corus in the IT sector, he said that they were always on the look out for strategic buys.

The company's diversification into new markets and regions has begun to yield results and this could be gauged from the revenues generated.

Realty majors make beeline for Hyderabad (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/04/21/stories/2007042104062100.htm)


From domestic realty majors to global players, Hyderabad is fast emerging as a major investment destination. Riding on the conducive business climate and infrastructure boom, several companies have unveiled ambitious projects.Mantri Developers from Bangalore, Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL), Mumbai, Hiranandani, Kalpataru and Mantri Realty from Mumbai, DLF Group from New Delhi, Kumar Builders from Pune, Dubai-based Emaar Properties and DAMAC Group, are the latest in the line to firm up plans to be part of the Hyderabad realty growth story.

In the ongoing infrastructure boom, Andhra Pradesh has much to cheer about. The State prominently blips on the radar of top infrastructure companies' long-term plans as well.

The reasons for the trend are not far to seek. "Andhra Pradesh makes an attractive proposition for infrastructure investments. Its cities are less congested and have inherent advantages in terms of weather, growth in IT, pharma and other industries," Mr Hussain Sajwani, Chairman of DAMAC Holdings, told Business Line here.The company is actively considering Andhra Pradesh for investing over $1 billion.

The Mumbai-based Mantri Realty has unveiled plans to invest Rs 800 crore near the Hitech city area to develop an IT park and two residential townships. "Hyderabad is a vibrant market and the project is expected to achieve sales of Rs 2,500 crore,'' said Mr Sunil Mantri, Chairman of the company.

Industry observers see the trend as only the tip of an iceberg. "There will be significant investments in infrastructure over the next one year when the international airport gets ready," says Mr L.G. Rao, General Manager, Radha Realty Corporation.

Agrees Mr S.N. Reddy, Chairman, Builders' Association of India, AP centre. "There has been a marked increase in the construction activity in the State on both the public and private fronts and we expect this to ramp up significantly," Mr Reddy said.

The huge demand for quality real estate infrastructure in the city is bound to attract large companies from outside. "We will see `big ticket' projects spread over 20,50, 100 acres with quality infrastructure coming up," said Mr A. Ayodhya Rami Reddy, Chairman of Ramky Group, which is into infrastructure projects and real estate development.

Mr R. Srinivas Reddy, Chief Transformation Officer of Indu Projects Ltd, said this is a general phenomenon in the industry. Upon successful delivery of the projects in the hometown any company would expand its horizons in the region followed by national and international expansion.

Hyundai investing $40 m in R&D centre (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/04/21/stories/2007042101470300.htm)


Hyundai Motor India has commissioned its R&D centre in Hyderabad and plans to invest up to $40 million in the facility whose mandate is to engineer and design `future cars.'

The Managing Director of Hyundai Motor India, Mr Heung Soo Lheem, said: "The company has inducted about 100 people since it commenced operations recently and expects this to go up to 200 people by the year-end. We expect to grow this to about 800 people by 2009."

Entire Project

Speaking to newspersons here, Mr Lheem said that the focus of this centre would be on computer-aided design, computer-aided analysis and software development for cars of the future.

Eventually, what gets mounted on some of the cars globally would also be incorporated in cars made in India.

This R&D centre is not for the current crop of cars made by Hyundai, Mr Lheem said to highlight the nature and scope of engagement here. Mr M. Whoo, Managing Director of Hyundai Motor Engineering, is heading the R&D and engineering operations in Hyderabad.

The company has acquired a 15-acre site in Hyderabad near the Hitec City and plans to develop its campus for R&D by 2009. The entire project would be scaled up in a modular fashion, Mr Lheem said.

Realty majors make beeline for Hyderabad (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/04/21/stories/2007042104062100.htm)

Mantri Developers from Bangalore,
Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL), Mumbai,
Hiranandani, Kalpataru and Mantri Realty from Mumbai,
DLF Group from New Delhi,
Kumar Builders from Pune,
Dubai-based Emaar Properties and DAMAC Group,
are the latest in the line to firm up plans to be part of the Hyderabad realty growth story...

"Andhra Pradesh makes an attractive proposition for infrastructure investments. Its cities are less congested and have inherent advantages in terms of weather, growth in IT, pharma and other industries," Mr Hussain Sajwani, Chairman of DAMAC Holdings, told Business Line here.The company is actively considering Andhra Pradesh for investing over $1 billion...

"Hyderabad is a vibrant market and the project is expected to achieve sales of Rs 2,500 crore,'' said Mr Sunil Mantri, Chairman of the company...

"There will be significant investments in infrastructure over the next one year when the international airport gets ready," says Mr L.G. Rao, General Manager, Radha Realty Corporation...

"There has been a marked increase in the construction activity in the State on both the public and private fronts and we expect this to ramp up significantly," Mr Reddy said...

"We will see `big ticket' projects spread over 20,50, 100 acres with quality infrastructure coming up," said Mr A. Ayodhya Rami Reddy, Chairman of Ramky Group, which is into infrastructure projects and real estate development...

this is cool.:) expect more!

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/yw/2007/04/13/stories/2007041300530600.htm
Fixing a matchbox flyover
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CONSTRUCTIVE BRIDGES: A flyover being built in the city
In the dead of the night, as the world sleeps, the blowtorch comes alive as do small metal halide lamps that focus on what's happening in Panjagutta's under-construction flyover in Hyderabad. The men with yellow hard hats work in the night so that the world can move during the daytime, and after a few days, hopefully, faster even during daytime. The huge crane that has been lying idle through the day, comes alive as the operator snags huge pieces of concrete that have been brought from outside the city to fix a "jigsaw puzzle" that has been in the works for the past few months.

The method : Sometimes the pieces are 80-feet spans of cement and concrete that weigh more than 80 tonnes, sometimes there are smaller pieces that weigh under 20 tonnes that have been transported on trailer with dozens of wheels. The crane operator shuffles the gears to get the alignment right and the workers standing on the girders ensure that they don't slip off. Then, as if the 80 tonnes bit was a small matchbox, the crane lifts it and plants it on two steel support structures on two pillars separated by a distance of 80 feet. It leaves one with wonder at the perfection that's being achieved and the sheer scale of the effort. Watching the whole activity brings alive the memories of countless episodes of Discovery Channel about tunnels built under the sea, bridges built in a jiffy and other modern wonders.

Then how are the pieces fixed so that they don't move and they become permanent structures? Simple. Instead of iron rods, thick iron cables are used to bind the big pieces and the small pieces together.

this is cool.:) expect more!

Awesome! Hyderabad is the South Indian skyline of the future. C'mon Chennai, Bangalore.. step it up!

Awesome! Hyderabad is the South Indian skyline of the future. C'mon Chennai, Bangalore.. step it up!

"future skyline" as most rightly said. In terms of number of skyscrapers ( > 35m in height) Bangalore and Chennai have a lot more at present, though we see the equation possibly changing in the future.
I will be convinced when the 28 storey ICICI bank tower finally comes up :)

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/22/stories/2007042217390100.htm

HMDA to be third largest among metros

HYDERABAD: Preparing Hyderabad to cope with future needs, the Government has vastly expanded the jurisdiction of the urban development authority which will be now known as the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA).

The HMDA, which will be constituted through the promulgation of an ordinance by Governor very soon, will have an area that will be nearly three times the existing size of the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority. The area of HMDA will be 6,876 sq km as against 2,300 sq km of HUDA. This will be achieved by inclusion of as many as 600 villages in neighbouring districts under the jurisdiction of the new authority. Of them, 240 villages are in Ranga Reddy district, 237 in Medak, 95 in Nalgonda and 28 in Mahabubnagar.

Orders giving immediate effect to the expansion were issued on Saturday. This was announced at a press conference by Information Minister Mohd. Ali Shabbir and Mines Minister P. Sabitha Reddy. They said that there would be 1,003 villages spread over five district against 403 now.

The area under HMDA would be third largest among the metros in the country after the National Capital Territory of Delhi (30,00 sq km) and Bangalore (8,000 sq km). Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has 4,272 sq km.

The HMDA jurisdiction would go up to Bhongir towards Warangal and would have Chowdaripalli, Dasaripalli, Singaipalli and Shadnagar as outlying points in the direction of Nagarjunasagar, Srisailam, Karimnagar and Mahabubnagar respectively.
Mr. Ali said the HMDA would have the Chief Minister as Chairman and Ministers of key departments and others as members. A consultancy agency has been asked to prepare the master plan for HMDA which will be the sole authority to demarcate areas for various activities...

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/22/stories/2007042217390100.htm

Are these steps taken to deprive Telengana its most developed part if separate Telengana state is informed?

Are these steps taken to deprive Telengana its most developed part if separate Telengana state is informed?

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`Hyderabad on Mission Tomorrow'

CM ready to extend subsidy to SemIndia
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad, April 22: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy is believed to have favoured extending incentives promised to Fab City for 15 years and directed officials to expedite a government order in this regard. Dr Reddy held a meeting with all officials working on the Fab City project at Secretariat on Sunday to clear hurdles in the way of issuing the GO. A section of officials have been cautioning the government against extending power incentives which will run into more than Rs 1,000 crores for 15 years.

Official sources told this correspondent that the Chief Minister had directed SemIndia CEO Vinod Agarwal, who is now in the United States, to fly down to Hyderabad and clear doubts over the project raised by the Telugu Desam. Mr Agarwal is expected to hold a press conference in the city on Tuesday. The TD had said that Semindia Fab Private Limited did not exist when the MoU was signed in 2006 and that its paid up capital was as low as Rs 1 lakh. The Central SEZ approval board had given in-principle permission to Fab City SEZ in March 2006 and a separate company for the SEZ was set up only in May, the TD had charged. Sources said that the Chief Minister gave a clear indication that incentives should be given as per the memorandum of understanding and firmly rejected any renegotiation on the incentives. With the Chief Minister favouring 15-year incentive period, the matter rests with chief secretary J. Harinarayana.

The chief secretary put the issuance of GO on hold seeking clarifications from the industries department on the time limit for incentives...

Are these steps taken to deprive Telengana its most developed part if separate Telengana state is informed?

Maybe steps are being taken so that areas wont get deprived out of Hyderabad.

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Forum Crystal, Hyderabad
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Forum Crystal mixed use development for the Prestige Group located in Kukatpally, near Hi-tech City, Hyderabad is designed both as a retail and an entertainment destination for the entire family.

The dynamic form agalgamates the disperate parts of the design program in a dramatic architectural ensamble.

Designed by Ong & Ong Architects, Singapore.

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Like to know the various projects both commercial and residential that are planned/under construction in and around Hyderabad as it is long time we heard the progress report in this regard.

I got a forwarded mail recently under the name "new projects in Hyderabad".

Though the renderings are nice, I feel they are far from reality.

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Silicon City coming up in west Hyderabad towards NH9


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Fab City Model house displayed in ASSEMBLY - A.P . on 01st jun 2006

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Hyderabad doing it. It's 89 storey tower in south

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Satellite City in Secunderabad 8 Km from Hyderabad

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Hayat Nagar industrial Town with New City Model 35 Km from Hyderabad

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New Township in Bahadurpur Village 30 KM from Hyderabad

^^ ^^ dude these are models of buildings coming up in the UAE ( mostly Dubai!!!!!!!!!!!)..........i recognize '23 marina' and 'The summit'....

edited-double post

I got a forwarded mail recently under the name "new projects in Hyderabad".


I received the same mail few months back under the name 'new projects in Chennai'

Also the one below 23 Marina is Khartoum's Al-Sunut project.

I received the same mail few months back under the name 'new projects in Chennai'

i would have gone with chennai rather than hyderabad.......simply because one of the pictures shows the sea .....:lol: :lol:

The current real estate squeeze in US plus the rise in interest rates is causing jitters to developers everywhere. At the peak of any mania, we get these kind of insane marketing news.

Dude its kinda funny seeing the above pictures. I ve seen some of these models in Khaleej Times News paper ads. They are projects coming up in Dubai.
Maybe they must have changed Dubai's name as Hyderabad. I saw the renderings of a new tower coming up in Chicago. Copy it and stick it in this thread and claim that this is coming up in Tankbund.

Dude its kinda funny seeing the above pictures. I ve seen some of these models in Khaleej Times News paper ads. They are projects coming up in Dubai.
Maybe they must have changed Dubai's name as Hyderabad. I saw the renderings of a new tower coming up in Chicago. Copy it and stick it in this thread and claim that this is coming up in Tankbund.

Not hearing much about the progress of the announced projects and also new projects coming up in and around our Greater Hyderabad.As the city gone in to hibernation after increasing its area?

Hyd Calendar

Nalgonda crossroads and Chandrayanagutta flyovers: ========= May/ June 2007
Panjagutta flyover part-1 (ICICI Bank to Topaz Building part): ========June 2007
Panjagutta flyover part-2 (Kirtilal Jewellers to Vengal Rao Park/Chutneys) Aug 2007
Greenlands flyover =============================== Oct – Nov - Dec 2007

Hyd Metro: select BOT contractor, commence works =============== Jun 2007
ORR phase-1: 4 lane connectivity to HIAL ======================= Dec 2007
PVNR Eway: connectivity SD Hospital Mehdipatnam – Attapur -Katedan = Mar 2008

HUDA Projects to be announced between Jun - Dec 2007
SIX NEW JEWELS IN HYDERABAD'S CROWN :)

1) PENTAGON ----- The IT and Commercial Hub, Poppalguda (200 acre layout at Poppalguda)
2) HUDA Minifer --- The Beautiful city, Budvel (mini township project in 200 acre will comprise of villas)
3) Regal BRoadway - The Hotel Corridor - Shamshabad (150 acres hotel corridor, very next to HIAL)
4) GIGA City ------- The IT and Knowledge Destination (2000 acres beyond Secunderabad Cantonment)
5) Calibre SEZ ----- Kokapet (100 acre area close to the Financial District and HUDA Golden Mile)
6) Elixir City ------- The fountain of life (200 acre medical city at Ameenpur)

Great!

Now its time for HYDERABAD Projects and Updates - VIII

Babji,do check your PM



Hyd Calendar

Nalgonda crossroads and Chandrayanagutta flyovers: ========= May/ June 2007
Panjagutta flyover part-1 (ICICI Bank to Topaz Building part): ========June 2007
Panjagutta flyover part-2 (Kirtilal Jewellers to Vengal Rao Park/Chutneys) Aug 2007
Greenlands flyover =============================== Oct – Nov - Dec 2007

Hyd Metro: select BOT contractor, commence works =============== Jun 2007
ORR phase-1: 4 lane connectivity to HIAL ======================= Dec 2007
PVNR Eway: connectivity SD Hospital Mehdipatnam – Attapur -Katedan = Mar 2008

Rumors ...
HUDA (HMDA) has allocated Rs 100 crore (for 2007) to strengthen and widen IRR btn Tarnaka - LB Nagar - Chandrayangutta - Aramghar stretch (connectivity to NH7). This would help as plan B for HIAL bound traffic from Sec-bad, in case PVNR Eway and/or ORR phase-1 is delayed ...
Expect more details on this soon.

They are also strengthening and widening IRR from Mehdipatnam - Attapur (Musi bridge) - Aramghar stretch, along the PVNR Eway for local/parallel traffic to/fro NH7.

Link to the previous thread (continued from): http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=12824375#post12824375
Hyd Calendar
ORR Phase II (61 km) Select builders and offer works ============== Jun 2007 (done)
Nalgonda cross roads flyovers: ============================== July 2007
Chandrayanagutta flyovers: ================================ Aug 2007
Panjagutta flyover part-1 (ICICI Bank to Topaz Building part): ======= Aug 2007
ORR Phase II Begin works ================================== Sep 2007
HMR: Announce Concession Agreement ======================== Jun 2007 (done)
HMR: Open Financial bids, Select BOT developer ================= Oct 2007
HMR: Commence construction =============================== Nov 2007

Panjagutta flyover part-2 (Kirtilal Jewellers to Vengal Rao Park/Chutneys) Nov 2007
Greenlands flyover ======================================== Nov 2007
Sitafalmandi ROB ========================================= Dec 2007
Jamia Osmania ROB (in the making for 15 years) ================== Dec 2007
ORR phase-1: (22 km) 4 lane connectivity to HIAL ================ Mar 2008
The Rs 400-crore Charminar Pedestrianisation Project ============== Mar 2008
HIAL @ Shamshabad ====================================== Mar 2008
Six-laning of the road from Mehdipatnam to Hyderguda ============= Jun 2007 (done)
Six-laning of the road from Hyderguda to Aramgarh jn ============== Mar 2008
PVNR Eway SD Hospital Mehdipatnam – Hyderguda (5.1 km) ========= Mar 2008
PVNR Eway Hyderguda - Attapur -Katedan Aramgarh Jn (NH7) ======== Mar 2009
US Consulate to commence operations ========================= ??? 2008
ORR Phase-II A: Work will begin in Aug 2007 and be completed by ===== Dec 2009
ORR Phase-II B: Work will begin in Apr 2008 and be completed by ===== Dec 2010

Some of Future Scyscrappers in and around Hyderabad
Building Name ============= Location === Floors == Status
Financial Dist - ICICI Tower === Nanakramguda = 28 == U/C (ETA Dec 2008)
Aliens Space Station ======== Tellapur ====== 30 == U/C (ETA Dec 2009)
Business Dist: APIIC Trade Tower Manchirevula= 100+ = Sep 2007 + 3yrs. Reliance - Hafeez Contractor :)
Lanco Hills - Residential ====== Manikonda ==== 30 == 16 towers Proposed (some in Phase-I 2007-2010)
Lanco Hills - IT and ITES ===== Manikonda ==== 20 == 12 towers Proposed (some in Phase-I 2007-2010)
Lanco Hills - Signature Tower == Manikonda == 100 == Jul 2007-2011 (phase-II)
Urban Entertainment Center DLF Basheerbagh == 60 == U/C (ETA 2010)
Saket and Sumeru Residential == AS Rao Nagar = 23 == Jun 2007 (ETA 2010)
DLF SEZ 26 acres =========== Poppalguda == ?? == Proposed (5000 crore investment)
Integrated Bus Terminus Twin Towers Sec'bad = 28F = Sep 2007 - 2010

SIX NEW JEWELS IN HYDERABAD'S CROWN :)
1) PENTAGON ----- The IT and Commercial Hub, Poppalguda (200 acre layout at Poppalguda)
2) HUDA Minifer --- The Beautiful city, Budvel (mini township project in 200 acre will comprise of villas)
3) Regal BRoadway - The Hotel Corridor - Badvel (100 acres hotel corridor, by AP Tourism Dept)
4) GIGA City ------- The IT and Knowledge Destination (2000 acres beyond Secunderabad Cantonment)
5) Calibre SEZ ----- Kokapet (100 acre area close to the Financial District and HUDA Golden Mile)
6) Elixir City ------- The fountain of life (200 acre medical city at Ameenpur)
Townships and other projects
Tellapur Township == 400 acre, Rs.10,000 crore township project at Tellapur (2007 - 2010)
Kokapet Golden Mile = 70 acre Golden Mile project at Kokapet (Proposed)

Please continue here ...

