Hyderabad Outer Ring Road

[Hindustani]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/5189311...n/photostream/

HUDA or GMCH definitely needs to add some greenery. green carpet aways helps. keeps soil at its place & absorbs rain water.

[Naga_Solidus]

Originally Posted by Vara123

Mu guesses are
1. To stop the car races. After Komitireddy's son death cops have concentrated
more on car races.
2. Not to allow the two wheelers on ORR.
3. Not to allow the traffic in the opposite direction on the same side.

Didn't Komitreddy's son crash on one of the service roads while trying to avoid some goats?

Also, #2 could just as easily be dealt with at the ORR's toll plazas, while #3 can be covered by police interceptor patrols.

[Vara123]

Originally Posted by Naga_Solidus

Didn't Komitreddy's son crash on one of the service roads while trying to avoid some goats?

Also, #2 could just as easily be dealt with at the ORR's toll plazas, while #3 can be covered by police interceptor patrols.

Komitireedy’s son accident happened on a service road in a car race. What I read was that accident happened in a car race. The service road was not fully completed and they drove very fast on the completed road and hit the unfinished road at the same speed and could not control there. I could be wrong on it.

All these three problems can be sloved after ORR's toll plazas are implemented.

[Naga_Solidus]

http://articles.timesofindia.indiati...uter-ring-road

I can't find any info on his son being killed in a car race, all I can find is the same sheep story. But yeah, opening those toll plazas will really help with the last two issues as I said before.

[nh9]

Originally Posted by Hindustani

http://www.flickr.com/photos/5189311...n/photostream/

HUDA or GMCH definitely needs to add some greenery. green carpet aways helps. keeps soil at its place & absorbs rain water.

Great photogrphy !!

[HydGoodMan]

Originally Posted by india

The following pictures were shot near Ghatkesar about a month ago. I was on my way to Yadagiri Gutta.

superb

[Gudavalli]

ORR to get temporary diversion at Kandlakoya

Land acquisition plans for the stretch between Patancheru and Shamirpet entangled in a legal case

With the issue of land acquisition for Outer Ring Road (ORR) at Kandlakoya remaining entangled in legal issues, a temporary diversion bypassing the contentious land is being worked out for the project.

More than half of the 158 km long stretch, around 87 km has already been completed and opened for traffic between Pedda Amberpet and Patancheru, and the authorities are looking at adding the stretch between Patancheru and Shamirpet soon.

However, the plans to add this nearly 25 km stretch to the available part of the ORR has been held back after the issue of land acquisition pertaining to 55 acres near Kandlakoya, where an interchange has been planned, ended up in courts. While the work on this part of the project at Kandlakoya has been held up, rest of the work between Patancheru and Shamirpet has been going on at a brisk pace.

To ensure that uninterrupted connectivity could be established on the new stretch, the authorities have decided to come up with a temporary provision of diversion before Kandlakoya which would join back the ORR after circumventing the village. The ORR officials describe it as a stop-gap arrangement and temporary one aimed to keep the stretch connected till the Kandlakoya issue gets resolved.

“There is an existing two-lane road that is part of the Intermediate Ring Road and it will be used as the temporary means to keep the ORR connected,” said an official. However, when opened for traffic, the stretch between Patancheru and Shamirpet while being of eight lanes, will narrow down for this part, that is likely to be about 3 km diversion.

“It is not a permanent solution but just a temporary diversion till the other issues are sorted out and regular connectivity is worked out,” the official added.

[sriece19]

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...cle3420989.ece

ORR Patancheru-Dundigal stretch to be ready in June

Heading for completion, yet another stretch of the prestigious 158 km long Outer Ring Road (ORR) is expected to be ready for vehicles during the next month.

Major works related to the eight-lane road ringing the city beyond the suburbs, have reached a final stage of completion between Patancheru and Dundigal for a length of around 22 km. According to the officials, this portion will be ready in all aspects in a month's time and surely, before June-end.

At the same time, even the next portion of the ORR between Dundigal and Shamirpet has also reached an advanced stage and but for few works, looks set for completion during the next month. This part of the facility stretches for 15.7 kms and if all goes as per the plan, it should also be ready for vehicles soon. “The work on the lanes is almost through and we are looking at attending to few associated issues before it could be made available for the traffic,” an official said.

There have been issues of shifting of lines by the Transco and the ORR authorities took them up also to ensure speedy finish of works. “We have taken up these line works for about a km length on the Patancheru-Dundigal stretch under supervision of the Transco officials,” he said.

Another issue had been related to the proposed interchange at Kandlakoya which ran into legal issues forcing the authorities to go in for a temporary diversion till the case is resolved.

