HYDERABAD Projects and Updates - II

[sriece19]

Originally Posted by sriece19

Metro stations to connect to malls

The IIT-Delhi will conduct a study for the Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd (HMR), which will explore and suggest measures to integrate different modes of transport — the MMTS, the APSRTC, and SCR services — with the metro rail so as to ensure a seamless travel experience for commuters. Pedestrian facilities, cycling and other non-motorised modes of transport at Metro Rail stations will also be explored.

“The study report will be prepared within five months; and based on its assessment, central financial assistance will be sought for the provision of these facilities under the JNNURM and other government schemes,” said N.V.S. Reddy, managing director, HMR. The IIT will identify interchange points of different modes of transport, pedestrian access facilities within 0.5 km to 1km of metro rail radius, and cycling and other non-motorised access requirements within 3km radius of Metro stations.

Access facilities for the transfer of passengers from bus stops, MMTS stations and railway terminals to and from metro rail stations will be identified. The study will also provide the basis for running dedicated feeder bus services in metro rail catchment areas and colonies as well as activity areas around Metro rail stations. The sky-walks will give direct access to the nearby office and shopping complexes, malls, and school buildings.. “The feasibility study costing `19 lakh, which was sanctioned by the Centre under the JNNURM scheme, will aim to make the HMR project a better model for the country and facilitate redesigning Hyderabad city as an eco-friendly city with less carbon emissions,” Mr Reddy explained.

Mr Reddy said that work on the stage-I of the Metro Rail was going on in full swing, and that 57 Metro Rail pillar foundations had been excavated. He said 50 foundations and 20 piers (pillars) had been completed along the Nagole-Mettuguda stretch of corridor III in the city.

HMR pact with IIT Delhi for study on pedestrian facilities




Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd. (HMR) entered into an agreement with IIT Delhi on Saturday, for the latter to study integration of different modes of transport and provision of pedestrian facilities, cycling and other Non-Motorized Transport (NMT) facilities, etc. at the metro rail stations. This is to facilitate “seamless travel facility” for metro rail commuters in the twin cities.

The feasibility study costing Rs.19 lakh was sanctioned by the Union Government under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Scheme (JNNURM) to make the project stand out in the country as well as to facilitate redesigning the capital as an eco-friendly city with less carbon emissions, said HMR Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy.

REPORT IN 5 MONTHS

The report will be prepared within five months and based on its assessment, further Central financial assistance will be sought for provision of these facilities, he said. As part of the study, IIT Delhi will identify inter-change points of different modes of transport, pedestrian access facilities within half-a- kilometre to one-kilometre distance from the metro rail stations; cycling and other NMT access requirements within there kilometres from the metro stations.

ACCESS FACILITIES

Access facilities for transfer of passengers from bus stops; MMTS stations and railway terminals to and from metro rail stations will be identified. The study will also provide the basis for running of dedicated feeder bus services (‘merry go-round services’) in the metro rail catchment areas, i.e. the colonies and activity areas around metro rail stations.

Based on the expected passenger loads at each metro station, IIT Delhi will suggest pedestrian access facilities to metro rail stations, provision of footpaths and bicycle tracks, parking facilities for cars and two wheelers at and near metro stations and sky-walks below the metro rail viaduct.

WORKS IN FULL SWING

Sky-walks on the lines of the ones in Bangkok will give direct access and landing into the nearby office and shopping complexes, malls, school buildings, multiplexes, etc., apart from facilitating safe crossing of junctions.

The MD also stated that stage-I metro rail works between Nagole and Mettuguda were going on in full swing and so far 57 pier (pillar) foundations have been excavated and 50 foundations and 20 piers have been completed.

[Gudavalli]

Aptech Aviation opens second centre in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD, JUNE 24:
Aptech Aviation and Hospitality Academy opened its second branch in Hyderabad and its 35th in the country on Saturday. Aptech is optimistic that the demand for aviation-related education will be strong in the medium to long term.

“We plan to open eight more centres this fiscal. In the next five years, we are targeting a network of 75 centres,” Mr Ravi Dighe, Executive Vice-President of Aptech, said.

The institute offers courses ranging from a six-month diploma in airport management to a two-year MBA. The course fee is Rs 75,000 - Rs 2 lakh.

“Last fiscal, around 5,000 students took our aviation courses. Of these, 70 per cent of the students who had registered for placement were absorbed by the industry,” Mr Dighe said.

[deepakhearthacker]

RTA raids boost RTC occupancy, revenue up by Rs 1.3 cr a day

With the cancellation of many private bus services in the wake of drive against errant private bus operators by the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) across the state, the AP State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) buses saw an increase both in occupancy ratio and revenue.