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=12824350#post12824350

THANKS every body for all the efforts and contributions :)

Exclusive: Reaching new heights
Cyberabad Times There are no building regulations to stop a skyscaper development, No height limits either in some zones. But hi-tech Hyderabad has very few high-rises. But with rapid urbanisation, it's only a matter of time before the city will be dotted with skyscrapers...

Currently the dash for high rise structures is so intense that at least 75 of them are slated to sprout in the city over the next 18-24 months all within a radius of 10-12 kilometres of the technolopolis of Cyberabad....The most ambitious is a proposal for a 90-storied residential 'Signature Tower' by the Lanco Group at its Lanco Hills project which was approved last week. The company will also build 24 smaller towers of 25-30 floors each within the same gated community a total cost of Rs 4000 crore... The AP Infrastructure Corporation itself planning to build two towers of 60 storied each, ...in Manchirevula.

City based GS group of companies is planning a 60 storied skyscraper. According to their plans the tower will cater to different customers. The first, second and third floors will be taken up by shops. The fourth, fifth and sixth floors will be lent for trade fairs and conventions. From there up to the tenth floor will have multiplexes. Above that, space up to the 40th floor will be leased out to multinationals. The tower will also boast of five-star hotels from the 40th floor to the 59th floor. As the crowning glory, the 60th floor will have a revolving restaurant...

ICICI Bank has begun work on a 28-storey building in the Financial District on the outskirts of Hyderabad at Rs 1,000 crore. Though most high-rises are coming up in Huda limits, for the first time, a 75-metre high building (24 floors) is being planned at Gudimalkapur in the MCH jurisdiction... Another notable project is the residential project Aliens Space Station... K Raheja IT park at Madhapur, My Home, SMR, Jayabheri Properties, Srinivasa Constructions, Aparna Constructions, L&T Infocity Limited, Maytas Properties have rolled out plans for skyscrapers in Madhapur and surrounding areas. Some of these firms have even got fire clearance...

Skyscraper details
Building Name ============= Location ==== Floors == Status
Taj Krishna =============== Banjara Hills ==== 11 == Existing
Babukhan Estate =========== Basheerbagh === 16 == Existing
Gagan Vihar ============== Nampally ====== 14 == Existing
Hill ridge springs =========== Gachibowli ===== 14 == Existing
Aliens Space Station ======== Tellapur ====== 30 == Under Construction
ICICI tower =============== Nanakramguda = 28 == Under Construction
APIIC Twin towers ========== Manchirevula == 60 == Proposed
Lanco hills - Residential ====== Manikonda ==== 30 == Proposed
Lanco hills - Signature tower == Manikonda ==== 90 == Proposed

... The government has in fact demarcated a huge chunk of area close to the proposed outer ring road (ORR), as a skyscraper zone. The Areas of Gopanpalli, Nallagadla, Tellapur beside Gachibowli has been declared by the Urban Development Agency of the city ( HUDA ) as High-rise Zone. This is done to enable construction of skyscrapers which will house the teaming tech population of Gachibowli.

... Some of the highrise zones marked in the master plan would fall in Medchal, Kukatpally, Shambupur near Bolarum industrial estate, Kardanur near Patancheru, Hayathnagar, Pocharam near Ghatkesar, Rampalli Road, Shamirpet, Narsingi, Bandlaguda near Balapur, etc.

Source: Compiled by The Cyberabad Times, Sources include The Hindu, The Times of India.
http://www.cyberabadtimes.net/2007/04/exclusive-reaching-new-heights.asp

Huda plans pitstop for trucks
TOI 4/24/2007
HYDERABAD: Hordes of trucks dotting the city's outskirts posing a potential risk to motorists and causing traffic snarls may soon be a thing of the past…

The terminals will come up at places where the national and state highways meet the Outer Ring Road (ORR). Also, they will have facilities like paid parking, petrol outlets, garage, cafeterias, platform for loading and unloading goods and weigh bridges.

...Huda will call for tenders in one month and the first terminal will be in place in the next 10 months... In the first phase, terminal construction work will be taken up at Pedda Shahpur in Shamshabad mandal on the National Highway 7 (Bangalore highway) and in Bata Singaram village on NH 9 (the Vijayawada highway).

Other terminals will come up at Kondapur village on the Warangal state highway, Mahadevapuram on Rajiv Rahadari and Medchal village, Pudur in Medchal mandal, both on NH 7 (Nagpur highway).

Babji, Great job at collecting the projects under one list!

Exclusive: Reaching new heights
Cyberabad Times
http://www.cyberabadtimes.net/2007/04/exclusive-reaching-new-heights.asp

Thanks a lot Mr.Babji for this update.

Thanks everyone for your appreciation.
Its just the collective efforts that keep all of us informed.
Here is something to dispell the doubts about Fabcity project .
URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/26/stories/2007042613330400.htm
Fab City project here to stay, says SemIndia chairman

HYDERABAD: Allaying apprehensions over the setting up of the Fab City, SemIndia Inc., the promoters of the mega semiconductor facility here, has announced that phase I of the project with a test and assembly plant will be ready within a year.

The company would commence the work on infrastructure development for the larger Fab facility which would commence simultaneously, SemIndia chairman Vinod K. Agarwal said here. At a press conference on Wednesday, he expressed concern over the delay in allotment of land by the State Government affecting the work on the project.

Land allotment : Major Industries Minister J. Geeta Reddy later said that the orders allotting land and incorporating other provisions, including water and power, would be issued soon. The promoters were given authorisation in writing to the promoters to enable them obtain the special economic zone approval. The entire top management of SemIndia was here to clarify on the recent allegations levelled against it by the TDP which questioned the capability of the promoter and his credentials to execute this project. The company, Dr. Agarwal said, achieved financial closure for the first phase and would begin construction once the land is registered.

Quoting SemIndia Systems, a company under SemIndia Inc., he said it was on course to achieving revenues of Rs. 100 crore in less than six months since inception. "We have done much bigger projects than SemIndia and we are not here to make money on the land," he said. Major firms, including AMD, Flextronics and others, each with market capitalisation of few hundred million dollars were participating in the venture and the promoters had no plans to shift the project elsewhere.

Once established, the Fab City would provide eight million jobs in the next 10 years and it would help the country play a larger role in the global semiconductor marketplace, he said.

Two more companies show interest in Fab City project

Two more semiconductor fab companies were knocking at Andhra Pradesh to be part of the Rs 13,000-crore Fab City project coming up near Hyderabad.

"There has been growing interest in locating fab units in Hyderabad after the recent policy framework announcement. We are at advanced stage of negotiations with these companies and expect to close them," Mr CS Rao, Chief Executive Officer of AP Invest, claimed.

Support Infrastructure

Addressing a press conference here today, Mr Rao said that the Composite Fab City project received the status of special economic zone (SEZ) on February 14, 2006, and efforts have been to finalise the necessary support infrastructure for this project.

Refraining to name the companies with whom they were in negotiations, Mr Rao said that it is the prerogative of those companies to announce. Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is being seen as one of the companies. "Once we finalise, we would be able to announce this," he said.

GO IN OFFING

"In couple of days, we will come up with a Government order that would outline various benefits that these projects would be able to avail from the project and covers tariff related to power and water, two major requirements for the semiconductor industry," he said.

NANOTECH PROJECT

Asked about the Rajiv Gandhi Nano Tech Semiconductor Company promoted by Korean developer Mr June Min, Mr Rao said that the project, which was allotted 50 acres of land, was awaiting financial closure.

In a month or so they are likely to finalise some of the key investors, the promoters had indicated.

All these days the delay was due to wait for the Central Government's semiconductor policy.


http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/04/27/stories/2007042700832100.htm

Huda to raise Rs 2,500 cr
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad, April 27: Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) has decided to raise at least Rs 2,500 crore by auctioning 250 acres of land in Kokapet in Rajendra Nagar mandal of Ranga Reddy district. The Huda has named the area "Calibre" which will be developed as special economic zone (SEZ) for software companies. Huda is likely to invite reputed IT firms to participate in the auction once the date, rules and regulations of the auction are finalised.

"We are expecting at least Rs 10 crore per acre," said vice-chairman Jayesh Ranjan said. He said that the ‘Calibre" was hassle-free land unlike the 70 acres of the ‘Golden Mile’ which had dragged the government into a controversy after the land was sold at Rs 14 crore per acre in an open auction. The Huda was forced to return the money to 11 successful bidders after some persons approached the High Court claiming to be the owners of the land.

The Huda has decided to raise Rs 5,210 crore in the current financial year. The Huda will remit Rs 2,200 crore in government’s treasury and utilise Rs 1,500 crore for the Outer Ring Road project, Rs 450 crore for the elevated express and Rs 500 crore for regular work.

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/27/stories/2007042723090100.htm

is this a temporarily trend ...
There's news of a real estate bubble burst this year in india. And once the prices come down drastically, they wont reach current levels for the next 6-12 years. But a lot of experts believe the bubble will burst sometimes this year bringing down the extra-high prices.
Caution! Rough road ahead...

State to promote Fab City
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad, April 27: The State government has gone in for a total change in the Fab City project and decided to become a promoter by itself. As per the new strategy, the AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation will be asked to handle the project and attract world class chip manufacturers into Fab City. SemIndia of Vinod Agarwal will be restricted to 100 acres and the company will be one among the manufacturers to set up a facility utilising the government incentives.

Official sources told this correspondent that the government will issue a modified order in this regard on Saturday. After dilly dallying for several days the government had finally decided not to establish the SemIndia-centric Fab City where other competitors were hesitant to invest.

This newspaper reported "Power struggle stalls Fab City" on April 18 wherein the dual role of SemIndia as promoter and investor was questioned. Again on April 26 a report in these columns "State to keep Fab City in its control" raised doubts over the possibility of a government control with just 11 per cent stake.

A high level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy on Thursday decided to change the structure of the Fab City. Accordingly, the GO which was delayed for more than two weeks was re-drafted allotting 100 acres to SemIndia. "The GO will be released on Saturday," a senior official said.
SemIndia (AMD, Flextronics and others) 100 acres
Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (probable)
Rajiv Gandhi Nano Tech Semiconductor Company promoted by Korean developer Mr June Min. 50 acres
Other probables: Bartronics India, Celestica Inc., Intel, Motorola's R&D ...
and more ...

Cyberabad Times:
Genpact SEZ and Sports complex approved
The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet today announced its decision to allot 50 acres of land to IT Enabled Services provider Genpact, for their proposed campus in a special economic zone near here.

GENPACT was alloted land at Jawaharnagar, Rs 50 lakh per acre. The company hinted at an investment of about Rs 100 crore. Genpact (earlier called GE Capital Services) now employs about 8,000 people handling a diverse set of technology processes for global clients and has indicated to the Government that they expect to add about 5,000 more to their company in Hyderabad over couple of years.

Announcing this at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, the State Information Minister, Mr Anam Ramanarayan Reddy, said the land, located at Jawaharnagar, would be allotted to them at Rs 50 lakh per acre. The company hinted at an investment of about Rs 100 crore.

SPORTS COMPLEX: Mr Reddy said the Cabinet approved the construction of a 15-storey Sports Complex with a capital outlay of Rs 72 crore planned ahead of the World Military Games to be held in Hyderabad in October.

The Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh has been entrusted with the task of construction of the complex, which would host about 750 participants of the 2,000 sportsman slated to take part in the mega event. The rest would be hosted at the Sports Village at Gachibowli.

Date:28/04/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/28/stories/2007042818660500.htm
Kokapet continues to lure investors
HYDERABAD: The Golden Mile project at Kokapet continues to allure investors despite running into rough weather because of the title deed dispute. Even as the HUDA was finalising options to raise required money to refund Rs.400 crores paid by the bidders as it could not hand over their plots because of Court stay, interestingly it is learnt that an international agency offered to buy the entire layout as a single lot at the earlier auctioned price.

Title deed dispute : "The agency is well aware of the title deed dispute yet it is keen to buy the property because of its inherent potential and the strategic location. It is convinced that the land belonged to Government, " say HUDA authorities. "The Chief Minister who has been informed of the latest proposal gave his consent to consider it," it is said. The Kokapet auctions in July last year generated fierce bidding with several big players from outside the State too participating. The HUDA netted Rs. 702 crores from 15 plots, each in the range of two acres to six acres totalling to 70 acres and one of the plots fetched it the highest price of Rs.14.5 crores per acre.

High Court stay :The bidders who made plans for commercial, hotel and residential projects paid up Rs. 400 crores. With the High Court granting stay over a petition that the land did not belong to Government but was part of private lands purchased during Nizam's time, the HUDA could neither develop infrastructure in the layout nor could hand over the plots to the bidders.

With the stay not vacated even after eight months, the bidders represented to the HUDA and the Chief Minister to refund their money. The Government agreed to refund the money and HUDA started exploring options to mobilise the money. One of the options was to finalise the `Development Agreement' on the Tellapur Integrated Township to get the first instalment of Rs. 405 crores from the consortium that won the bid for development of 400-acre Tellapur township. Another option was to auction leftover plots in HUDA layouts at Nandagiri Hills, Nalagandla, Miyapur etc., to partly meet the required Rs. 400 crores to which HUDA's own resources would be pooled. The last option is the international agency willing to buy out the entire 70-acre Golden Mile project area. All the three proposals would materialise towards May-end and whichever proposal would fructify first, the proceeds would be utilised to refund the amount to Kokapet bidders, it is learnt.
70-acre Golden Mile project : one of its kind ...

Date:28/04/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/28/stories/2007042818640500.htm
Feasibility study done for Sky Bus Metro Project

New Delhi: A techno-economic feasibility study for the implementation of Sky Bus Metro Project in Hyderabad was conducted by Konkan Railway Corporation Limited but no time frame could be fixed as to when it is expected to be approved, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.

The study was conducted for a private firm M/s Doxport Technologies, Squadron Berhad, Malaysia, Minister of State for Railways R. Velu said. The study covered 22 kms up to Gudimalkapur (from Hyderabad). The estimated cost of the project is 1,782 crores. - PTI

(rlated old news) ...
Hyderabad to get Skybus Metro by '08
October 10, 2005 13:22 IST
A top Malaysian company is all geared up to begin negotiations with Indian authorities for the construction of world's first ever 'Skybus Metro' in Hyderabad, after a techno-feasibility study early next month. Feasibility studies which began last month would conclude on November 5 and negotiations for construction of Skybus are expected to begin in January next year and it could become a reality by 2008, sources in Doxport Technologies said.

The Malaysian company is working on the modalities of the 20 km Uppal-Mehdipatnam stretch in Hyderabad city along with Konkan Railways, its technology partner, they said adding that the project will be on a build-operate-transfer basis...
URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/09/03/stories/2005090316230400.htm
Zoom past in skybus!

...The rails will be erected on the medians along the existing roads every 20 metres - a single pillar will rise to a height of 9 metres above road level and the suspended coach bottom would be at a height of 6 metres. What more, the sky bus is accessible from the existing bus stops itself! All one needs to do is clamber up a staircase from the footpath and walk in!

Konkan Rail link : The Konkan Railway Corporation, which holds the intellectual property rights for the indigenously made Skybus, entered into an agreement with a Rs. 20,000 crore Malaysian consortium led by Doxport Technologies to carry out a techno economic feasibility survey on its introduction in the city here on Friday. The consortium will carry out the pilot study from Uppal to Mehdipatnam at its own cost...
...KRCL Managing Director K.K. Gokhale told The Hindu over telephone that the Urban Development Ministry has recently authorised the Commissioner for Railway Safety to examine and certify the project.

TUV-Germany, an international inspecting agency, had already said that the concept was technically feasible, he added...
http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/13/stories/2006111303341800.htm

http://archives.amritapuri.org/news/2005/03skybus.php

Proposed BRTS Routes:
Corridor-1: Mehidipatnam, Sarojini Devi Road, Masab Tank, Lakdi-Ka-Pul, Ayodhya junction, Liberty, Himayatnagar, Narayanguda, Barkatpura, Fever Hospital, Road No.6, Tilak Nagar, TV Tower and Ramanthapur to Uppal Road.

Corridor-2: Along the IRR from Uppal passing via Owaisi Hospital, Chandrayangutta, Bandlaguda and Aramghar Junction (NH7) connecting to Mehditpatnam.

Status: Land aquisition and road widening are in progress for corridor 1.
DPR for the work had been cleared recently (FEB 2007) by the State Level Steering Committee (SLSC) meeting of JNNURM, which was chaired by CM. The State Govt would submit them to the Centre to claim (JNURM) funds.
MCH wanted to start works on corridor-1 sometime this year.

HUDA has some tough tasks on hand
Friday April 27 2007 08:49 IST
HYDERABAD: With the expansion of jurisdiction of the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) by inclusion of 4,642 square km area in all directions, the urban body has several tough tasks on hand. The HUDA jurisdiction now covers 1,003 villages in 54 mandals with a total area of 6,878 square km in five districts of Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medak, Mahaboobnagar and Nalgonda.

The urban body will be the third biggest in the country in terms of area after the National Capital Region Development Authority, Delhi (30,000 sq.km) and the Bangalore Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (8000 sq.km).

HUDA’s first task is to prepare a base map of the expanded body showing the latest physical features based on satellite images and selective ground checking. The maps need to be superimposed on revenue village maps with survey numbers. Speaking to this website’s newspaper, HUDA officials said for this purpose, they had consulted the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) and it had agreed to prepare the base maps. The matter would be finalised soon.

Once the base maps are ready, the authority will have to prepare a Master Plan for the additional area which will show proposed land uses, road network, government lands, tanks, lakes, greenery and other vital information. For this purpose a dialogue was going on with the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad, the HUDA officials said.

The State Government would entrust the work to a private company. ‘‘In about a year’s time, the Master Plan will be ready,’’ they added. HUDA also has to set up its regional offices at far-off places like Bhongir, Sangareddy, Shadnagar and Shankarpally with representatives from Estate, Engineering, Planning and Urban Forestry wings...

Date:28/04/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/28/stories/2007042818660500.htm

70-acre Golden Mile project : one of its kind ...

Despite litigation and knowing about it which foolish international agency is interested to buy the entire lot at the original auctioned price!!! Something fishy about the deal to come about?