The diversion, just a temporary one as the officials seek to stress, will be an existing village road being upgraded with a ramp for about 200 metres. At present, nearly 87 km. of the 158 km. ORR has been made available for traffic between Pedda Amberpet and Patancheru.

[World8115]

Developing green belt: Hyderabad Metro transplants a few hundred trees

Source: The Hindu

On a new ground: Translocated trees for Hyderabad Metro Project

Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd has managed to translocate 365 trees and planted over 10,000 saplings.

Construction major L&T is implementing the Rs. 16,375-crore elevated metro rail project spanning 72 km.

The trees on the road central median where piers of metro rail are to come up have been translocated wherever possible, including at the Outer Ring Road, Mr N.V.S.Reddy, Managing Director of metro project said.

“So 1200 trees have been felled along the metro path. We are looking at planting one lakh trees over the next two years while the project gets executed. It is planned to translocate about 1000 trees,” he said.

It is also proposed to develop a green belt all along the periphery of depot lands, station locations and other facilities, and flower beds making use of the metro rail viaduct.

Translocation

The process of translocation involves digging a small pit up to a depth of two to five feet around the tree to be shifted depending upon it’s age and branches. Excess roots are trimmed after applying organic fertilisers in the pits and fungicide to cut branches. They are kept about two weeks and pits dug at the translocation point to a depth of six to thirteen feet.

The trees are then carefully transported and planted there. Within a month new leaves and roots come up. The empanelled agency chosen to translocate the trees is entrusted the task of looking after the tree for a couple of months.

[Naga_Solidus]

Does that mean they moved some trees from the city to the ORR's median? If so, it's great news, and someone should take some pics next time they hit the ORR.

[azzi282]

Not for medians surely. Having trees in the median isnt heard off on highways like the ORR. They'll probably be planted on either side of the ORR if im not mistaken?

[Cosmicbliss]

What about facilities like hospitals, ambulances, trauma centres and eateries?

[Naga_Solidus]

Originally Posted by azzi282

Not for medians surely. Having trees in the median isnt heard off on highways like the ORR. They'll probably be planted on either side of the ORR if im not mistaken?

If a tree gets too big then yes, it might shed leaves and stuff onto the road surfaces. Not good, but smaller plants can still be used in said medians. So I guess you're probably right, and the trees might be between the service roads and the expressway, or even right next to the service roads.

However, just for the record, here are some expressways in Singapore where they have trees in the medians:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bu...Expressway.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AYE-SG.JPG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jl...t_20060402.JPG

I wonder how they handle stray leaves.

[deepakhearthacker]

Seven radial roads completed

These are part of a package of 33 radial roads planned by HMDA

To meet demands of increasing inter-district and inter-State traffic along the suburbs, seven radial roads have been completed and work on one more is to start soon. These form part of a package of 33 radial roads planned by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority.

Conceived to provide connectivity between the existing Inner Ring Road (IRR) and the Outer Ring Road (ORR) that is shaping beyond the suburbs, the project has been taken up by widening and developing of available stretches to ensure a hassle-free travel towards the ORR and further to other districts and States.

However, the works have been getting stuck into administrative delays and issues of land acquisition in some places.

Though initially it was planned to have all the 33 radial roads ready by the time the ORR is completed, the chances of it appear slim given the tardy progress and the fact that only seven could be readied by now.
Completed stretches

The radial roads that have been completed include ISB to ORR at Gachibowli, Tukkuguda on Srisailam road to Pahadisharif, Byramalguda to Bonguluru gate, Cantonment Y-junction to Narsingi, Langar Houz to Vikarabad and stretches at Agriculture University and Rajendranagar.
Call for tenders

Of the rest, five have been proposed and the administrative sanctions for three were already issued for Medak-Narsapur road, ECIL to Keesara and Nagole to Gowerlli and the tenders called for by the Hyderabad Growth Corridor Limited (HGCL) which has been entrusted with the task.

Two others were planned at Shaikpet to Kokapet and Radhika junction till Yadgarpalli junction. While the administrative sanction for the first has been received and the HGCL is in the process of tenders, necessary sanction is awaited for the latter.

Of the total 33 radial roads, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) would be involved with five stretches and assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) would take care of work component for some others. The entire project has been estimated to cost around Rs.2,500 crore.