According to RTC officials, occupancy in the government-run buses has been increased to 76 percent from 73 in the last five days, since the RTA began raids on errant private bus operators. At present, the APSRTC is earning an additional revenue of Rs 1.30 crore per day.

"Since the RTA began seizing private buses with no valid documents and fitness certificates, we are generating additional revenue. Earlier, the RTC was incurring Rs 2 crore loss per day," an RTC official told Express.

Cashing in the situation, the APSRTC is also plying additional buses, especially in the routes where RTA drive is on to crack down on the errant private bus operators.

“The RTC is plying additional buses in the routes where private buses have been seized. At least 100 to 200 additional buses have been introduced so far for commuter's convenience. Long distance routes are given a top priority. At present, more than 5,000 buses are plying in long distance routes in and around the state per day," the RTC official said.

According to information, as many as 3,600 buses plying in the twin cities and 15,000 more are running within the state per day.

[IU]

Lodha just launched their new project - Lodha Meridian at Eden Square. Nothing great architecturally -



Location:

[World8115]

It is part of Lodha Belleza I think as said by few forumers here. Also known as iRise

[Gudavalli]

Originally Posted by World8115

It is part of Lodha Belleza I think as said by few forumers here. Also known as iRise

I thought iRise was just a single highrise. But I guess the project has been expanded to multiple high rises.

Correct me if i am wrong!

[_GrapeWine_]

My Home Abhra project, in front of Ascendas IT park/Inorbit Mall, Hitech City.

http://www.myhomeconstructions.com/projects.html

No renders yet. but it looks to be 17 floors x 5 towers. could have been taller..

Truly amazing location. The area itself is at a higher altitude.

[HydSkyScraper]

Originally Posted by _GrapeWine_

My Home Abhra project, in front of Ascendas IT park/Inorbit Mall, Hitech City.

http://www.myhomeconstructions.com/projects.html

No renders yet. but it looks to be 17 floors x 5 towers. could have been taller..

Truly amazing location. The area itself is at a higher altitude.

That's right. The towers should be more than 35 floors to take advantage of that location & its surroundings.
I would have definitively booked one on the 34th floor, if that would be the case.

[sriece19]

‘The Hyderabad music scene is picking up’




City-based band ‘Fatman Trio’ is all set to perform at Cuba Libre on June 27

With a name that reflects upon the band’s sense of humour, The Fatman Trio, are all set to go places. These Hyderabadi boys who have been playing for over a year as a band are quite happy with the music scene and are optimistic about it picking up. Aradhya Alamuru, guitarist says, “The idea began a year ago when my bassist and I were playing without a drummer. Our search for a drummer ended nine months after our impromptu jam sessions.”

Ask about the band’s name and Aradhya jokingly reflects, “We were supposed to be playing at a competition somewhere and we couldn’t come up with a name. A friend of ours, while trying to humour us, called us The Fatman Trio and we’ve been a band ever since.”

The trio is a blues rock band with jazz influences. Apart from Aradhya, the band consists of Krishna Chaitanya on the bass guitars and Joshua on the drums, the band has performed over 20 shows, including a couple of acoustic sets. “The scene in Hyderabad is picking up thanks to the many initiatives of Cuba Libre or XSB these days. But we wish we do not have to procrastinate over that long dry period between two shows,” they say.

While the band’s forte is primarily blues rock, they also innovate with old blues songs arranged and presented with a refreshing three piece band framework. Hop into Cuba Libre to listen to them playing on June 27. Some of the best blues rock artists will come alive, from the Cream to Hendrix, added with the band’s very own sense of humour and style, keeping alive the rock tradition in Hyderabad.

[kailash9999]

Quoting my post from the Hyd Malls Thread.

Originally Posted by kailash9999

If this render is to be believed, then this proposed mega project at Gachibowli will have a hotel that stands 55 Floors tall, accompanied by a 30 floors residential tower and a Mall !

http://www.shantasriramconstructions...shopping2.html



Resized the render to a higher resolution,

[saysenthil]

Indian fabless startup seeks engineers, money

Fabless mobile computing chip company Ineda Systems Pvt Ltd. (Hyderabad, India) is planning to raise $20 million over the next few months, according to local reports. The company is also busy recruiting hardware and software engineers.

The company, founded in 2010 by Balaji Kanigicherla, has 150 engineers and plans to add 50 more in the next six to eight months, a Business Standard report said, adding that Ineda plans to launch three products by 2013 aimed at smartphones, tablet computers, and laptop computers.

The use of the term platform implies that Ineda will bundle software, firmware and application processor SoC and equipment-level design together to provide OEM customers with a fast route to producing a mobile computing device.