Thanks everyone for your appreciation.
Its just the collective efforts that keep all of us informed.
Here is something to dispell the doubts about Fabcity project .
URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/26/stories/2007042613330400.htm
Fab City project here to stay, says SemIndia chairman

Providing 8million jobs that is 80 lacs jobs in ten years time????????????????
The largest integrated chip manufacturing industry with four times the investment proposed by semindia in Taiwan provides both direct and indirect jobs to the extent of a lac only.Fabcity coming up in Hyderabad providing jobs to the extent of 8million is utter exaggeration and gives scope to doubt the intention of SEMINDIA and its promoters.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/04/28/stories/2007042805180400.htm

..Hyderabad April 27 Sify today announced the setting up of a technology centre in Hyderabad wherein it plans to induct about 500 people during the year.

The company is also considering the possibility of locating a campus in Hyderabad.

Sify plans to invest about Rs 5 crore initially and infuse more funds when necessary.

The company closed the fiscal gone by with revenues of $140 million.

Mr Raju Vegesna

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/04/28/stories/2007042804802100.htm
The technology company's expansion into India is aimed at bringing the best of both worlds by gaining significant access to a second global ICT hotspot, a company release said.

Oakton aims to employ about 200 people in its Hyderabad office by June 2009. The company earned revenues of about $77 million last year having 600 employees in its Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane offices. The company is listed in the Australian Stock Exchange since 2000.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/04/28/stories/2007042804752100.htm

The land, located at Jawaharnagar, will be allotted at Rs 50 lakh per acre. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hyderabad April 27 The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet today announced its decision to allot 50 acres of land to IT Enabled Services provider Genpact, for their proposed campus in a special economic zone near here.




Mr Reddy said the Cabinet approved the construction of a 15-storey Sports Complex with a capital outlay of Rs 72 crore planned ahead of the World Military Games to be held in Hyderabad in October.

The Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh has been entrusted with the task of construction of the complex, which would host about 750 participants of the 2,000 sportsman slated to take part in the mega event. The rest would be hosted at the Sports Village at Gachibowli.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/04/28/stories/2007042805491500.htm

Addressing a press conference here on Friday, he said part of the proceeds would be used to set up a 1,000-seater offshore facility at a cost of Rs 61 crore near Gachibowli in Hyderabad. It would be operational by the year-end.

The company was also in talks with two US companies for acquisition. "We have arrived at an informal agreement with them," he said.

Despite litigation and knowing about it which foolish international agency is interested to buy the entire lot at the original auctioned price!!! Something fishy about the deal to come about?

Title deed dispute : "The agency is well aware of the title deed dispute yet it is keen to buy the property because of its inherent potential and the strategic location. It is convinced that the land belonged to Government, " say HUDA authorities.
Perhaps the agency is willing to take a risk, considering the reward it could bring. Also, the agency is now convinced that even if the deal fails, their money is safe and they trust that HUDA would pay them back without any hassels. Ofcourse, they would writedown all the safety clauses in the sale deed. Alternatively, they (the agency) may even make the adjustment payment to the contender, if he wins and if hs is willing to sell, and still buy the land.

The Kokapet site is located btn the ORR and Osman Sagar, one of the largest water bodies in twin cities. Its hardly 20km from HIAL. Less than 2 km from the Business District. Less than 2 km from Osman Sagar lake. Less than 2 km from the trumpet intercage @ Narsingi to the ORR. More than 18 km from HIAL, so there would be no height restrictions on buildings. Kokapet is one of its kind of a place. Its worth its name, "Golden Mile" ...

Imo, the proposed High Speed Rail by GMR from Begumpet via HiTecCity to HIAL will have a halt at this point too. :)

SemIndia gets seat in Fab vehicle
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad, April 28: The State government on Saturday issued the order on the controversial Fab City project, retaining promoter SemIndia as equity holder in the Special Purpose Vehicle. Sources told this correspondent that a high-level decision was taken to allot a maximum equity of 11 per cent to SemIndia in the SPV...

SemIndia has already been given 100 acres of land for 66 years at a cost of Rs 1 per acre, power at Rs 1.80 per unit and water at Rs 15 per kilo litre for 15 years... The rider was that the entire investment promised by the company should be made in seven years. According to the G O Ms No 94, "SemIndia Pvt Ltd shall participate with Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation in the Fab City SPV which will develop the state-of-the art infrastructure..." ... APIIC would retain 51 per cent equity and the remaining would be given to top financial institutions... ICICI and HDFC had evinced keen interest in the project. The govt has urged the APIIC to go in for a global EoI to rope in experienced and established developers for Fab City...

Fab power sop set at 50 MW
Hyderabad, April 28: The State has decided to restrict the quantum of power to be supplied at subsidised rate to Fab City promoter SemIndia. This will help the government to reduce the subsidy burden considerably from the original Rs 1,000 crore. In the GO issued on Saturday, the government said power would be provided at a rate of Rs 1.85 per unit for 15 years from the date of commencement of commercial production subject to a maximum of 50 mega watts. This means that SemIndia would have to pay the regular tariff for power drawn beyond 50 MW.

In return for the allotment of land, the first $75 million investment for assembling, testing, marking and packing unit, with an employee potential of 2,000, should be done within 18 months from the date of allotment of land. Another $750 million for semiconductor chip manufacturing unit with 1,000 employees should be set up three years from the date of allotment. In phase three, the company should invest $2.25 billion for an advanced semiconductor plant with 5,000 employees. This should happen in five to seven years.
There is some clarity after all ... Invest $3 billion in 7 years, or 100 acre land back. fair deal.

IRR updates:
The GoAP is planning to ensure signal-free traffic movement on the 50 km IRR by taking up road widening, junction improvements, grade separators and cross drainage works all along the route. Junction improvements are to be taken up at Habsiguda crossroad, Owaisi Hospital, Aramgad and Chandrayangutta. HUDA has allocated Rs. 100 crore for this purpose for 2007.
The 11.5 km Elevated Expressway updates:
By May-end, launching' of segments between the piers would commence.
By August, the foundation, erection of 100 piers (out of total 325), would be achieved.
By February 2008, elevated corridor up to Hyderguda jn and the Trumpet interchange on NH7 would be ready.
By March 2008 connectivity to HIAL would be given and by October 2008 work would be completed.

The proposal to have a 2.5 km flyover from Nagarjuna circle to Mehdipatnam was found feasible.
It would be taken up subsequently
NH7 btn Shamshabad and Aramghar Jn
Four laning work on NH7 btn Shamshabad and Aramghar Jn is in progress.

SemIndia gets seat in Fab vehicle
Deccan Chronicle

There is some clarity after all ... Invest $3 billion in 7 years, or 100 acre land back. fair deal.

An earlier press statement from SEMINDIA says fabcity project will create 8 million jobs in ten years time. could any forumers clarify on this claim.

IRR updates:

The 11.5 km Elevated Expressway updates:

NH7 btn Shamshabad and Aramghar Jn


I am on a short trip to HYD and went around the above places. The ground reality is very hard to believe. It is hard to see any kind of progress on ground. I get optimistic reading these news but the ground reality is different. These tenders are given to low quotation contractors who employ manual labor to do all sort of things. I noticed some labor using their hands to shove dirt/mud on the side of the road. They clear one side of the road and level it and leave it that way for months. Meanwhile it becomes a truck parking place, a small dhaba starts there, and in few months it is back to the same way. At this pace, dont even think about any kind of access to airport next year.

BELIEVE ME, IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING. THERE IS NO REAL PROGRESS ON GROUND WHAT SO EVER.

I'm not surprised at all BTW. An elevated expressway of 5-6 miles running over dense metropolitan land probably saw stiff opposition.

I am on a short trip to HYD and went around the above places. The ground reality is very hard to believe. It is hard to see any kind of progress on ground. I get optimistic reading these news but the ground reality is different. These tenders are given to low quotation contractors who employ manual labor to do all sort of things. I noticed some labor using their hands to shove dirt/mud on the side of the road. They clear one side of the road and level it and leave it that way for months. Meanwhile it becomes a truck parking place, a small dhaba starts there, and in few months it is back to the same way. At this pace, dont even think about any kind of access to airport next year.

BELIEVE ME, IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING. THERE IS NO REAL PROGRESS ON GROUND WHAT SO EVER.

BITS: Birla Institute of Technology & Science U/C

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9933/bitsjs7.jpg

^^ i wish they'd gone with a more modern campus - this looks like a campus of the 60s or 70s.. i mean they are a tech university after all..

I'm not surprised at all BTW. An elevated expressway of 5-6 miles running over dense metropolitan land probably saw stiff opposition.

I believe land has already been acquired for widening the road that runs below it to 6 lane.

Also the dense part is the first 2 km where it passes thru Mehdipatnam. Once it goes into the 150ft ring road the traffic is primarily heavy vehicles that hit the Bangalore highway using the ring road as the connector. The 4 lane expressway would run along the central median of the ring road as shown below
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4879/17032007130yw1.jpg

I am on a short trip to HYD and went around the above places. The ground reality is very hard to believe. It is hard to see any kind of progress on ground. I get optimistic reading these news but the ground reality is different. These tenders are given to low quotation contractors who employ manual labor to do all sort of things. I noticed some labor using their hands to shove dirt/mud on the side of the road. They clear one side of the road and level it and leave it that way for months. Meanwhile it becomes a truck parking place, a small dhaba starts there, and in few months it is back to the same way. At this pace, dont even think about any kind of access to airport next year.

BELIEVE ME, IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING. THERE IS NO REAL PROGRESS ON GROUND WHAT SO EVER.

I drove till the airport and almost got lost trying to find a access road..currently the road to HIAL is thru a couple of villages

The works as I understand that need to complete by mAY 2008 are:
1. widening/strenghening of the existing 4 lane highway
2. Access road ( it is being constructed, tarred etc ) to meet the ORR/highway thru an interchange ??
3. Currently ORR is constructed ( I should only say laid out) till the point it meets the highway

^^ i wish they'd gone with a more modern campus - this looks like a campus of the 60s or 70s.. i mean they are a tech university after all..



i agree. the dome like structure of MIT is a landmark for the college. something like that should be planned for BITS too. this design looks pretty much the same as Osmania Arts and Science College's main building. it's a classic building but lacks the modern touch.

I drove till the airport and almost got lost trying to find a access road..currently the road to HIAL is thru a couple of villages

The works as I understand that need to complete by mAY 2008 are:
1. widening/strenghening of the existing 4 lane highway
2. Access road ( it is being constructed, tarred etc ) to meet the ORR/highway thru an interchange ??
3. Currently ORR is constructed ( I should only say laid out) till the point it meets the highway
Thanks for the updates Arijeeth. Could we expect some pics ...

I guess you are referring to the works at Shamshabad side in points 1, 2 & 3.
1. NH7 is being widened to 4 lane - is that what you mean, or is it 4+ lanes ...
2. HIAL access road at (1.9 km after) Shamshabad will connect to NH7
On the 4lane access road, 2 dedicated lanes to HIAL. This is R&B road. They might do it Jan-Mar '08
3. ORR meets NH7, with a Full Cloverleaf Interchange.

An earlier press statement from SEMINDIA says fabcity project will create 8 million jobs in ten years time. could any forumers clarify on this claim.

There might have been a certain level of exaggeration in these numbers.
Only SemiIndia's numbers are announced (2,000, within 18 months. Another 1,000 employees in 3 years. 5,000 employees in 5-7 years - direct jobs).
IMO, the final tally of direct and indirect jobs depend on what all companies come and how much they want to invest and what kind of time schedule.

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/30/stories/2007043008930100.htm
MLR cars to roll out by mid-2009

HYDERABAD: MLR Motors will roll out its 900 CC (two-box) and 1,500 CC (three-box) diesel variant cars by mid-2009. Brand name of the car is yet to be decided. Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy will lay the foundation stone for the manufacturing unit near Toopran here on Monday.

The installed capacity will be 60,000 cars a year and 40,000 mini trucks. The company is already making `Teja' autorickshaws. The State Government sold 225 acres of land at Rs. 5 lakhs an acre to MLR Motors through the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC).

2,500 cr. investment * Another 250 acres will be given to ancillary units.

Initial investment of Rs.1,250 crores will be ramped up to Rs.2,500 crores. Lokesh Machines Ltd (LML), the flagship company promoted by M. Lokeswara Rao, will also take up ancillary units. LML makes engine heads and other mechanical components for Ashok Leyland and Mahindra & Mahindra and other companies.

LML Director Y.V. Rao told The Hindu that Rs. 750 crores would be invested by MLR Motors while LML would Rs. 500 crores would be from LML. Mr. Lokeswara Rao and his associates and former president of Hyundai Motor India Ltd B.V.R. Subbu and others would have 30 and 21 per cent of equity respectively in the company.

Public offer : Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and others would make up the balance of equity fund. The company's initial public offering would come only after the commencement of production. Initially, 2,000 to 2,500 people would get employment in the project. In all, 6,000 people could be employed in the entire automobile park that would include ancillary industries, Mr. Rao added.

GMR plans aviation SEZ
Cyberabad Times

Infrastructure developer GMR Group plans to set up an airport-based special economic zone (SEZ) near the new Hyderabad International Airport...

Currently, for instance, domestic airlines fly to Frankfurt or Singapore for components. Planned on the lines of free trade zones in Hamburg and Dubai, the SEZ will house aircraft component manufacturing industries and also see high-end aircraft engineering support activities.

Besides, the SEZ will have high-end electrical and auto-component manufacturing facilities and software units. The group also has plans to set up high-precision and pharmaceutical equipment-manufacturing to cash in on international air connectivity. Confirming the plan, a senior GMR executive said the company has already acquired about 240 acres for the airport SEZ...

GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHAIL)... will also be setting up a cargo hub and special bonded warehouses within the airport to tie in with the SEZ...

At present, 11 international airlines and 10 domestic airlines operate from Hyderabad, flying to over 35 destinations...

[April 27, 2007]
TCS To Invest IT Park in Hyderabad
By Pradip Bhatacharya TMCnet Contributing Editor
India's largest IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced it would invest Rs.4 billion to develop a state-of-the-art development facility on 75 acres of land on the city's outskirts. An agreement was signed in this regard with State Government at Hyderabad here.

The proposed facility, which will employ 15,000 people, will come up in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) promoted by APIIC at Adibatla near Hyderabad international airport...

With over 1.5 million square feet of space, the facility is expected to employ 15,000 people and be completed by 2013. In the first phase, likely to be completed by 2009, it will accommodate 3,000 people. The company plans to add another 5,000 employees by 2011 and 7,000 in the third and final phase.

This will take the total headcount of TCS in Hyderabad to 25,000, making it one of the biggest TCS centres on par with Chennai and Mumbai. This will be TCS’ third campus facility in Hyderabad...

Sunday, April 29, 2007 Cyberabad Times
75 acre industrial park at Chevella
The Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE) will establish a 75-acre industrial park at Chevella in Rangareddy district. The Government has agreed in-principle to allot land and extend help in setting up the park.

"Besides housing manufacturing units in different sectors, the park would have a food park, a market yard," Ms Soudhamini, Secretary of COWE, said. Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, she said a 16-member COWE delegation had recently visited Australia to promote the park. "We have received a good response from chambers there," she said... Source: The Hindu
another first ... an SEZ for Women Entrepreneurs.
of course. its the city of Bhagmati and the city of Sania!

Great job Babji! A humble request... could you keep updating the first page of this thread with any new developments, or new/corrected height information for projects? I'm guessing that in the next year, most of these projects's renderings will come out, so we can have a bombay-boom like thread dedicated to Hyderabad!

Great job Babji! A humble request... could you keep updating the first page of this thread with any new developments, or new/corrected height information for projects? I'm guessing that in the next year, most of these projects's renderings will come out, so we can have a bombay-boom like thread dedicated to Hyderabad!

Mr.Babji as an active forumer of Hyderabad thread u have been giving information about various projects announced/MOU signed in and around Hyderabad as well as in A.P as a whole.Thanks a lot for the same.If u plse update with the progress,if any, made by the already announced projects in another thread.

Thanks for the updates Arijeeth. Could we expect some pics ...

I guess you are referring to the works at Shamshabad side in points 1, 2 & 3.
1. NH7 is being widened to 4 lane - is that what you mean, or is it 4+ lanes ...
2. HIAL access road at (1.9 km after) Shamshabad will connect to NH7
On the 4lane access road, 2 dedicated lanes to HIAL. This is R&B road. They might do it Jan-Mar '08
3. ORR meets NH7, with a Full Cloverleaf Interchange.

Unfortunately I did not see any substantial development hence I did not take pics...I will try again after sometime
1. NH7 - you are right- it should be 6 in parts
2. the 4 lane construction on the airport side is going on
3. No construction as yet - I believe they would be tarring ORR first before constructing the interchange ?

Cyberabad Times
Niper secures 100 acres from IDPL
The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) has been allotted 100 acres of IDPL land to set up a Rs 180-crore institute of excellence under the public private sector participation model.

This project would involve total investment of Rs 180 crore including Rs 90 crore for equipment, about Rs 70 crore for building. The Niper Hyderabad would also play the role of an incubator in participation with the pharmaceutical industry. Niper is seen as a centre of excellence and will play the role similar to IIMs in bridging the talent requirement in the pharma sector.

This would be second such institute on the country after Mohali centre and it is now proposed to establish three more at Ahmedabad, Hajipur and Kolkata during the XI Plan period, according to Mr G.S. Sandhu, Joint Secretary Department of Chemicals and Petroleum, Government of India.

This project would involve total investment of Rs 180 crore including Rs 90 crore for equipment, about Rs 70 crore for building.

Hyderabad being a bulk drug manufacturing base, several players from the pharmaceutical industry have agreed to contribute for the success of Niper in Hyderabad. While in the case of Kolkata, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) and Patna Medical College in the case of Hajipur near Patna and LM Institute of Pharma Science and Nirma Institute for Ahmedabad institute would play a similar role like IICT in Hyderabad. The Niper mandate is to focus on medical chemistry, pharma analysis and pharmacology and toxicology... Source: The Hindu
yet another premiur institute at Hyd.

way to go for Hyd!!! NIPER coming up at Hyd is a huge plus. the local pharma industry is already buoyant and this will help bring in more R&D investment.

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/02/stories/2007050218350500.htm
HUDA bracing for projects along ORR
HYDERABAD: With the work on first phase of Outer Ring Road (ORR) and International Airport progressing at a brisk pace, the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) is getting ready to launch three major projects along the Outer Ring Road (ORR) and in proximity of International Airport this year. HUDA had actually planned for six projects near Poppalguda, Budvel, Shamshabad, Jawaharnagar, Kokapet and Ameenpur for different sectors like IT, ITES, healthcare, hotels and NRIs and high net worth individuals/companies...