[deepakhearthacker]

HMDA pulls up 2 firms over ORR delay

Slaps Notices On Contractors For Abnormal Delay In Phase II-B Works


Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has finally stirred itself out of its inaction to slap notices on contractors responsible for the abnormal delay in completing the Outer Ring Road (ORR)s phase II-B.
The two contractors United Gulf Construction Company (UGCC) WLL and Nagarjuna Construction Company Ltd were recently issued notices asking them to explain the delay in completion of the project.
The Dubai-based UGCC was awarded the contract to lay an eightlane road between Shamirpet and Keesara (10.3km) at Rs 195 crore while the Keesara-Ghatkesar (11km) and Ghatkesar-Pedda-Amberpet (12km) projects were bagged by city-based Nagarjuna Construction Company Ltd for Rs 648 crore.
Official sources said that the two firms were handed project works in March 2010 and were supposed to have completed the same within 30 months,that is,by November 2012.However,at present,only 40% of the work have been completed and it is unlikely that the contracts would be fulfilled any time before May 2013.
The companies had bagged the contracts at 16% to 19% less than the estimated project cost and sources said that that could be one of the reasons behind the delay.
Since ORR phase II-B between Patancheru and Pedda Amberpet (71km) was being funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which forwarded a loan of Rs 3,123 crore to HMDA,a team from the donor agency inspected the progress of the project a couple of weeks back.
Expectedly,they expressed unhappiness over the work rate.Later,newly-appointed HMDA metropolitan commissioner Neerab Kumar Prasad and ORR project director Samuel Anand Kumar inspected the works when it was decided that notices would be slapped on the said companies.
Only 40% of the work have been completed and several structures,including a rail over bridge (ROB) have just begun to come up.Notices have been slapped on the two companies and action,including the imposing of penalty,will be taken as per the agreement.A review meeting on the pending ORR works will be held in a couple of days, Samuel Anand told STOI.
Meanwhile,HMDA has decided to open the ORR stretch between Patancheru and Shamirpet to traffic by June-end.The entire length of ORR,except at Kandlakoya junction,where about 55 acres is embroiled in a legal dispute,has been readied.
A small diversion is being provided before Kandlakoya junction at a cost of Rs 1.8 crore to connect with National Highway 7 beyond Kandlakoya junction before joining ORR.

The outer ring road phase II works are supposed to be completed by November 2012

[gemsuresh]

Originally Posted by Naga_Solidus

If a tree gets too big then yes, it might shed leaves and stuff onto the road surfaces. Not good, but smaller plants can still be used in said medians. So I guess you're probably right, and the trees might be between the service roads and the expressway, or even right next to the service roads.

However, just for the record, here are some expressways in Singapore where they have trees in the medians:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bu...Expressway.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AYE-SG.JPG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jl...t_20060402.JPG

I wonder how they handle stray leaves.

The airport road has some trees? or the same set of greenery can be replicated. Thats an awesome road for a greenary (Indian standards

[Gudavalli]

Originally Posted by gemsuresh

The airport road has some trees? or the same set of greenery can be replicated. Thats an awesome road for a greenary (Indian standards

There is a larger format of my avatar somewhere in the Hyderabad cityscape thread. The few kilometres leading up to the airport has plenty of greenery.

[sriece19]

Seven radial roads completed

These are part of a package of 33 radial roads planned by HMDA

To meet demands of increasing inter-district and inter-State traffic along the suburbs, seven radial roads have been completed and work on one more is to start soon. These form part of a package of 33 radial roads planned by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority.

Conceived to provide connectivity between the existing Inner Ring Road (IRR) and the Outer Ring Road (ORR) that is shaping beyond the suburbs, the project has been taken up by widening and developing of available stretches to ensure a hassle-free travel towards the ORR and further to other districts and States.

However, the works have been getting stuck into administrative delays and issues of land acquisition in some places.

Though initially it was planned to have all the 33 radial roads ready by the time the ORR is completed, the chances of it appear slim given the tardy progress and the fact that only seven could be readied by now.

COMPLETED STRETCHES

The radial roads that have been completed include ISB to ORR at Gachibowli, Tukkuguda on Srisailam road to Pahadisharif, Byramalguda to Bonguluru gate, Cantonment Y-junction to Narsingi, Langar Houz to Vikarabad and stretches at Agriculture University and Rajendranagar.

CALL FOR TENDERS

Of the rest, five have been proposed and the administrative sanctions for three were already issued for Medak-Narsapur road, ECIL to Keesara and Nagole to Gowerlli and the tenders called for by the Hyderabad Growth Corridor Limited (HGCL) which has been entrusted with the task.

Two others were planned at Shaikpet to Kokapet and Radhika junction till Yadgarpalli junction. While the administrative sanction for the first has been received and the HGCL is in the process of tenders, necessary sanction is awaited for the latter.

Of the total 33 radial roads, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) would be involved with five stretches and assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) would take care of work component for some others. The entire project has been estimated to cost around Rs.2,500 crore.

[kailash9999]

Cross posting from the Hyd Cityscapes thread,

[bobbie501]

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