Ineda claims to have a novel system architecture working in FPGA prototype form that can improve the power/performance metrics by an order of magnitude compared with existing system architectures. The company is reported to have a portfolio of 28 patents granted or pending.

LinkedIn listed engineers have IC design experience with such companies as Broadcom, NVidia, Soctronics, ST-Ericsson, Texas Instruments, Wipro, PortalPlayer. The company is looking for more engineers familiar with SoC synthesis, verification and physical design and software engineers that can write a BIOS and driver software for Windows, Linux and Android systems.

The Business Standard reported Kanigicherla, founder and CEO, as saying that Ineda is in discussion with potential investors including venture capitalists, private equity firms and individual investors but that it was looking to raise the money in the form of debt.

"Currently, the products are in the prototype stage. The manufacturing will be done by some semiconductor fab companies in Taiwan," the Business Standard quoted Kanigicherla, as saying.

[sriece19]

AP Govt clears 25 project proposals worth Rs 40,379 crore

HYDERABAD, JUNE 27:
The Andhra Pradesh Government today approved 25 industrial proposals, including a Rs 970 crore project of Procter and Gamble (consumer products) and 13 cement plants which entail total investment outlay of about Rs 40,379 crore.

The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, who chaired the State Investment Promotion Board meeting at the Secretariat, approved these proposals which have potential to employ 41,180 persons.

Of these 25 projects, 20 of them have signed memorandums of understanding during the CII-Partnership Summit 2012 and the remaining five proposals have been received directly, according to a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office.

These new projects would come up in 12 districts spread across the State. The meeting also factored the general perception that most of the industries are coming up in the Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy district.

According to Ms J .Geetha Reddy, Major Industries Minister, new projects approved today include 13 cement plants, six chemical projects and projects in steel, plastic and other sectors.

Of the 44 proposals cleared last year, 14 have been implemented, 27 other projects are at various stages of implementation, she told media persons after the meeting.

The Chief Minister wanted the Industries Department to follow up on all these proposals for investment and see that they are implemented as per schedule indicated by the promoters.

Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd has come up with a proposal for Rs 1,200 crore coke plant in Nellore, VBC Fertilizers (urea plant), NSL Fertilisers (urea plant), Kribhco (fertiliser), Olam Agro, Reliance Cement, Texcon Steels, My home Industries, Chettinad Cement, West Coast Paper Mills Ltd, Renuka Cement Limited, Mahathi Cements, Seetharama Cements and Toyosu Rare Earths.

Other projects which had come up directly include Sanvaria Industries (coke calcination), Midwest Granite, Sirgy’s Cements and Procter & Gamble (consumer products).

[sriece19]

36 properties to be acquired for Metro Rail

About 36 Government Vested Municipal (GVMs) properties are to be acquired at a cost of Rs.16 crore through negotiations by the government appointed negotiations committee headed by GHMC Commissioner to facilitate road-widening for the Metro Rail project opposite Makbara in S.R.Nagar.

Hyderabad Metro Rail Corporation would be paying for the land acquisition and structural compensation for removing a major traffic bottleneck on the highway; the Government appointed special task force’s traffic management sub-committee was informed on Wednesday.

Works inspected

The committee headed by Principal Secretary (R&B) S.P. Singh and comprising top civic officials like GHMC Commissioner M.T. Krishna Babu, Addl. Commissioner (Planning) K. Dhananjaya Reddy, ENC R. Dhan Singh, Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma, HMR MD N.V.S. Reddy and others inspected the progress of facilitation works for stage two between Miyapur to S.R.Nagar.

It has approved setting up of barricades for facilitating piers construction from Nizampet to Balanagar ‘Y’ junction once the civic works are done. Two lanes of the alternate road touching the IDL Cheruvu would be ready in two months to reduce congestion between Moosapet RTC depot and JNTU junction, an official spokesman informed.

Most of the road widening has been completed and culvert work is to be done in a month. Junctions are to be improved at Vivekanandanagar, KPHB, JNTU and Nizampet soon.

[Prodigist]

Gr8 finds Kailash.. Signs of things to come in the future

Does anyone know more about the builders(i.e. not the regular stuff on their website)?
How is the quality of their projects? Any landmarks that they have built in the city?