Hotel corridor : The 150-acre layout at Shamshabad, close to the International Airport,
'Regal Broadway', was earmarked for creating a hotel corridor with star and budget hotels.
The layout close to the financial district, HUDA's Golden Mile and 60-storey Twin Towers, would have large sized plots that would be auctioned.
Medi City to come up in 200 acres at Ameenpur in Medak would be developed for the healthcare industry. It would house medical institutes of national and international repute equipped with state-of-the-art technologies and would also have resorts with modern amenities promoting medical tourism and catering to prolonged ailments and treatments.

Another project, `Menefer' would come at Budvel near Himayatsagar lake. Though Budvel was not one of the 84 villages covered under the GO.111, it would only allow villas in plots of one-acre size, mainly intended for NRIs and high net worth individuals/companies, to come up.

Other projects on the anvil are a 2,000-acre Giga City in Jawahar Nagar for residential, commercial and educational projects, IT and ITES. About 200 acres in this layout is already allotted to BITS Pilani to set up its Hyderabad campus. The work would commence after the finalisation of the Master Plan exclusively for Jawaharnagar area being developed by a private consultancy.

In Kokapet, HUDA would set up SEZ for IT in 125-acre `Calibre SEZ' and another 275-acre layout would be developed for IT and ITES companies.

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/2896/dclj9.jpghttp://img83.imageshack.us/img83/2896/dclj9.jpg

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/02/stories/2007050218350500.htm

If the present growth tempo continues with out any hurdles or external economic/political problems all these projects crystallise in about 10 to 15 years.

:cheers: Atlast, some progress on much awaited project.

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The Andhra Pradesh government has issued orders leasing out 100 acres of land for 66 years, at a nominal rate of Re1 a year, at the 1,200-acre Fab City for its proposed semiconductor-manufacturing project of SemIndia

SemIndia, on its part, will have to set up $75 million assembling, testing, marking and packing (ATMP) facility within 18 months, $750-million chip manufacturing unit within 3 years and $2.25 billion advanced semiconductor plant within 5-7 years from the date of allotment of land.

SemIndia will join hands with Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) in the Fab City SPV, which will develop state-of-the-art infrastructure to house fabs and fab-related eco system under the public-private partnership route.

The government has agreed to meet power requirements of the project at a subsidised rate of Rs1.85 a unit for a period of 15 years. The government will also provide 5 million gallons a day (MGD) of water in phases, based on the requirement, at Rs15 a kilolitre for 15 years.

Besides, the project will be entitled to full reimbursement of VAT and CST, exemption from other duties and benefits accruing to SEZ units as also policy incentives announced by the central government.

The state government will extend a training grant of Rs10,000 per head for up to 15,000 employees with the proviso that the training grant for a person shall not exceed 50 per cent of the total training cost. The government will also facilitate the establishment of a world-class engineering and technology university by the company.

The much-awaited government order (GO) issued late on 28 April, has asked SemIndia to play the role of an anchor industry on the 100 acres. The government will allot the remaining 1,100 acres in Fab City to other developers.

http://www.domain-b.com/industry/semiconductors/20070430_semIndia.html

:cheers: Atlast, some progress on much awaited project.

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The Andhra Pradesh government has issued orders leasing out 100 acres of land for 66 years, at a nominal rate of Re1 a year, at the 1,200-acre Fab City for its proposed semiconductor-manufacturing project of SemIndia

SemIndia, on its part, will have to set up $75 million assembling, testing, marking and packing (ATMP) facility within 18 months, $750-million chip manufacturing unit within 3 years and $2.25 billion advanced semiconductor plant within 5-7 years from the date of allotment of land.

SemIndia will join hands with Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) in the Fab City SPV, which will develop state-of-the-art infrastructure to house fabs and fab-related eco system under the public-private partnership route.

The government has agreed to meet power requirements of the project at a subsidised rate of Rs1.85 a unit for a period of 15 years. The government will also provide 5 million gallons a day (MGD) of water in phases, based on the requirement, at Rs15 a kilolitre for 15 years.

Besides, the project will be entitled to full reimbursement of VAT and CST, exemption from other duties and benefits accruing to SEZ units as also policy incentives announced by the central government.

The state government will extend a training grant of Rs10,000 per head for up to 15,000 employees with the proviso that the training grant for a person shall not exceed 50 per cent of the total training cost. The government will also facilitate the establishment of a world-class engineering and technology university by the company.

The much-awaited government order (GO) issued late on 28 April, has asked SemIndia to play the role of an anchor industry on the 100 acres. The government will allot the remaining 1,100 acres in Fab City to other developers.

http://www.domain-b.com/industry/semiconductors/20070430_semIndia.html

This extending training grant of Rs10,000/- per head up to a maximum of 15000 employees to the maximum extent of 50% of the actual training cost is not clear. Will they extend to employees hailing fro other States?

Link to news.... (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Cons_Products/iKoa_Corp_to_set_up_India_Development_Centre/articleshow/1998937.cms)

iKoa Corporation, a Silicon Valley based semiconductor start-up, will soon set up its India Development Centre in Hyderabad.
Funded by leading semiconductor venture capitalists, iKoa Corporation is developing a disruptive semiconductor array technology to deliver advanced solutions to connect mobile consumer devices, a company release said here on Thursday.
...

Thursday, May 03, 2007 Cyberabad Times
Infosys move shocks realtors
It's a bolt from the blue for realtors who bought land in Mamidipally in the hope of riding on the boom generated by Infosys' largest campus in the country coming up there: The IT bellwether's campus is likely to be shifted to Pocharam on the Warangal highway at the other end of Hyderabad.

The shift has been necessitated due to the lack of land in Mamidipally which is close to the site for the international airport. The land prices in the area had skyrocketed after the government signed an MoU with Infosys on March 27, 2006. From about Rs 40-50 lakh an acre, the prices had shot up to Rs 1 crore an acre. Several real estate developers had come up with major projects, cumulatively worth over Rs 150 crore. The sole selling point was that the land was in the vicinity of the proposed Infosys campus...

On paper, Infosys had been allotted 550 acres near Mamidipally at Rs 12 lakh an acre. But some portion of the allotted land was under litigation between the state government and IMG, the US-based sports management company whose land allotment was cancelled. Infosys' board member and human resource head T V Mohandas Pai said they had agreed to look at the alternate location due to the litigation. "We are in discussion with the government to resolve the issue," Pai told while confirming the fresh allotment.

The IT major agreed to shift its campus after persuasion from the state government. The land that is now being allotted to Infosys at Pocharam is owned by the AP Housing Board. According to senior officials of the Housing Board, 447 acres has already been transferred to the AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC). "We have agreed to transfer the land to APIIC in lieu of equal land somewhere on the outskirts. It is up to the corporation to allot the land to whoever it wants," a senior official of APHB said. Confirming the move, APIIC's vice-chairman and MD B P Acharya said a revised MoU will be signed with Infosys shortly. While the fresh allotment would be for 447 acres, the price would be almost equal to what was agreed for Mamidipally allotment... Source: The Times of India
the good news is, Infosys is not going away from Hyderabad :)
we can expect some more exciting things at the 550 acres at Mamidipally when the litigation is cleared.

Land is scarce resource in HYD. Why dont the govt ask the I.T companies to go vertical?

Land is scarce resource in HYD. Why dont the govt ask the I.T companies to go vertical?

imo, land is still a buyer's market in and around Hyd (compared to the other 5 metros).
in other words, if the Govt do not plan growth areas and sell land, buyers would still buy from land owners and that would lead to hafazard unplanned development.

Present power shortage is another major hurdle. Imagine living/working in a 30+ storey sky scrapper with daily 4 hour power shutdown. A reliable and high capacity Urban Transit system like MRTS is another requirement to boost super highrises. The GoAP should also train and equip the Fire Services staff to cope with fire accidents in super highrises. All this takes time.

May be in the next 4-5 years, land would become less abundant and perhaps Govt could start insisting on vertical growth. The new power plants, ORR and MRTS would also be ready by then.

Thanks to Sasidhar. Here is a graphic pic of Panjagutta and Greenlands flyovers
http://i13.************/6gx1p4n.jpg

The uncertainity over completion of Greenlands flyover ...

The Ahmedabad-based JMC Project (India) Limited, Engineers and Constructions, which is executing the flyover, seems to be having difficulty to complete the work due to various problems.

according to sources, JMC officials cited non-availability of access to the site as the main reason for the slow progress of the works. The delay (and disagreement) on the part of SCRly officials in granting permission to join Greenlands flyover with Begumpet flyover has caused a lot of concern.

They (JMC) still have to get some approvals and also access to the site. They also have to finalise new rates for the balance portion of the work. Only about 40-50 per cent of the work has been done so far...

Completion of the flyover is expected to take at least another 5-6-7 months...
Expected completion: Oct - Nov - Dec 2007 :gossip:

Check at http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=393324&page=3, for the Recent pics of ORR and NH7 in Hyderabad. Thanks Arijeet.

imo, land is still a buyer's market in and around Hyd (compared to the other 5 metros).
in other words, if the Govt do not plan growth areas and sell land, buyers would still buy from land owners and that would lead to hafazard unplanned development.

Present power shortage is another major hurdle. Imagine living/working in a 30+ storey sky scrapper with daily 4 hour power shutdown. A reliable and high capacity Urban Transit system like MRTS is another requirement to boost super highrises. The GoAP should also train and equip the Fire Services staff to cope with fire accidents in super highrises. All this takes time.

May be in the next 4-5 years, land would become less abundant and perhaps Govt could start insisting on vertical growth. The new power plants, ORR and MRTS would also be ready by then.

A.P fire dept is lacking financial support from the State Govt to increase fleet strength and modernise to tackle fire accidents ,if it happens ,in very high rise buildings.under the circumstances it will be curtains for talking about very tall structures in Hyderabad.

Thanks for the updates Arijeeth. Could we expect some pics ...

I guess you are referring to the works at Shamshabad side in points 1, 2 & 3.
1. NH7 is being widened to 4 lane - is that what you mean, or is it 4+ lanes ...
2. HIAL access road at (1.9 km after) Shamshabad will connect to NH7
On the 4lane access road, 2 dedicated lanes to HIAL. This is R&B road. They might do it Jan-Mar '08
3. ORR meets NH7, with a Full Cloverleaf Interchange.

I have updated some pictures in my thread in the showcase gallery
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=393324:)

Centre sanctions Rs 1,639 crore for Hyderabad Metro Rail

The Central Government has approved the Rs 8,482-crore Hyderabad Metro Rail Project for a viability gap funding of Rs 1,639 crore, about 20 per cent of the total project cost.

With 60 per cent of the project cost being raised by private BOT (build, operate and transfer) developer, the remaining grant of 20 per cent would be contributed by the State Government.

The Managing Director of the Hyderabad Metro project, Mr N.V.S. Reddy, in a statement said that with the project securing clearance from the Central Government, technical bids would be invited in the next few days from the five international consortia, which were pre-qualified for building the metro rail system in Hyderabad.

The technical bids would be evaluated with the help of two consultants - Span Semaly of France and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. The project seeks to decongest three most dense traffic corridors in the Hyderabad metro by developing a 66 km metro network.

Essar Constructions, Magna Allmore, Reliance Energy (Anil Ambani group), GVK and Navbharat are in fray with their consortium partners having pre-qualified.

As per plans, financial bids would be invited from those bidders who get qualified and the project entrusted to the consortium that seeks the least financial support from the Government in the form of VGF.

All the three routes of 66 km would be offered as a single package to only one developer. The project has to be completed in five years and handed over to the Government after managing it for 30 years, which has been decided as the concession period.


http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/05/04/stories/2007050402002300.htm

Thanks to Sasidhar. Here is a graphic pic of Panjagutta and Greenlands flyovers
http://i13.************/6gx1p4n.jpg

Nice graphic...are the exit ramps of punjagutta flyover going to be perpendicular to each other ? It does not seem like it

Is the greenlands flyover going to join Begumpet flyover at the center? are they finally doing away with the pavement on the left altogether?

Friday, May 04, 2007 Cyberabad Times
XLRI Hyderabad at Alwal
This year seems to be an year of educational bounty for Hyderabad. After IIT and BITS, Come June 2009, an XLRI campus would come up in Hyderabad.

The construction work of the new campus is expected to begin by the end of this month and the second campus is expected to start functioning in June 2009. The new campus would be adjacent to the Loyola College in Hyderabad. XLRI has consistently been ranked by national magazines as one of the top 5 business schools in India. Officials of the B-school said they had recently completed the necessary formalities for acquiring 30 acres of land at Alwal near Hyderabad...

The B-school authorities wanted to set up the campus in a major metro. As finding faculty would be a major concern in smaller cities, the business school authorities debated between Delhi and Hyderabad. But the southern city won as Delhi has several management colleges. Venugopal said talks are also on with the government of Andhra Pradesh to get more land for developing additional facilities...

The MDP division at XLRI was established in 1969 to contribute more effectively to the professional development of Indian managers and administrators. Now, the division offers more than 90 MDPs every year... Recently Accenture and XLRI have launched the Accenture-XLRI HR Academy, a training academy dedicated to the human capital management needs of the growing information technology and BPO industries. Source: The Telegraph

Nice graphic...are the exit ramps of punjagutta flyover going to be perpendicular to each other ? It does not seem like it

Is the greenlands flyover going to join Begumpet flyover at the center? are they finally doing away with the pavement on the left altogether?
Panjagutta flyover: The road btn Nagarjuna Circle and Somajiguda Circle is like a smooth zig-zag curve. The ramps at Nagarjuna Circle are almost perpendicular near the junction, but they widen from each other as you travel away from the junction. Here is another drawing:
http://i17.************/5yanji9.jpg

Greenlands flyover: It looks like The SCRly authorities refused permission to add-on Greenlands flyover to the Begumpet flyover for fear of damages to the strength of the structure. MCH may have to come up with a stand-alone plan, get approvals, work out new rates and then resume works. This might also require some more land aquisition, which could be a tough choice. Almost about 50% works remain to be done. Could take about 5-6 months to complete. This could become a nice Deewali gift or Christmas gift for the ppl of Hyd.

Panjagutta flyover: The road btn Nagarjuna Circle and Somajiguda Circle is like a smooth zig-zag curve. The ramps at Nagarjuna Circle are almost perpendicular near the junction, but they widen from each other as you travel away from the junction. Here is another drawing:
http://i17.************/5yanji9.jpg

Greenlands flyover: It looks like The SCRly authorities refused permission to add-on Greenlands flyover to the Begumpet flyover for fear of damages to the strength of the structure. MCH may have to come up with a stand-alone plan, get approvals, work out new rates and then resume works. This might also require some more land aquisition, which could be a tough choice. Almost about 50% works remain to be done. Could take about 5-6 months to complete. This could become a nice Deewali gift or Christmas gift for the ppl of Hyd.

I think it was a good decision not to join onto the begumpet flyover - however I did notice that a part of the pavement has already been broken to construct the pillars ( that seem to be touching the sides of the flyover) - let me see if i can get a snap....

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/06/stories/2007050609000400.htm
Technical research agency planned in State
HYDERABAD: A premium scientific agency under the National Security Adviser in the Prime Minister's Office, the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), will soon be located near Hyderabad.

Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy announced this at a meeting here on Saturday. NTRO's activities include aviation and remote sensing, data gathering and processing, cyber security, crypto systems, strategic hardware and software development and strategic monitoring.

NTRO, which comprises National Institute of Cryptology Research and Development (NICRD), is said to be the first-of-its-kind in Asia. NICRD will create a pool of experts in information security. It will design and develop encryption products for national security applications and have state-of-the-art laboratories including simulation and digital fortress labs for financial security apart from strong linkages with academic institutions and industry.

The move will have a catalytic effect on IT establishments in the State, creating security-related professionals, products and services as a spin-off to other sectors of economy, Dr. Reddy said. He said the NTRO will also have a Disaster Recovery Centre as part of a national information repository exchange...

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/06/stories/2007050616510100.htm
Good news for city train commuters
Work begins on Seetaphalmandi-Malkajgiri chord line
HYDERABAD: Commuters using local trains between Bolarum and Falaknuma can now expect to reach their destinations on time as the much-awaited Seetaphalmandi-Malkajgiri chord line has commenced. The works are expected to be completed by September.

Once the chord line is laid, local trains bound to Falaknuma from Bolarum and vice versa do not have to halt at Secunderabad station, thereby saving both time and distance travelled between the two stations.

Outer signal : The Hyderabad Division of the South Central Railway (SCR) is taking up the works at an estimated cost of Rs. 3.48 crores. In what should take less than 10 minutes for the commuters to reach Secunderabad from Malkajgiri in a local train, it takes nearly 30 minutes to reach the destination, due to delay in clearance at outer signal of Secunderabad near Rail Nilayam.

Personal transport : With the delay becoming a regular feature, many regular commuters, including schoolteachers and employees of both private and public sector, are now opting either for personal transport or city buses. As a result, local trains that were once packed to the brim are now running almost empty. The present single line that connects Seetaphalmadi and Lallaguda caters only to goods trains.

...While work on the Seetaphalmandi-Malkajgiri line (600 metres track) will be completed by June, that on the Moula Ali-Malkajgiri (5.4 kilometres track) is expected to be completed by September, said Hyderabad Divisional Railway Manager Rajiv Vishnoi...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rssarticleshow/msid-2009460,prtpage-1.cms
Houses for the poor in city
[7 May, 2007 l 0413 hrs ISTlTIMES NEWS NETWORK]
HYDERABAD: Even as CPM activists began occupying government land on Sunday, demanding house sites for the poor, the Hyderabad district administration claimed that it has taken up the job of both protecting the government land and building houses for the poor.

The CPM occupied and planted flags at several government sites in the city, including Mahendra Hills, Uppal, Kapra, Golconda, Nagole, Kushaiguda, Jawahar Nagar and Ramanthapur.

For a 24-hour surveillance of its land in over 50 localities in the city, the district administration, a few months back, has hired 60 security guards at a cost of about Rs 4 lakh. "We have also erected boards that identify these sites as government land and left telephone numbers to which people can call up if they see any trespassers and encroachers," district collector R V Chandravadan told TOI.

In fact, the city administration in the recent past had taken possession of 95 acre land worth Rs 1,300 crore in the city and aims to utilise a majority of this to build houses under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). But according to sources, this is better said than done. For, when tenders were called last month for building over 20,000 houses at a cost of Rs 1.35 lakh per house, there were no takers. Not a single quotation was received by the district administration despite having 85 contractors registered with it. The collector said because of bad pricing contractors did not find it feasible to reply to the tender notice. "We are coming up with new prices where we want to include infrastructure development price as part of the unit price and give the contractors a better deal to work with," Chandravadan told TOI on Sunday.

Already 2,000 houses are coming up in Singareni Collieries and 1,200 in Kukatpally. The district administration has planned 2,000 more houses in Kukatpally and has already prepared the list of beneficiaries. The collectorate officials say there is a need to streamline the process of identifying the beneficiaries as unofficial figures suggest that up to 1,500 people migrate to the city everyday.

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/06/stories/2007050616510100.htm
Local trains bound to Falaknuma from Bolarum and vice versa need not halt at Secunderabad
Works to cost at an estimated Rs. 3.48 crores



Really good news. Getting maximum benefit for the cost of couple of new bungalows.

VIDEO: Hyderabad 100-F Tower will be ready by 2010 (3 yrs u/c time) (http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/39902/indias-tallest-building-in-hyderabad.html)

:righton:

man, this is huge!!!

also, this improves the chances of the Lanco Hills project working out, right?

i honestly don't know what to say right now - this is just too awesome!!

:)

VIDEO: Hyderabad 100-F Tower will be ready by 2010 (3 yrs u/c time) (http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/39902/indias-tallest-building-in-hyderabad.html)

Ferrari Fan..................according to the video, construction will kickstart in JULY '07, a good news but are the renderings finalised or what? there is only 1.5 months to go. dont make much sense. Why aren't they releasing the final renderings yet & this puts a huge question mark on a whole project.

^^ ^^ Awesome news Hindustani.

yes its s good news..i saw live news last night on CNN IBN

just for a recap:
APIIC has given the final nod to the 100+ storey building in Manchirevula.
One of the two shortlisted bidders who applied for RFP ( 1 Indian, 1 Israeli) will be finalized soon.
Obtaining Municipal and Fire clearances will be only a formality.
Construction would start in July 2007 and expected to be completed in 3 years ...
This would be surrounded by several 10, 15 and 30 storey buildings in the 100 acre site.
Perhaps, the renderings will be released, once the final bidder is announced.

The finalists:
(1) A consortium of Reliance Energy and Shoba Developers of Bangalore
(2) The real estate wing of Israel-based Elbit Medical Imaging
(Elbit bid on its own, Indu Projects, a local developer, will join it in executing the project).

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/08/stories/2007050819390300.htm
HUDA officials invite tenders
HYDERABAD: The work on the mega project of the Hussainsagar and catchment area improvement project has now moved from drawing board stage to execution stage with the HUDA inviting pre-qualification applications from prospective bidders in an international competitive bidding.

The Rs.300-crore project involving construction of new tertiary-level sewage treatment plants (STP), upgrading existing STPs, laying trunk sewers to collect sewage from various nalas emptying untreated sewage into the lake, dredging of lakebed to rid it of toxins and improvement and beautification of shoreline is being funded by the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)...

The restoration of the Hussainsagar — constructed during Nizam's time to serve as the drinking water resource for the city — was not merely for cleaning up the lake bed of its toxicity but to eliminate the pollutants at their source level itself and gradually improve the lake water quality to potable level...

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/08/stories/2007050819410300.htm
Part of St. Ann's to be demolished

HYDERABAD: The path has almost been cleared for demolition of front portion of St. Ann's High School in Secunderabad with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) readying a cheque for Rs.1.19 crore towards compensation for land acquisition.

The school is likely to lose about 40 classrooms currently located right beside the main road and its management has urged municipal authorities to show them an alternative means to conduct their classes before their new building gets ready for occupation. The GHMC authorities are considering allowing the school to conduct some of the classes in its newly-constructed commercial complex on the other side of the road beside the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) reservoir...

Negotiations were also on with the neighbouring properties belonging to International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and St. John's Educational Society for widening the entire stretch.

However, the GHMC appears to have run literally into a roadblock with the South Central Railway seeking alternative land in lieu of about 75,000 square metres of area (close to 18 acres) sought from it for extending the road width till Tarnaka and beyond.

Railway properties to be affected start from SCR Employees Cooperative Society office to Oliphant bridge, Mettuguda, additional vents to be put up at Ranigunj, Minister Road, etc. Railways is said to be ready to accept vacant land from the Government at any place and not necessarily within the city.

Critical link : The road till Uppal and beyond forms part of the inner ring road and forms a critical link to the new International Airport at Shamshabad, hence there is an urgency to widen the connecting roads.

just for a recap:
APIIC has given the final nod to the 100+ storey building in Manchirevula.
One of the two shortlisted bidders who applied for RFP ( 1 Indian, 1 Israeli) will be finalized soon.
Obtaining Municipal and Fire clearances will be only a formality.
Construction would start in July 2007 and expected to be completed in 3 years ...
This would be surrounded by several 10, 15 and 30 storey buildings in the 100 acre site.
Perhaps, the renderings will be released, once the final bidder is announced.

The finalists:
(1) A consortium of Reliance Energy and Shoba Developers of Bangalore
(2) The real estate wing of Israel-based Elbit Medical Imaging
(Elbit bid on its own, Indu Projects, a local developer, will join it in executing the project).
This is the first time that a 100 storey tall bldg is coming up in India.I still have lingering doubt about the construction being completed by 3 years ie by 2010.This can be deduced by the fact that now just 8 to 12 floors bldgs takes 2 to 3 years to complete.Hope for the best and pray that it does not end up like the Volswagen car project.Even the FAB city project is going at a snail's pace despite the central Govt annoucing subsidy.

This is the first time that a 100 storey tall bldg is coming up in India.I still have lingering doubt about the construction being completed by 3 years ie by 2010.This can be deduced by the fact that now just 8 to 12 floors bldgs takes 2 to 3 years to complete.Hope for the best and pray that it does not end up like the Volswagen car project.Even the FAB city project is going at a snail's pace despite the central Govt annoucing subsidy.

There should not be many issues over the completion of 100 storey building, APIIC has the financial muscle, land already belongs to them and more over they will be delegating the construction work to some other company.

However i have doubts over the lanco hills project, it seems to be controversial company. Does any one have news about the progress of lanco hills project

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200705060341.htm

Hyderabad, May 6 (PTI): The US-based biopharmaceutical company, Nektar Therapeutics, is establishing a multi-million dollar R & D facility here.

Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy laid the foundation stone for the state-of-the-art facility here.

Nektar has been allotted a plot to expand its bio- analytical and formulation development laboratories in the ICICI Knowledge Park.

Speaking on the occasion, President and CEO of Nektar, Howard Robin, said, "We are proud of our ability to integrate the innovative scientific skills of our employees in India within our global enterprise".

However i have doubts over the lanco hills project, it seems to be controversial company. Does any one have news about the progress of lanco hills project

I think Lanco Group have redone their website for 2007, and it seems like Lanco Hills (and the 90 floor residential tower) is still coming up. I think since Lanco Hills was approved as an SEZ, this has rubber stamped the project for sure.

A seperate website called 'lancohills.com', is underconstruction, so it seems to me this project is coming up. A new site for a project this big suggests to me we are close to seeing the building work started. Im not too sure if it will be in the 'skyscraper zone' cause im not from Andhra Pradesh, but if it is, this tower along with the APIIC's 100 floor supertall, means that by 2010 a cluster may appear that could match Shanghai levels.

Deccan Chronicle
Eenadu to get Rs 17,600 per square yard
Hyderabad, May 9: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is likely to pay around Rs 25 lakhs to Eenadu group as compensation to acquire 141.47 square yards of land from its premises in Somajiguda under the compulsory land acquisition rules and regulations. Revenue authorities of Hyderabad district administration fixed Rs 17, 600 per square yard as compensation... GHMC will take possession of the land located at Somajiguda very shortly.

... It will compensate three other property owners whose buildings are obstructing the traffic on the stretch of road between Khairatabad and Punjagutta. The GHMC is getting ready to acquire at least 40 properties on the busy main road between Lakidikapul and Khairatabad. This will enable the municipal corporation to widen the route from Lakidikapul to Punjagutta. Demolition works are underway on the road between Punjagutta and Erragadda...
2 main flyovers only in Nov.
Hyderabad, May 8: The construction of two flyovers at Punjagutta crossroads and Greenlands junction will be delayed by about six months. Both the flyovers were supposed to be completed by February but will be ready only by November. Meanwhile, two other flyovers at Chandrayanagutta and Nalgonda crossroads will be opened for traffic in June. Here too, there was a delay of seven months. It was the former Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad which started construction of all the four flyovers in November 2005 at an estimated cost of Rs 75.5 crore.

But the delay in the acquisition of 192 properties and court cases halted the progress of the work. Added to these were problems caused by underground pipelines, BSNL and Transco cables and heavy traffic. Because of this, companies given the contract to build the flyovers are not being held responsible for the delay... GHMC is, however, relieved at the progress of construction in the toughest flyover, which links the Rajiv Gandhi statue junction, Punjagutta junction, NFCL junction. The main flyover, which will be 1,235 metres long, is being constructed with 42 spans, 39 piers and five abutments...

oh boy, am i excited. :banana:

http://www.indiaenews.com/america/20070510/51092.htm

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, hero of many Hollywood action films, will visit Hyderabad in November with a high-level business delegation to discuss mutual cooperation and investment opportunities in Andhra Pradesh.

This was decided at a meeting Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy had with Schwarzenegger in Sacramento, California, Thursday.

According to a statement from the chief minister's office here, he had detailed discussions with Schwarzenegger on boosting trade ties between Andhra Pradesh and California in various sectors.

The meeting took place at the invitation of Schwarzenegger. On learning about Reddy's stay in California as part of his four-day visit to the US, he had invited him.

The California governor agreed to Reddy's request to explore all possibilities for investments in major sectors like IT, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, food processing, BPO (business process outsourcing), micro-irrigation and water conservation.

Schwarzenegger had a word of praise for Reddy. 'You seem to be very popular among the people of not only your state, but the country. You are a blend of a farmer but a modern administrator and astute politician. That is what is wanted in an agrarian economy, particularly in a developing democratic country like India. You are doing very well on the farm, water and irrigation front,' he said.

Reddy told Schwarzenegger that he was very popular in India. 'Even in my state of Andhra Pradesh, you as an actor has many fans,' said the chief minister.

The California governor said he has great admiration for India, a great liberal democratic country. 'My wife, in fact, likes the spirituality of India', Schwarzenegger said, adding that he would love to visit India and its people.

Schwarzenegger said he was happy that many Indians do stay and work in his state. The chief minister pointed out that that every fourth Indian in California is from Andhra Pradesh.

Reddy explained to him the rapid strides made by Andhra Pradesh in IT, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and food processing and briefed him about massive irrigation schemes and infrastructure projects including the upcoming Rs.24.78 billion (nearly $610 million) international airport at Hyderabad.

Deccan Chronicle

Guessed as much - nerve wracking rides till end of yr :bash:

CM presses for Standford campus
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad, May 10: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy has asked Stanford University, California, to locate its offshore campus in Hyderabad. Dr Reddy was the chief guest at the signing of MoU between Stanford University and Government of Andhra Pradesh and Satyam EMRI in California.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister informed Mr Burt McMurtry, the chairman of the board of trustees of Stanford University, that Andhra Pradesh had the fastest growing economy and its capital city of Hyderabad was developing fast on many fronts like infrastructure, IT, BT, pharmaceutical and textiles.

According to an official press release here on Thursday, Mr McMurtry agreed in principle to set up an institute in the State and assured to provide affordable health care to the poor. Emergency Management and Research Institute and Stanford University Medical Centre have come together to prepare professionals in emergency care in India by signing an agreement at Stanford Hospital, California.

The MoU was exchanged between the Chief Minister and the chairman of the board of trustees of Stanford University in the presence of Mr B. Ramalinga Raju, founder chairman of Satyam Computer Services Inc. The MoU envisages EMRI, a non-profit group based in Hyderabad, to train India’s new corps of paramedics. The EMRI was launched in 2005 to serve the 80 million residents of Andhra Pradesh with an ultimate goal of extending the programme to India’s entire population of one billion by 2009. In addition to training paramedics, the Stanford group will teach paramedic educators in India who can carry on the work of instructing the next generation of advanced emergency medical technicians.

The EMRI, which has gained the backing of the State government, has purchased and equipped more than 500 ambulances, and developed the state-of-the-art call centre that handles more than 15,000 calls each day. All ambulances and pre-hospital care is provided free of charge and a mix of private and government funding supports the programme.

Guessed as much - nerve wracking rides till end of yr :bash:
one of my friends from Hyd says, it takes him like 70 minutes to travel 7 km from Paradise to Panjagutta.
you know why? ... (1) On-going pipeline construction works at Harihara Kalabhavan (2) Greenlands Flyover works (3) Heavy traffic congestion on Begumpet and Airport Flyovers (4) Uneven width of road (150 feet wide for most part, but 60 feet wide at certain parts)... the list seems to be on and on ...

Lets hope the situation would improve soon.
Come December, it would be a ride of joy, perhaps, 7 km in 15-20 minutes :)

one of my friends from Hyd says, it takes him like 70 minutes to travel 7 km from Paradise to Panjagutta.
you know why? ... (1) On-going pipeline construction works at Harihara Kalabhavan (2) Greenlands Flyover works (3) Heavy traffic congestion on Begumpet and Airport Flyovers (4) Uneven width of road (150 feet wide for most part, but 60 feet wide at certain parts)... the list seems to be on and on ...

Lets hope the situation would improve soon.
Come December, it would be a ride of joy, perhaps, 7 km in 15-20 minutes :)

Yeah - hopefully will be better with the opening of the two flyovers...MCH has not done good finishing job when it came to pipelines, road widening ( the widened section is normally not at the same level) , absence of bus bays leading to people standing all over the widened part :bash: ..

Regarding the congestion in airport flyover - i believe the planners never thought of extending airport flyover beyond minister road turning...Had they foreseen this, the daily jams in this section would have been avoided..Now nothing can be done for this stretch....

Google signs MoU with AP govt for campus in Hyd

http://www.business-standard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=23233
BS Reporter / Hyderabad May 11, 2007
Google Inc has signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh government for allotment of 20 acre of land near Hyderabad for the proposed expansion of its operations, which include ramping up employee strength to over 4,000 professionals from the present 1,088 people.

The MoU was signed at Santa Clara, US, on Wednesday by secretary, IT&C, Andhra Pradesh government, and Roy Gilbert, director-online sales & operations, Google India, in the presence of chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy who is on a week-long tour to the US and Singapore.

The land will be used to build a fully-owned techno complex to support the growing business and expansion across operations, according to Gilbert. "Google products and services have received a very encouraging response, and our offices have grown, thanks to the exceptional talent pool. The MoU marks a step forward in further establishing our commitment to India," he said in a press release.

"We are delighted that Google has decided to invest in Andhra Pradesh. We are focused on creating an environment for more companies to partner us. Such investment helps in accelerating the country's economic growth besides providing gainful employment," the Chief Minister said in a release issued today.

Traffic jam even at midnight
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad, May 11: Traffic jams on the city’s roads even at midnight are hassling motorists. The problem is especially frequent on the Dilsukhnagar-LB Nagar where private and RTC buses are parked haphazardly on the roads.

The traffic police allows private buses only after 10 pm in order to maintain smooth flow of traffic. Therefore almost 500 private buses start their journey at Kukatpally, Ameerpet, Lakdikapul and other centres in the city after 10 pm reach Dilsukhnagar at 11 pm and wait on the roadsides to pick up more passengers.

Many RTC buses bound for Vijayawada from Imlibun bus station halt for a few minutes at Dilsukhnagar bus stand. These buses are obstructed by the private buses, leading to a traffic jam. Making things worse are the fruit-laden lorries unloading their cargo at the Gaddiannaram market.

There are no bus bays for the private buses and they are haphazardly parked on the roads as the bus staff scours for passengers. The private operators have demanded land for the construction of their bus stands. The proposal to construct bus stands on the roads to Vijayawada, Bangalore and Mumbai routes is pending with the government...
The traffic congestion problem seems to be multi dimensional ...

Guessed as much - nerve wracking rides till end of yr :bash:

For panjagutta flyover the builders are building it from one end and progressing towards the other end. Thats why on the nagarjuna circle side there is very little progress to be seen.

Anyways happy commuting till November :hi: .

Google signs MoU with AP govt for campus in Hyd

http://www.business-standard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=23233
BS Reporter / Hyderabad May 11, 2007
Google Inc has signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh government for allotment of 20 acre of land near Hyderabad for the proposed expansion of its operations, which include ramping up employee strength to over 4,000 professionals from the present 1,088 people.

The MoU was signed at Santa Clara, US, on Wednesday by secretary, IT&C, Andhra Pradesh government, and Roy Gilbert, director-online sales & operations, Google India, in the presence of chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy who is on a week-long tour to the US and Singapore.

The land will be used to build a fully-owned techno complex to support the growing business and expansion across operations, according to Gilbert. "Google products and services have received a very encouraging response, and our offices have grown, thanks to the exceptional talent pool. The MoU marks a step forward in further establishing our commitment to India," he said in a press release.

"We are delighted that Google has decided to invest in Andhra Pradesh. We are focused on creating an environment for more companies to partner us. Such investment helps in accelerating the country's economic growth besides providing gainful employment," the Chief Minister said in a release issued today.


This is awesome!!Hyd is beating Blore in attracting high end Software development centers.

thanks pal. lets hope it becomes a reality. :)

^^ ^^ Awesome news Hindustani.

more on Google: Cyberabad Times
Hyderabad to get GooglePlex
The State capital will be home for Google Inc., the innovative search engine, connecting millions of people seeking information. As part of the MoU, the Government will allot 20 acres of land at Kokapet in Rajendranagar mandal to the company, an official press release said. Google, acclaimed as the world's best engine with a market capitalisation of over US $ 150 billion, will set up its state-of-the-art techno complex here.

The company's present facility on a leased premises comprises over 1,000 employees and is the second biggest in the country. The facility catering to engineering, online sales and service, information systems and other support functions is expected to house 4,000 people once it is fully operational.

Google Inc. entered into a memorandum of understanding with the State Government for setting up its centre in Hyderabad during Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's visit to Santa Clara in the United States on Wednesday. Google's online sales and operations director Roy Gilbert signed the MoU on behalf of the company while Information Technology department secretary S.K. Joshi represented the State Government.

As part of the MoU, the Government will allot 20 acres of land at Kokapet in Rajendranagar mandal to the company, an official press release said...
Source: The Hindu
A good beginning for Kokapet ...

this google complex will do a lot of good for Hyd. IT continues to attract more investment for Hyd!

Huda to raise Rs 5000 cr for projects
13 May, 2007 l 0358 hrs ISTlTIMES NEWS NETWORK
HYDERABAD: Of the Rs 5,000 crore it plans to raise this year, the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) would give the state government Rs 2,200 crore towards 'resource mobilisation'.

It would spend about
Rs 1,000 crore for land acquisition and civil works for the Outer Ring Road (ORR) project,
Rs 450 crore for construction of the P V Narasimha Rao elevated expressway and another
Rs 500 crore for other engineering works.
Rs 1,000 crore for small-sized projects

Huda has 2,000 acres of land in Jawahar Nagar in Shamirpet, 450 acres in Miyapur, 150 acres in Shamshabad abutting the Bangalore highway and along the ORR... It owns over 1,000 acres of land in Patancheru, Ramachandrapuram mandals and Medak district where the proposed IIT is to come up.

"Huda would take up projects like star hotels, townships along the ORR and other areas, commercial and apartment complexes during the year to meet the expenditure. Of over 4,000 acres of Huda land, nearly 2,000 acres would be sold outright or leased for these projects lined up to meet the expenditure," Huda vice-chairman Jayesh Ranjan said. Huda would be looking to raise Rs 5,000 crore mostly through various kinds of townships like NRI and mini-townships.

Secunderabad gridlocked
13 May, 2007 l 0411 hrs ISTlTIMES NEWS NETWORK
HYDERABAD: At 11.30 pm, much beyond office hours you would expect traffic at Mettuguda crossroads, beyond Secunderabad's Rail Nilayam to be smooth. But on Friday night, the place was choc-a-block, what with a few hundred vehicles - buses, transport vehicles, cars, autos and two-wheelers stuck on the middle of the road.

The traffic lights did not work and in this mess there were no cops to guide the traffic...

Mettuguda crossroads was not the only place that was affected. In fact, there was a gridlock in Secunderabad on Friday evening that even motorists used to driving in the jam prone city have not seen for a long time. "I started from Begumpet at 7-15 pm and reached Alwal, nine kms away at 10-30 pm. That will give an idea of what was happening," says commuter Suryaprakash.

It all began at the Paradise circle around 6-30 pm: a sudden pile up of traffic led to jamming of three roads leading on from the place. These included the road to Sikh Village, the one to Trimulgherry and to Marredpally via Secunderabad Club. With no proper regulation, the jam worsened and soon drivers entered into the bylanes and colony roads. "And then the situation became worse, with each local stretch jam adding to the general jam. It was a mess and the traffic stopped even in the bylanes," says a commuter K Suresh...
Is Sec'bad competing with Hyd'bad in traffic jams ...

Utter traffic chaos at Punjagutta
Newindpress
HYDERABAD: The once posh and spacious Punjagutta junction has become roadusers’ nightmare and a living hell. Courtesy: A vital traffic signal that slipped into a deep sleep stage and the crazy bumper-to-bumper suffocating traffic. It is a crucial junction, but the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation or the traffic department, seem to have no time to set the things right...

About 10,000 vehicles pass on this stretch every hour, according to a recent traffic study...

Traffic cops manning the junction must be cursing their bosses, GHMC and their fate in that other, with things taking an ugly turn in the last one week. Workers digging the road unwittingly broke a water main resulting in inundation of the area and throwing the traffic into a tizzy. Then the diggers, unknowingly, snapped a traffic cable. Result? Traffic signal lights slipped into paralysis.

Traffic regulation is a tedious task at the best of times. Much worse in the absence of signals. And that partly explains the plight of the cops. Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) M Punna Rao expressed helplessness at the worsening traffic situation at the junction. "Even after we posted more men at the junction there is no respite due to the overflowing traffic in this particular route and the situation is worsening with every passing day," he said.

Meanwhile, the sympathetic traffic police have advised roadusers to opt for alternative routes to decongest the flow of traffic in this particular stretch. "The commuters can use Necklace road, Balanagar, Banjara Hills and Road No 13 to decongest the Punjagutta junction and to save on time and energy," Punna Rao said.

Updated : 08/05/2007
Raintree Park-Integrated Township Turnkey Project, Kukatpally, Hyderabad (Construction and development)

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Grt projects all around!

Good going everyone......and Babji still keeping the news together aye....:)

Welcome back Harsh!
URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/12/stories/2007051216900300.htm
Krishna water to reach parts of city soon
HYDERABAD: Notwithstanding the pipeline burst that saw water gush out and inundate several business establishments recently at Langer Houz, Krishna water will soon reach parts of the city and several surrounding municipalities hitherto served by Manjira and Singur, thanks to the Ring Main works nearing completion.

The pipeline burst during the trial run of Ring Main I pipeline, which brings Krishna water from Sahebnagar to Lingampally. "We are checking the line all over again for water pressure and are working on an alternative plan for smoother flow," the HMWSSB managing director K.S. Jawahar Reddy said. Water had to be lifted from Mylardevulapalli to Lingampally at a height of 250 feet, necessitating pumping of water at heavy pressure. Steady pace of work : Two Ring Mains were being built - brand new drinking water lines running along the periphery of the twin cities and bringing areas dependent so far on Manjira and Singur water into the Krishna ambit - and would be ready in two months. The Ring Mains are crucial for making the city's drinking water distribution network receive the additional volume of 90 Million Gallons per Day (MGD) from the Krishna second phase, which is being commissioned shortly.

While the 44-km-long Ring Main I connecting Sahebnagar, Prashasan Nagar and Lingampally would ease the drinking water problem in Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Ameerpet and Alwal areas, the 24.36-km Sahebnagar-Marredpally Ring Main would augment water supply in Secunderabad and surrounding municipalities. Sahebnagar near Vanasthalipuram is the starting point for Krishna in the State Capital. "The effort is to improve the internal distribution before the full quantum of water can be drawn."

More reservoirs : To store the additional water, 14 reservoirs were being built along the Musi. Ring Main I laid at a cost of Rs. 118 crores would haul 45 MGD wherein 27 MGD would go to Prashashan Nagar, Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Madhapur, Seri Lingampally Municipality, Kukatpally, Borabanda, Balanagar, Sanathnagar and Fatehnagar, 15 MGD to Chandrayangutta, Balapur, Shamshabad International Airport, Maisaram and Salala Barkas and 3 MGD to Rajendranagar Municipality. The Rs. 81-crore Ring Main II will bring 45 MGD to Malkajgiri (9 MGD), Kapra (8 MGD), and Uppal Municipalities (6.5 MGD), Secunderabad Cantonment area (8.5 MGD), Marredpally-Mettuguda-Lalaguda area (12 MGD) besides core Secunderabad (1 MGD).

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/14/stories/2007051401310200.htm
... IT majors like Satyam, Wipro and Infotech Enterprises have already started pumping money into their ventures in Visakhapatnam and Kakinada. Tirupati is, of late, turning out to be another attractive investment destination due to its proximity to Chennai and Bangalore. Several major ventures including the state of the art IT towers in Vijayawada with a built up area of one million sq. ft. are in different stages of construction...

Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Novartis, Accenture, Analog Devices, Motorola and GE capital have signed accords for setting up new ventures...

Even as Hyderabad is set to clock the Rs. 19,000 crore mark in IT exports during the previous fiscal ended March 31, up 51 per cent from Rs. 12,500 crores in the previous year...

Key role : The city's talent pool has, no doubt, played a key role in some of the global projects like the development of crucial components for Microsoft's latest Windows Vista version. The absence of dedicated research facilities will, however, be compensated by the Fab City project, the US $ 3 billion mega venture...

As efforts to persuade Nano Tech India to firm up its proposals fast have intensified, the Government is hopeful of wooing hardware majors like Intel and Qualcom to announce investments in the Fab City in the coming weeks.

Cyberabad Times
Cantonment follows the Private mantra
Taking a leaf out GHMC's 'Fund Your City' campaign book, the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB), too, is planning to go in for new bus shelters under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

The SCB has received a shot in the arm when efforts to rope in the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) to develop two prime parks succeeded when the latter had accepted the job last week...

The GHMC has entered into an agreement with two major private advertising agencies to give 300 bus shelters in its area a contemporary look with half the ad revenue to be shared with the APSRTC during the contract period of 50 months.

Space for the six-acre park at Picket and eight-acre park in Bolarum and other public spaces have been earmarked by British town planners in late 19th century itself...

The SCB and HUDA are to share the gate receipts for a five-year period after which the former will have to maintain the facilities by itself. Mr. Premchand is hopeful of throwing open the parks within a year. Source: The Hindu

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/15/stories/2007051517830500.htm
Accident-prone areas in State to be mapped

HYDERABAD: A Government core committee constituted to study reasons behind fatal road accidents in the State has decided to map major accident-prone areas for initiating preventive measures. Special teams, comprising officials drawn from local municipalities, Roads and Buildings Department and police, have been formed in the districts for suggesting measures like changes in road design, signboards and other aspects.

Teams have already identified 500 `black spots' or accident-prone areas on the State highways and 10 such spots within the capital for mapping. In the city, the most accident-prone spots have been identified in roads passing through Kukatpally, Tarnaka, Bowenpally, Bahadurpura and Nalgonda crossroads. Similar exercise is on for identifying trouble spots on the National Highways... A `black spot' is identified as per the number of accidents reported on a particular stretch. "If more than nine accidents occurred on a road for three consecutive years then it has been declared as a black spot," he explained.

Fatal statistics: Over 3,230 people were killed in 11,446 road accidents reported up to March 2007 all over State, 12,397 people died in 42, 855 accidents occurred last year and 11,076 people died in 38,339 accidents in 2005.

Meanwhile, the Transport Department has continued its crackdown against drunken driving. About 3,606 cases were booked under Section 185 of MV Act against motorists, mostly lorry drivers, for driving in an intoxicated condition during a special drive conducted last month.
http://blog.bharathganesh.com/2007/02/dum-ka-driving-sense.html
Dum-ka-Driving Sense
Of late I have been really fed up with these traffic jams in Hyderabad. But never blame it on the authorities for poor infrastructure. In fact the roads here are pretty descent. The real cause of these traffic snarls is the excellent driving sense of these drivers here...

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/05/15/stories/2007051504570400.htm

Hyderabad May 14 Bartronics India Ltd has announced the commissioning of its new smartcards manufacturing facility — the first of its kind in India — set up about 40 km outside Hyderabad.

It marks the completion of the first phase of an ambitious Rs 270-crore expansion plan. The facility opens up the smartcards technology area as a business segment for the company.

The 80-million-cards-per-annum facility is one of the largest in South Asia. The company has entered into selling arrangements with a few leading consumers for the next two years, and consequently plans to move up from an estimated 70 per cent capacity utilisation in the first year to 100 per cent in the second year of operations, a company notice to the stock exchanges said.

Projects

Bartronics has been providing solutions in the automatic identification and data capture technologies. It has over 1,600 customers spread throughout India, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Dubai.

It has executed large-scale turnkey projects in bar-coding, radio frequency based identification (RFID) and biometrics technologies.

Source: TOI Epaper

Hyderabad: To give a right of way for the Metro Rail project, the Khairatabad-Lakdi-ka-Pul road is being widened by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). As many as 20 major properties will get affected due to this road-widening exercise as the road is being widened to 100 ft from the existing 60-70 ft.
Though the road-widening exercise started in 2002, it got delayed as some of the property owners went to court. After a gap of five years, the corporation has now restarted the works as the Metro Rail’s L B Nagar-Miyapur corridor will pass through this stretch, and the corridor road should be at least 100 ft wide.
“Since the property owners did not come forward to give up their land for road-widening, the corporation has decided to take over their land through acquisition,’’ GHMC city planner K Purushottam Reddy told ‘TOI’. Hotel Dwaraka, a landmark for the past few decades, would lose around 790 square yards. Also, the edifice itself is likely to get affected.
Last year, town planning officials had proposed to take their land by imposing the urgency
clause in the Land Acquisition Act. But its management approached the court, opposing the imposition of emergency clause for acquiring the property. However, the court ordered the then MCH (now GHMC) to go ahead with the acquisition under normal procedure.
The officials said major bottlenecks near Dwaraka hotel junction, Lucky restaurant, Sant Nirankari point and Shadan Educational Institutions would be cleared once the road-widening exercise is completed.
“Widening of the road will be completed in a month as the owners have already been served notices,’’ Purushottam Reddy said.
Apart from these junctions, to create a smooth flow of traffic at Lakdi-ka-Pul crossroads towards Masab Tank, the road is being expanded to 100 ft up to Hotel Ayodhya chowrasta. Over half a dozen shops would get affected with this expansion. Since there are properties belonging to the police department, the GHMC has written to the home department seeking their land as well.
“Frequent traffic snarls occur at Lakdi-ka-Pul crossroads as the traffic from Ravindra Bharathi, Nampally and Saifabad towards Masab Tank merge there. In fact, the corporation wants to construct another bridge parallel to the existing Lakdi-ka-Pul bridge to handle the heavy flow of traffic,’’ a senior official of the town planning wing said.

we need more projects like the Bartronics one in Hyderabad. it wil bring in manufacturing investment and diversify the industrial base of Hyd.

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Hi guys im new to this but i just wanted to know as on date could any one tell me where hyderabad stands in terms of population, area and with respect to bangalore.
Thnx

hyderabad---6.1 million people,625 sqkm

bangalore-----6.52 milion people,696.17 sqkm

hyderabad---6.1 million people,625 sqkm

bangalore-----6.52 milion people,696.17 sqkm


Hey thnx but i heard that hyd has bcome ghyd . Is it falling short even after this
expansion.
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Hey thnx but i heard that hyd has bcome ghyd . Is it falling short even after this
expansion.
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As per 2001 census Hyderabad population was 5.4 million against Bangaluru 5.6 million. the correct population will be know after completion of decadal census in the year 2011 until then it is mere projection, estimates only.For your information Hyderabad city core is very thickly populated whereas the peripheries are very thinly populated. Therefore mere increase in the area to make it a Greater Hyderabad does not mean a large increase in the population.

Cyberabad Times
Need for more FOBs
Worried over the increasing road accidents and expanded limits of the city, traffic police has sought the State government to install more traffic signals and build more foot-over-bridges in the Greater Hyderabad. The traffic police has also asked for funds to develop junctions.

The traffic police rolled out their wishlist at a review meeting held at the Secretariat on Wednesday after Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy asked officials to come out with a coordinated action plan to control and prevent road accidents in the State by May 27.

"Proposals for the traffic police department to the State government include development of junctions. This means construction of kidney islands and widening the existing islands. We are emphasising on ideal road engineering at these places,"... they have also recommended building railings on the road dividers to prevent pedestrians crossing the roads at any point of the road. "For this laying of zebra crossings is must. However, the State government has not released the funds for this purpose," ...
Source: The New Indian Express

Cyberabad Times
Ridiculously high rentals
Here is another spin-off of the overheated real estate sector in Hyderabad - skyrocketing house rents. The high rentals which were limited to areas like Jubilee Hills, Banjara Hills, SR Nagar and Ameerpet have now spread to the outskirts too. Renting a house which was once an 'economically' viable solution has now become a 'costly' option. People are forced to shell out a major chunk of their incomes for renting a decent, small portion in the city.

Though there are many factors which led to the real estate boom, the influx of IT companies and their staff to the city can be said to be the major one. Due to this, the high rentals which were limited to areas like Jubilee Hills, Banjara Hills, SR Nagar and Ameerpet have now spread to the outskirts too.

Take for instance Kondapur, which is still considered outskirts in plain terms. A two-bedroom portion here which fetched a rent of Rs 2,000 a few years ago is now commanding a whopping Rs 15,000! The unimaginable hike is attributed to the 'ready-to-pay-anything' attitude of IT professionals who are preferring to stay in this locality.

S Praveen Kumar, a foreman in BHEL, summed up the scenario at Kondapur like this, "About two years ago I paid Rs 2,000 rent for a double bedroom house. Last week when I came back looking for a house for my brother-in-law I was shocked to learn that the same portion costs Rs 15,000." Interestingly, the IT professionals staying at Kondapur, Miyapur, Lingampally, Kukatpally and other outskirts are not staying with their families but with their colleagues. "Most of the houses are being rented by groups of IT professionals. High rents are no worry for them as they share the cost among the group," said Ritesh Bharadwaj, a programmer at TESq labs in Madhapur...

"It's been three months since I moved into Hyderabad from Chennai but I could not find a two-bedroom accommodation. I could afford with my salary of Rs 9,000," says R Padmarajan, who works as a paginator in a publishing firm. With rentals going up across the city, a newcomer's search for a house at an 'affordable rent' is indeed a Herculean task! Source: The New Indian Express

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu1&subLeft=1&autono=284696&tab=r

Invensys, a UK-based global industrial automation, controls and transportation group, will invest $20 million (around Rs 86 crore) to ramp up manpower at its Invensys Development Centre (IDC) in Hyderabad during the current financial year.

“As part of our long-term commitment to India, we will make an incremental investment of around $20 million in adding 200 software development, quality assurance and domain engineers to the existing 330 at our Hyderabad centre during the 2008 fiscal,” Steve Young, senior vice-president, (IPS global development), Invensys, said on Wednesday.

The move is to take the IDC to the next level of maturity by turning it into a centre with end-to-end development capabilities, he said, adding that the IDC was leveraging the co-location of the several product development groups to build portfolio integration centres of excellence for all stages of the software development lifecycle.

The 50,000-sft centre was set up in April 2002 at the Vanenburg IT park in Hyderabad with an objective to retain the intellectual property within the company and to augment the current development and support groups in the US. The company had invested $35 million in this centre over the last five years.

Stating that the company had entered into a $30-million contract with Reliance Industries for supplying process automation and control systems for its 100-acre Jamnagar export refinery project around three years back, Young said that the company would leverage this success into opportunities in other major oil and gas companies in the country.

“We would aggressively pursue the vast opportunities that oil and gas and pharmaceutical sectors offer,” he added.

15000 for a 2 bedroom house is ridiculous. My feeling is that once townships that are planned around the city are ready the rentals will come down.

And also in townships the cost to buy an apartment will be cheaper compared to those sold by private residential developers as in townships supply is more.

Cyberabad Times

hi does any know where HSMC is gonna set up its fab city ? (IS it hyde)?

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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Yet another mega attraction on the Necklace Road, on the shores of the Hussainsagar will be opened here on Sunday, giving more recreation choice to tourists and week-end revellers in the city.

The wave pool at Jalavihar spread over in 18,000 sft can accommodate about 1,000 people at a time, says a representative of Jalavihar Entertainment Private Ltd. Trial runs were on for the last two months, he added.
Jalavihar, a family entertainment park, sanctioned by the Tourism Department and developed in the public private partnership mode in 12.5-acre area with focus on water sports for kids and adults, will boast of the country's biggest wave pool.

The wave pool is a type of swimming pool where large waves are artificially generated providing an experience more similar to swimming in the ocean.

The wave pool at Jalavihar spread over in 18,000 sft can accommodate about 1,000 people at a time, says a representative of Jalavihar Entertainment Private Ltd. Trial runs were on for the last two months, he added.

The going for the water park had not been easy with environmentalists fearing that the park would damage the lake's ecology and pollute it and the project ran into legal hurdles.

Work commenced after the project was finally cleared by the Supreme Court and the company complied with all the stipulations of the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board.

The built up area comprised only 10 per cent of the total area of the park and grills and nets were provided along the lake park to prevent littering around the lake, says Financial Advisor, V.S.S.Srinivas.

The park has two zones - entertainment and party zone. While the entertainment zone has water sports, wave pool, dry rides, mini train and food courts, the party zone will have open lawns which can accommodate 2,000 people and will be ideal for product launches etc, cottages (not for overnight stay) and a wooden deck for small groups.

The Rs.22-crore water park funded by an NRI, R.J.Rao, and a group of individuals was given on 33-year lease to the company by the Tourism Department, which would get annual rent of Rs.34 lakhs and 5 per cent of gross receipts to the park to be revised once in five years.

In the second phase to be taken up in six months, a health and convention centre would come up on the lake park's premises.

Source: The Hindu

Cyberabad Times
International tourism conference
Andhra Pradesh tourism department and industry chamber Ficci are jointly organising a two day conference, beginning here tomorrow, to evolve a strategy for positioning south India as a world-class tourist destination.

'Look South', the international conference and exhibition, will be inaugurated by State Tourism and Culture Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy.

"Southern India is unique in its closely interlinked culture, heritage as well as tradition and thus has an immense potential to project itself as a seamless and distinct tourism region," Ficci President Habil Khorakiwala said. "The diversity and quality of offerings from southern states and Union Territories make it an ideal destination for targeting high-end tourists." The seminar also aims at marketing new segments of tourism, apart from wildlife, beaches, adventure, cruise, eco and health tourism, he said.

The states and Union Territories participating in the conference include Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Lakshwadeep, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir and Chhattisgarh besides host Andhra Pradesh.

Tourism boards of Switzerland, Malaysia and Singapore, the hot spots on world tourism map, are also taking part apart from tour operators from UK, Canada and Thailand, a Ficci release said. Source: Agencies
Go Hyderabad!

hyderabad---6.1 million people,625 sqkm
bangalore-----6.52 milion people,696.17 sqkm

I bet blr's population has higher spending power compared to hyd's population.
I wont say people in hyd old city are poor, rather old city is a city into itself.
Percent wise Hyderabad maybe growing faster, but still has years to reach middle class levels of a metro.

Greater Hyd is paves way for easier administration and implementation of Master Plan(if hit is ever done at all)

hi does any know where HSMC is gonna set up its fab city ? (IS it hyde)?


URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/02/24/stories/2007022406671100.htm
HSMC intends to invest $4 b in chip-making facility

Bangalore, Feb. 23 Quick on the heels of the Government announcing its new semiconductor policy on Thursday, an NRI venture capital company has announced its intention to invest $4 billion in staggered phases for manufacturing a silicon fabrication facility. HSMC, a company floated for the purpose by Mr Devendra Verma, Managing Partner of the California-based investment company, Edgewood.

HSMC plans to invest $1 billion in the first phase to produce chips for the mass market products like mobile phone, set-top boxes and smart cards...

The first fab unit would produce chips of 90 and 130 nanometre from a 200 mm wafer, largely in the mobile phones and smart cards.
sounds like Bangalore.

^^ could be any of the three cities of hyderabad,chennai and bangalore.....

Percent wise Hyderabad maybe growing faster, but still has years to reach middle class levels of a metro.




i have to disagree with that. between 2003 and 2005, massive change occurred. within two years, ppl who were previously "conservative" were thinking in the range of shopper's stop and globus. trust me man, Hyd of late 90s or of 5 years ago is a sleepy town compared to the Hyd of 2007. drastic change has occurred within just a few years and the middle-class life-style has been fully imbibed into most of the city's population (which is middle class anyway).

I bet blr's population has higher spending power compared to hyd's population.
I wont say people in hyd old city are poor, rather old city is a city into itself.
Percent wise Hyderabad maybe growing faster, but still has years to reach middle class levels of a metro.

Greater Hyd is paves way for easier administration and implementation of Master Plan(if hit is ever done at all)

As far as cost of living is concerned Hyderabad is far better than Bangalore. For People with sinus problems bangalore is a lousy place.

Hyderabad has a very high no. of high networth individuals (HNIs) as per a recent survey. Both Hyderabad and Bangalore are highly cosmopolitan. The only odd man out is Chennai. Even my cousins who were born and brought up in North India don't want to return to their native place chennai, instead they prefer to settle and have settled in Hyderabad and Bangalore. So we can expect Hyderabad to emerge as a major melting pot of talented people to relocate from all over india and settle down.

hey
i have heard frm many people that main IT talent started off in hyd when ECIL made the india's first computer. And even now you find very few IT people originating in karnataka. Major ITcrowd in bangalore is from AP and next from TN. where as in HYD you see most of them are natives with little migrants. And I bet hyderabad has best talent in IT..More to say (AP).
And even TN has 45% or so from AP origin. And the other one is that I read in the newspaper that GHYD is the second largest city in India after New Delhi.

Please comment.
:banana:

Hyderabad has a very high no. of high networth individuals (HNIs) as per a recent survey. Both Hyderabad and Bangalore are highly cosmopolitan. The only odd man out is Chennai. Even my cousins who were born and brought up in North India don't want to return to their native place chennai, instead they prefer to settle and have settled in Hyderabad and Bangalore. So we can expect Hyderabad to emerge as a major melting pot of talented people to relocate from all over india and settle down.

could u plz tell me some more surveys like these and the links so that ill know more thnx in advance:)

Major crowd in bangalore is from AP and next from TN

don't know about that........

my dad worked in ECIL early 80's where he first started to learn programming. I think thats when the IT industry first strarted.

Cyberabad Times
IT collections tell it all
Mr N. Prasad, Vice-Chairman of Matrix Laboratories, has topped the list of highest income tax payers in Andhra Pradesh by paying Rs 26.40 crore in 2006-07.

Income tax department registered a record growth rate of 112 per cent in collections in two years with the total collections going up to Rs 10,198 crore in 2006-07 from as against Rs 4,800 crore two years ago. In the previous year, he paid Rs 2.70 crore. Mr Prasad netted an income of Rs 570 crore following the big deal between Matrix Laboratories and US-based Mylan Laboratories last year, necessitating him to pay the highest tax.

Interestingly, the number of people in the State with a net income of Rs 10 lakh and above has gone up to 14,057 in 2006-07 as against 10,450. City-based information technology company Sierra Atlantic paid a tax of 3 crore and InfoTech Enterprises paid Rs 3.5 crore for the year.

The Income-Tax Department in Andhra Pradesh has registered a record growth rate of 112 per cent in collections in two years with the total collections going up to Rs 10,198 crore in 2006-07 from as against Rs 4,800 crore two years ago. Last year, the Department's collections stood at Rs 6,683 crore.

Thanks to the huge growth, the State's rank in income tax collections has shot up to fifth position from last year's ninth.

Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Mr D.V. Dharmik, Chief Commissioner (Hyderabad-I), said the share of corporate tax went up to Rs 5,310 crore this year from Rs 4,350 crore last year, an increase of 51 per cent. Individual income tax collections were Rs 4,621 crore (Rs 2,363 crore), showing a growth of 48 per cent. Mr Dharmik attributed reach and awareness to the growth in income tax collections this year. Source:

Hyderabad has a very high no. of high networth individuals (HNIs) as per a recent survey. Both Hyderabad and Bangalore are highly cosmopolitan. The only odd man out is Chennai. Even my cousins who were born and brought up in North India don't want to return to their native place chennai, instead they prefer to settle and have settled in Hyderabad and Bangalore. So we can expect Hyderabad to emerge as a major melting pot of talented people to relocate from all over india and settle down.

Is Bangalore really cosmopolitan? I am an hardcore Telengana ( Hyderabad) and served in my banking carrer for six years in chennai and found people to be helpful there.cauvery water dispute was setlled after 20 years of deliberation by a central team of water experts. Despite that the behaviour of karnataka is deplorable. is Stopping screeing of tamil films by kannada chauvinists is cosmopolitan inorder to register the protest against the award? Further, is smearing english name boards on shops is cosmopolitan? Our own Hyderabad is turning to be crime capital of India what with passport scandals involving legislators, human trafficking,Involvement in false encounter killings and the recent bomb blast in Mecca majid by terrorists.

hey
iAnd even TN has 45% or so from AP origin. Please comment.

:banana:

Hai Friend

Humm 45% in TN am not very sure but definitely nearly 40% oF Chennai population are people are Telugu speaking but cannot be fully branded as people from AP.

States were divided some 40 and odd years back only. But we have had Telugu linguistic people in the so called TN state for more than 600-700 years. In those days South India so to say was more cosmopolitan. Most of these people have some town or village in TN state of today as their home town.

The telugus in TN especially southward of Chennai are mostly Telugu speaking people who have been settled here for more than 100's of years so they are Telugu people of Tamil Nadu. The Nayakar Kings who ruled South TN were speaking Telugu. Similar to the Rayars and Reddiars, Naidus of Southern Tamil Nadu.

Its an interesting mix, if you go to villages near Kanchipuram, they have people who speak a language called "Khatri" which should have origins somewhere in western India.

Chennai for that matter always had been part of the Tamil - Telugu Land. If you look at Nellore in AP, The name is a Tamil Name

So i guess it is not fair to claim that they are people from AP.They are Telugu speaking people of TN

could u plz tell me some more surveys like these and the links so that ill know more thnx in advance:)

But most of the topnotch Information technologists are kannadigas and tamils.Narayana murthy,Nandan Nilekeni,Mohandas pai of infosys are kannadigas.Rama dorai of TCS ,Shiv Nadar of HCL,Rajiv Venkatesan of Microsoft,Narayanan of Cognisant Technologies are all tamils.I also observed that the IT diaspora of Hyderabad comprise of 40% from Northern,Eastern and western parts of India.The southern states of TN and kerala comprise 25% of the work force. Further, The majority of the work force in Bangalore are from Tamil Nadu and kerala apart from Northern states.Because of the availibility of local talent Tamil Nadu is ahead of AP in IT,ITES and BPO export earnings without any support from the previous Govt.TN is also not hyped like AP and they are developing in all sectors like Automobiles,Automobile spare parts,Glass fabrication,Boiler mfg,Electonics and Telecom equipment mfg,medical equipments,Textiles, ready made garments, hoisery products,leather and leather products and so on.They are going to be threat to AP in pharmaceuticals and bulk drugs mfg too in course of time.

Lot of kannadigas settled in TN can be found in Salem, Coimbatore and Dharmapuri dist, maratis in Tanjore, Sourashtra speaking people in madurai and kumbakonam, recently settled malayalis all over TN, Marwadis are found in every small town of TN.

So essentially TN is very cosmopolitan but most of them communicate in Tamil, follow tamil movies, eat tamil food etc..

People dont prefer Chennai mostly because of Weather and their First experience they get in the city - which is with the auto guy. First Impression is the best impression and Chennai loses here only. Honestly in Chennai people from various parts of India live and live quite peacefully.

It is just a perception that Chennai population is just Tamils. To know this one has to live with the people (not just live) of Chennai. Its a good place for people from different parts of the country.

Just another perspective - The man who is considered to be a super star, demi god in TN especially Chennai happens to be one Sivaji Rao Gaekwad from Maharashtra. Cant beat that right!!!!!

hey
i have heard frm many people that main IT talent started off in hyd when ECIL made the india's first computer. And even now you find very few IT people originating in karnataka. Major ITcrowd in bangalore is from AP and next from TN. where as in HYD you see most of them are natives with little migrants. And I bet hyderabad has best talent in IT..More to say (AP).
And even TN has 45% or so from AP origin. And the other one is that I read in the newspaper that GHYD is the second largest city in India after New Delhi.

Please comment.
:banana:

Despite being the center of IT talent we still rank fourth in IT exports whereas Karnataka surged ahead.The claims of people from AP forming the bulk of IT force in Bangalore is bullshit.Further, do you know that 12 lakhs of the total population of Hyderabad are tamil speaking and form a substantial number in the IT work force in Hyderabad. Secunderabad was called mudaliar town during the Nizam time owing to the large population from TN moving to secunderabad after the British established the cantonment here.

I definitely agree with Mr. Ranga, I have most of my relatives living in Hyderbad, They all read, write, speak Telugu, Hindi. Though they are originally from TN they dont speak Tamil very fluently.

Its actually a matter of where a person is raised, we pick up language, cultural inclination from our surroundings. If some one from other parts of India is raised in Hyd, he will essentially be a Hyderabadi only. This is an universal phenomenon.

People dont prefer Chennai mostly because of Weather and their First experience they get in the city - which is with the auto guy. First Impression is the best impression and Chennai loses here only. Honestly in Chennai people from various parts of India live and live quite peacefully.

It is just a perception that Chennai population is just Tamils. To know this one has to live with the people (not just live) of Chennai. Its a good place for people from different parts of the country.

Just another perspective - The man who is considered to be a super star, demi god in TN especially Chennai happens to be one Sivaji Rao Gaekwad from Maharashtra. Cant beat that right!!!!!

people don't prefer chennai because of weather?????? as though other parts of india is cool and lovely like Switzerland or Kashmir.Nowadays to get an auto at secunderabad, kachiguda or nampally Railway stations in Hyderabad is as difficult, if not worse ,as in chennai.It is impossible for a Non-Telugu or a Non-Kannadiga to be a super Star in their respective states.So much for their so called cosmopolitan outlook.

Hai Friend

Humm 45% in TN am not very sure but definitely nearly 40% oF Chennai population are people are Telugu speaking but cannot be fully branded as people from AP.

States were divided some 40 and odd years back only. But we have had Telugu linguistic people in the so called TN state for more than 600-700 years. In those days South India so to say was more cosmopolitan. Most of these people have some town or village in TN state of today as their home town.

The telugus in TN especially southward of Chennai are mostly Telugu speaking people who have been settled here for more than 100's of years so they are Telugu people of Tamil Nadu. The Nayakar Kings who ruled South TN were speaking Telugu. Similar to the Rayars and Reddiars, Naidus of Southern Tamil Nadu.

Its an interesting mix, if you go to villages near Kanchipuram, they have people who speak a language called "Khatri" which should have origins somewhere in western India.

Chennai for that matter always had been part of the Tamil - Telugu Land. If you look at Nellore in AP, The name is a Tamil Name

So i guess it is not fair to claim that they are people from AP.They are Telugu speaking people of TN

The telugus ran down south to escape the onslaught of muslim invaders particularly after the defeat and destruction of the Vijayanagar empire.As per the 2001 census figure out of the total population of 6.35 crores in TN telugu speaking people ( mother tongue) form around 70 lacs.

Financial Express
Zooming prices, land sharks spell big-time trouble for YSR
HYDERABAD : Having created euphoria for land, the Andhra Pradesh government is now struggling hard to protect it from 'land sharks'. According to estimates, the government owns lakhs of acres in urban conglomerations around tier II cities, like Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Warangal, Rajamundry, Guntur and Tirupati, apart from Greater Hyderabad.

The government has already acquired big chunks of land in rural areas for its ongoing irrigation projects, and has also bought (farm) land adjacent to urban locations anticipating industrial and residential growth. Land dealers say large-scale acquisition by the government citing 'public convenience', is one reason for zooming land prices. For instance, no land is available for sale even at Rs 10 crore an acre within the Greater Hyderabad zone, industry sources say.

According to Hyderabad district collector, RV Chandravadan, the district administration had taken over 95 acre, worth over Rs 1,350 crore, from illegal possessions. "We have ordered stringent action against those who are occupying government land illegally," he said. Collectors of other districts are also taking similar action against land-grabbers, officials said.

Interestingly, according to a senior official, the government has not conducted a proper survey of government land for over 50 years. "We are still following old survey records, which, in most cases, would be faulty," the official pointed out. Ironically, over 50% of the claimed government land is in the possession of private owners, who are not paying rentals.

According to Ranga Reddy district revenue officials, government land adjacent to Hyderabad district is in the hands of hoodlums in connivance with their political bosses. "We found about 1.4 lakh acre as per government records. In some places, we could lay barbed wire to protect the land," an official said. The district administration has proposed use of 'global positioning system' to identify and protect the land, officials said...

people don't prefer chennai because of weather?????? as though other parts of india is cool and lovely like Switzerland or Kashmir.Nowadays to get an auto at secunderabad, kachiguda or nampally Railway stations in Hyderabad is as difficult, if not worse ,as in chennai.It is impossible for a Non-Telugu or a Non-Kannadiga to be a super Star in their respective states.So much for their so called cosmopolitan outlook.


Rajnikanth, Vikram, and the hero of Gajhni have all received and continue to receive huge fanfare from telugu fans. Rajni is on par with Chiranjeevi in AP.

Yes, I know how Tamil films like Gajini and Chandramukhi are runaway hits in AP. Infact I admire andhriites a lot for their friendliness and tolerance, unlike kannadigas.

Ok guys thanks for your information. But Im presently working for an internship in bangalore and I dont find language problem cuz wherever I go I talk in telugu and I know little tamil and to my surprise there was not so much response as with telugu. This was my experiment not just some parts of the city but many important parts. And if many of the people from bangalore dont hail from hyd why is that during weekends there is too much of a rush in all kinds of transports from ban to hyd even as compared to others (if dist matters ,we can talk on basis also).Any ways hdy is going to be crowned the silicon valley of india in the near future but its crown is already there for the talent. Again talent just doesnot mean that they establish companies. I have many known students who have developed important code for many popular tools like clementine etc.And why do you think Bill Gates shows much interest in HYD and establised its Indian HQ here.
There may b many reasons but the one of that is talent. And see many people in my company hailing from hyd (offcourse even from chennai). But I see very few natives working out. This is not the case with hyd. That is the sum and substance of my point. :cheers:

I think you are right. You can even take number of Andhra messes in Chennai and Bangalore. Even in my previous services oriented company in Chennai there had many many Andhraites[next only to tamil population].
But I remember my HR sayin that the recruitment operations in Hyderabad are reduced due to the overwhelming number of fake resumes... She also said that not only ppl fake their experience, but also get fake UG certificates.

I see some proofs to what Ranga said : "less no. of top notch pro's from AP".
Though I have seen many Andhraites in my previous services oriented company here in Hyderabad, I see less number of Andhraites in my present product oriented company - I see many north indians and considerable Tamil population, but less Telugu ppl.

This is just my observation, pls correct if am wrong.

Ok guys thanks for your information. But Im presently working for an internship in bangalore and I dont find language problem cuz wherever I go I talk in telugu and I know little tamil and to my surprise there was not so much response as with telugu. This was my experiment not just some parts of the city but many important parts. And if many of the people from bangalore dont hail from hyd why is that during weekends there is too much of a rush in all kinds of transports from ban to hyd even as compared to others (if dist matters ,we can talk on basis also).Any ways hdy is going to be crowned the silicon valley of india in the near future but its crown is already there for the talent. Again talent just doesnot mean that they establish companies. I have many known students who have developed important code for many popular tools like clementine etc.And why do you think Bill Gates shows much interest in HYD and establised its Indian HQ here.
There may b many reasons but the one of that is talent. And see many people in my company hailing from hyd (offcourse even from chennai). But I see very few natives working out. This is not the case with hyd. That is the sum and substance of my point. :cheers:

I think you are right. You can even take number of Andhra messes in Chennai and Bangalore. Even in my previous services oriented company in Chennai there had many many Andhraites[next only to tamil population].
But I remember my HR sayin that the recruitment operations in Hyderabad are reduced due to the overwhelming number of fake resumes... She also said that not only ppl fake their experience, but also get fake UG certificates.

I see some proofs to what Ranga said : "less no. of top notch pro's from AP".
Though I have seen many Andhraites in my previous services oriented company here in Hyderabad, I see less number of Andhraites in my present product oriented company - I see many north indians and considerable Tamil population, but less Telugu ppl.

This is just my observation, pls correct if am wrong.

That's just funny. There are fraudulent cases all over India. You can't blame HYD for that. And there is no such thing like less proficiency. Regarding this please check my previous post clearly. Thank you.

That's just funny. There are fraudulent cases all over India. You can't blame HYD for that. And there is no such thing like less proficiency. Regarding this please check my previous post clearly. Thank you.

Fraudulent cases are everywhere but it is more in Hyderabad.BTW how many telengana telugus are working in the IT sector?

in the US, the IT sector is filled with Telangana telugus. i see many telanganites in Indian stores, cricket teams, and everywhere else. in New Jersey, there are a lot of telugus from Telangana. i am saying this from experience.

I'm seeing that this discussions are going off the path. Please stop discussing about who's there and who' not. Talk about HYD PROJECTS.

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/22/stories/2007052210400400.htm
Clearance for 7 major proposals

HYDERABAD: The State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) cleared seven major proposals each involving investment in excess of Rs. 100 crore on Monday. At a meeting held here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the SIPB cleared:

Brahmani Industries Limited (in Kadapa District) involving an investment of Rs. 4,500 crore in the first phase,
PV solar module assembly line unit proposed by Solar Semiconductor at the Fab City,
RKKR Steels project in Nellore district,
overhaul facility proposed by GMR Hyderabad International Airport, and
AGI Glaspac glass unit at Bhongir among others. Deccan Chronicle:
Eenadu’s wall demolished to widen road
Hyderabad, May 21: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has begun demolishing the compound wall of the newspaper office of the Eenadu group. The ground had been resisting demolition of the compound wall for several years though it was causing a traffic bottle-neck on the arterial Khairatabad-Punjagutta road that is also part of National Highway 9. The long compound wall adjacent to the main road was being demolished to make the way for the GHMC to widen road. The town planning officials have taken steps to make it a 100-feet road. The GHMC had acquired 141.47 square yards of land after fixing Rs 17,300 as compensation per square yard to the Eenadu group... The corporation on Tuesday will acquire three other properties on the Khairatabad-Punjagutta route where also traffic was getting jammed.

The GHMC has decided to extend the Ameerpet-Yerragadda road after acquiring 90 properties. "We hope to take possession of around 50 properties by the month-end," said Mr K. Dhanunjaya Reddy, GHMC additional commissioner (planning and projects). The corporation has identified 278 properties on the Musheerabad-Narayanaguda road which will be developed as a 150 feet road.

That's just funny. There are fraudulent cases all over India. You can't blame HYD for that. And there is no such thing like less proficiency. Regarding this please check my previous post clearly. Thank you.

Yes, fraudulent cases all over. It really hurts me when they are assosciated only with Hyd. Hyderabad is being made scape goat.

I can give names of a number of consultancies in B'lore where fake experinces are given for a price.

Anyways...Plz stop this discusion here , since it is not the appropriate place. Better start a thread in Chaibar.

NO, we shouldn't start any threads anywhere. it will only defame India and Indians and a lot of ppl will get into deep trouble if such info is posted on a pubic forum like SSC.

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/22/stories/2007052210400400.htm
Clearance for 7 major proposals




this is really good news. we are slowly seeing AP catching up in the industrial and manufacturing sector that has been lacking for so many years. we are still playing the catch up game with TN, KN, MH, and GJ.

what is the official figure of AP IT exports for the fiscal 2006-2007?

URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/03/20/stories/2007032004941100.htm
Software exports from AP set to top $4 billion

Hyderabad March 19 Software exports from Andhra Pradesh, mainly Hyderabad, are set to cross $4 billion (Rs 18,000 crore) and may even touch Rs 19,000 crore in 2006-07.

In 2003-04, software exports from the State had topped the $1-billion mark.
The year would see a repeat of last fiscal's growth of over 50 per cent in overall exports from the State, with Hyderabad accounting for a majority and with some contribution from the tier II centres of Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada.

Ms Ratna Prabha, Secretary, Information Technology and Communication, told Business Line: "The export performance in the first three quarters was very encouraging and we are certain about crossing Rs 18,000 crore. We had indicated at Rs 19,000 crore, and we may even hit that mark."

The growth is being led by expansion projects of most major companies such as TCS, Infosys, Satyam and Wipro and some MNCs. TCS is looking at further ramping up operations in Hyderabad.

SPECIAL ZONES : On IT SEZs, Ms Ratna Prabha said that they are being implemented and their impact on the State would be felt over 2-3 years. On the hardware policy clearance and new proposals coming up for consideration, she said: "We continue to actively discuss with companies and are always willing to help them set up projects in the State. Recently, Videocon was here expressing interest. However, we have become selective in land allocation."

The State Government, along with Software Technology Parks of India, is actively encouraging companies to locate centres in tier II cities. Vizag has become the second major centre. Last fiscal it contributed Rs 109 crore, while Vijayawada (Rs 33 crore) and Tirupati (Rs 5 crore) also chipped in.

Last fiscal's software exports of Rs 12,521 crore accounted for 12.5 per cent of total exports of Rs 1,00,809 crore. The State is hoping that this would go up to 15 per cent in the near future.
URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/05/05/stories/2007050504282100.htm
TN software sector exports rise 47%

Chennai May 4 Tamil Nadu software industry reported a 47 per cent increase in exports in 2006-07 and is close to reaching a total employee base of two lakh. Revenue nearly doubled in the last two years to Rs 20,701 crore in 2006-07 from Rs 10,730 crore in 2004-05. In 2005-06, the exports were Rs 14,115 crore.

For fiscal ending March 2007, the industry had 1.95 lakh people, a 35 per cent increase over previous year's number of 1.45 lakh, according to data provided by the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Chennai.

Out of the Rs 20,701 crore, the units under STPI contributed Rs 19,813 crore and units under Madras Export Processing Zone and Special Economic Zone contributed Rs 618 crore. Seven companies contributed above Rs 1,000 crore, the data says.

STP Units : Hardware exports from 16 units increased by 42 per cent to Rs 398 crore (Rs 281 crore). During 2006-07, 162 new units registered under STPI, the data says. Out of the total exports, application software and system software contributed Rs 14,077 crore (68 per cent of total exports); IT - enabled services Rs 3,519 crore (17 per cent); communication software, VLSI design and Web solutions Rs 1,242 crore (6 per cent); product/packages Rs 1,656 crore (8 per cent) and consultancy Rs 207 crore (1 per cent), the data says.

According to the data, the STP units occupied 25 million sq ft in 2006-07 compared with 20 million in the previous year. Further, 18 IT parks were approved under the STP scheme during 2006-07 and the total area developed by these parks was 11 million sq ft. Pondicherry contributed revenue of Rs 43.58 crore during 2006-07 (Rs 28.78 crore), a 51.42 per cent growth. The industry here employs around 1,600 people, the data says.
K'taka IT exports sniff $12 bn mark
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2007 02:26:04 AM]
BANGALORE: IT exports from Karnataka in FY07 has taken a small hit, a fall of over 6% in its growth rate when compared with FY06. IT exports for FY07 stood at Rs 48,700 crore ($11.87 bn), recording a growth of 29.52% when compared with FY06.

For FY06, exports stood at Rs 37,600 crore, while the growth was much higher at 36% over the previous year. The IT state, however, maintained its dominance as far as share of the total national pie is concerned, accounting for 37.46%. The growth has been marginally higher than the tentative estimates of the national growth of IT exports for FY07 at Rs 130,000 crore which is a growth of 28.95%, but neighbouring states like Tamil Nadu (46.6% growth on exports of Rs 20,701 crore) and Andhra Pradesh have put up great performances, even though these are on smaller bases.

According to sources, the reasons for the hit could be saturation, expansion of companies in other cities like Hyderabad, Chennai and NCR, as well as the rupee appreciation. Mr J Parthasarathy, director, STPI Bangalore, told ET that he expects growth in FY08 to be between 28-30%. A calculation would then peg software exports for the current fiscal at about Rs 63,000 crore. It is also to be mentioned that Karnataka has projected $20 billion in exports and 10 lakh jobs by 2010. Hardware exports from the state in FY07 stood at Rs 2,950 crore, a growth of 18.95 % over Rs 2,480 crore in FY06. Mr Parthasarathy said, “Total investments during the year in the state amounted to Rs 3,000 crore, with about Rs 500 crore going to tier-II cities.

Some 173 new companies have begun operations in the year taking total number of registered companies to 1,973.” He added that 10 companies with revenues of over billion dollars have set up shop in the state. This includes names like Business Objects Software, Northern Operating Services, Brady Corporation, Goodrich Aerospace, Supervalu and AON Specialist.

There are about 4.7 lakh IT/ITeS professionals in Karnataka with an addition of 70,000 people in FY07. As far as tier-II cities are concerned, Mysore has posted 94% growth to touch Rs 760 crore in software exports from Rs 392 crore; Mangalore saw 20% growth from Rs 570 crore to Rs 681.5 crore; and Hubli posted 75% growth to Rs 8.5 crore from Rs 4.9 crore.

so, AP is still a good 1000 crores behind TN...anyway, another year of 50% growth rate in IT for AP!!! hope this continues. if it does, we might beat TN next fiscal.

What are the city wise export figures ? any numbers out yet?

What are the city wise export figures ? any numbers out yet?

well chennai contributed about 19,900 crores to the exports this year according to this article......

http://www.chennaibest.com/Articles/TNs%20software.asp

dont know about AP and the other states..... as the figure is not out yet........

so, AP is still a good 1000 crores behind TN...anyway, another year of 50% growth rate in IT for AP!!! hope this continues. if it does, we might beat TN next fiscal.

if AP exports 19,000 crores as expected......then the growth rate will be around 50 per cent.....but still about 1800-2000 crores behind TN......so what AP needs is two years of 60 percent growth....assuming that the growth rate of TN's exports remains constant......

so, AP is still a good 1000 crores behind TN...anyway, another year of 50% growth rate in IT for AP!!! hope this continues. if it does, we might beat TN next fiscal.
But in the year 2007-08 TCS, INFOSYS,SYNTEL,HEXAWARE,etc are for major expansion in chennai.more than 9 million sqft space will be ready for occupation at Ambattur,Guindy,Mahendra world city,Siruseri,OMR apart from campuses by the major IT companies. Will this not boost the figures of chennai/TN in the current fiscal.Even Tier2 cities in TN like coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchi are expected to attract IT companies as infrasructure for the same is created on war footing which will contribute to healthy growth of software exports in TN in the forceeable future.Can u plse apprise of the developments planned in Hyderabad/AP which will help the growth to an extent to beat TN as we are good 2000 crores behind and not 1000 crores as the definite figure is still not announced by Govt of AP

GMR redesigns Hyderabad airport to handle more capacity

The cost of building the Hyderabad International Airport has gone up by almost Rs 750 crore. But the GMR led consortium has decided to scale up its capacity and facilities, and fast-track it to finish before schedule.

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad has been redesigned to accommodate 12 million passengers annually as compared to the 7 million passengers in the original blue print. That is because the studies done by the GMR led consortium suggested that passenger traffic in Hyderabad had grown by 45% over the last year, the highest among all metros in India.

Srinagesh, COO, GMR Hyderabad International Airport, says, "This growth rate will continue because of the overall progress in the economy and the state’s proactive method of wooing the service industry. So we decided to expand.”

This means extra bays, aero bridges and rapid exit ways and a run way that can handle an A-380 in full capacity. But it also means added capital for Rs 750 crore taking the total investment up to Rs 2,478 crore.

Srinagesh adds, “When we started off our debt-equity ratio was conservative. So when we approached the banks, they saw the debt-equity ratio and the growth rate, and provided the extra capital.”

The airport is now 70% complete and ahead of the schedule.

The first flight from this airport will take off in march next year, but the airport will be ready to handle its 12 million passengers as early as November this year when the construction will be completed. The company is given three months to conduct trial runs and obtain safe clearances.

The debt-equity ratio of the project now stands at 2.1:1 and the company hopes to increase its non-aero revenue through the development of its duty free outlets, hotels and other commercial properties in the airport.

Guys see we are missing some of the world class moves made for HIAL and it is set to start off in march next year.

Plaza Premium Lounge to manage Lounges in New Hyderabad International Airport

GMR Infrastructure Ltd has announced that in continuation of its quest in bringing world-class airport services to Hyderabad, the New Hyderabad International Airport in Shamshabad has tied up with Plaza Premium Lounge of Hong Kong for maintaining and managing LOUNGES in the airport. This concession agreement is for a period of 7 years starting from the date of operation of the airport.

Plaza Premium Lounge is a globally reputed LOUNGE MANAGEMENT Company and is currently managing and operating 21 airport lounges in 7 international airports in different parts of the globe. These include airports like Hong Kong International Airport, Changi Airport at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Vancouver International Airport, Guangzhou International Airport, Beijing Capital International Airport and Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

The Company has been chosen the preferred bidder among five top-class Lounge Management Companies from different countries that vied for getting this contract, based on their proven track record and their innovative plan for creation of the ultra-modern lounges in the New Hyderabad International Airport.

GHIAL, which is developing the New Hyderabad International Airport in Shamshabad, has tied up with this global player offering lounge facility for passengers to relax and enjoy in a comfortable environment. It is focused on quality, comfort and hygiene and will offer unparalleled services to cater to all the needs and wants of passengers.

The lounges are located at the Departure area both at Domestic and International on the Airside and at the Arrivals in the Landside. The lounge is spread over an area about 17,000 sqft. The design concept is contemporary, stylish and serene. The space is efficiently utilized to create a sense of calm and simplicity which is extremely soothing to the mind and body in alleviating weariness and stress after a long flight. This concept will offer a warm hospitality the moment the passenger steps into the lounge areas.

The various lounge facilities and services are being offered for the First Time in India include the following:

- Business centre: A business centre with conveniences like conference facilities, meeting facilities, secretarial services, high speed photocopying, faxing, printing services and email and broadband / wireless internet access are being provided for the comfort of the business traveller.

- Self Service Buffet Counters and Drinks Bar: A sumptuous array of food, juices and a Bar is available. The area will be over-looking the airport runway and users will get to enjoy the view with planes taking off and landing.

- Limousine Services: Limousines will be arranged at the users request and passengers will be escorted till the landside.

- Guest Services: To assist children and elderly passengers to relax. Medical facilities like first aid are also provided.

- Gymnasium: A modern Gym equipped with various exercising equipments for an invigorating routine after a flight or in between.

- Shower Facilities & Napping Areas: Modern shower rooms with attached dress areas and private napping suites for passengers who need to catch up with some rest.

- Massage Services: Head and shoulder massage and Foot Reflexology therapy offers a liberating experience for total relaxation.

Source: Equity Bulls

Awesome Awesome .Its gonna bcome india's no1 airport one of the world class airport.^^

guys one more thing. I see a subtle fight going on frequently and I admit that I had been into one. But please do understand that we are here share our knowledge about hyderabad and not to compare with other cities for the sake of arguments. We can compare but just some discussion will suffice .No need of heated arguments. I see some of the members posting are inclined towards arguments thou i may not mention them (I was also one of them but not from now on). Plzz keep the spirit up . Dont let go the image of hyd. Thank you. :)

But in the year 2007-08 TCS, INFOSYS,SYNTEL,HEXAWARE,etc are for major expansion in chennai.more than 9 million sqft space will be ready for occupation at Ambattur,Guindy,Mahendra world city,Siruseri,OMR apart from campuses by the major IT companies. Will this not boost the figures of chennai/TN in the current fiscal.Even Tier2 cities in TN like coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchi are expected to attract IT companies as infrasructure for the same is created on war footing which will contribute to healthy growth of software exports in TN in the forceeable future.Can u plse apprise of the developments planned in Hyderabad/AP which will help the growth to an extent to beat TN as we are good 2000 crores behind and not 1000 crores as the definite figure is still not announced by Govt of AP

Just for the information. Even a lots of things coming up here. Infosys rapid expansion, Wipro, Googleplex, TCS expansion and many many more. Not only this (Others) ICICI park ,IT corridor. Expansion at gachi bowli, shamshabad and many more. ^^ :) :cheers:

I saw following news in Eenadu recently...

2nd Phase of ORR is getting inline of up coming projects.
it is divided into 5 parts
2 parts ( Narsing to Patancheru)
3 parts Shamshabad to ...

This is going to start in August I guess...

I agree with Keshavasiva... Please talk about projects in HYD in this link.
ikkada kooda ee T gola enti...

Hyderabad - Jalavihar has country's biggest wave pool

http://news.sulekha.com/nlink.aspx?cid=632674

Yet another mega attraction on the Necklace Road, on the shores of the Hussainsagar will be opened here on Sunday, giving more recreation choice to tourists and week-end revellers in the city.

Jalavihar, a family entertainment park, sanctioned by the Tourism Department and developed in the public private partnership mode in 12.5-acre area with focus on water sports for kids and adults, will boast of the country's biggest wave pool.......