They seem to have have a decent land bank:-

1. 10 Ac. Of land in Gachibowli Cross Roads
2. 42 Ac. Of Land in R. K. Puram, near Sainikpuri, Secunderabad
3. 22 Ac. Of land in Tellapur, near Gachibowli, Hyderabad
4. 80 Ac. Of land in Shamshabad, Hyderabad
5. 22 Ac. Of land in Bahdurpally, near Jeedimetla, Hyderabad

They seem to have a lot going on at the moment:
Odeon Multiplex

Sudarshan Multiplex

[Prodigist]

Originally Posted by _GrapeWine_

My Home Abhra project, in front of Ascendas IT park/Inorbit Mall, Hitech City.

http://www.myhomeconstructions.com/projects.html

No renders yet. but it looks to be 17 floors x 5 towers. could have been taller..

Truly amazing location. The area itself is at a higher altitude.

Originally Posted by HydSkyScraper

That's right. The towers should be more than 35 floors to take advantage of that location & its surroundings.
I would have definitively booked one on the 34th floor, if that would be the case.

This one should have been much taller. Especially when the Aliens are landing with a Space Station 8 kms away Wipro junction with 30 floor towers

[kailash9999]

Originally Posted by Prodigist

This one should have been much taller. Especially when the Aliens are landing with a Space Station 8 kms away Wipro junction with 30 floor towers

I Swear, what a sheer waste of primest of prime lands, they had a chance to redefine the skyline of the Heart of IT Industry in Hyderabad, well atleast the proposed ITC Hotel makes up for the lost ground here.

[Gudavalli]

State relaxes building rules

Under pressure from the builders’ lobby the state government on Saturday issued orders relaxing several provisions by amending its earlier order (GO No. 45). The order had made it mandatory for builders to provide 20 per cent of the total built-up area in private layouts for housing to economically weaker sections (EWS) and lower income groups (LIG). The powerful builders’ lobby had brought to halt almost all the big housing projects in the state for the past one-and-a-half-years causing losses running into crores to the exchequer, and that is considered the reason behind the state’s move.

The state issued GO No. 245, dated June 30, 2012, offering relaxations and incentives to the builders. The 20 per cent quota has been reduced to 10 per cent with five per cent each to EWS and LIG respectively, or 25 per cent of the total number of units (12.5 per cent each to EWS/LIG). The builders have been given a choice between 10 per cent built-up area or 25 per cent in terms of units.

The major amendment to the earlier GO is that the minimum plot size has been increased from one acre to five acres (2.023 hectares) for the EWS and LIG clause to be applicable. This is more than expected for builders who were demanding one hectare as minimum plot size. What’s more, the builders and developers will be exempted from payment of 10 per cent of the total city level infrastructure impact fee on the main project in lieu of EWS/LIG quota. Also, the builders can use 10 per cent of land or area equivalent to EWS and LIG housing for any purpose other than residential in the main project site. However, these concessions shall apply only for those projects where EWS/LIG units are provided in-situ within the site.

Another demand of builders that has been okayed is that they can construct EWS/ LIG housing within 10-km radius of main project site, or within 5-km aerial route boundary of the respective municipal corporation of Greater Hyderabad, Greater Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada. In case of other Urban Local Bodies, the radius is 5 km from project site, or within 5kms from the nearest aerial route boundary.

The government has also given the developer or builder the option for procurement of EWS/LIG units from the housing projects being developed by the AP Housing Board with the 10-km and 5-km radius rule applicable. Moreover, two or more builders can construct their quota of EWS housing at one place other than main project sites but the occupancy for the main projects will be released only after completion of the EWS/LIG projects.

Though government exempted 10 per cent EWS and LIG reservation clause to housing projects coming up in more than 3,000 sq metres and up to 5 acres land (plot size), the builders have to pay “shelter fee” per square metre. Even though the builders welcomed the relaxations, they wanted the government to give them free hand in selling EWS/LIG units in the open market.

[Acrophobic]

Originally Posted by Gudavalli

State relaxes building rules

Ah, finally great news for the developers then. Many of the projects have been stalled thanks to this controversial order, now they should go ahead with their projects with the new order in place without further ado.

[ranga]

Is the industrial environment healthy in A.P.?
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper...cle3592978.ece
It is time Andhra Pradesh gets itself on the fast track of development so as to attract global and local investors.FILE PHOTO: NAGARA GOPAL Two recent announcements by the government have puzzled industrialists in Andhra Pradesh and investors looking for new ventures to park their funds.

One was in May declaring that a Abu Dhabi government-owned company would establish a petroleum refinery at a cost of US $ 6 billion in the Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Industrial Region (PCPIR) in Visakhapatnam. The second was in June when the government announced clearance by the State Investment Promotion Board of 25 mega industrial projects with a whopping Rs. 40,379 crore investment.

Had the industrial environment, on a downswing after the Telangana agitation and the political uncertainty, suddenly changed for the better? It was only in January this year, memoranda of understanding for investments worth Rs. 6.47 lakh crore were signed during the CII’s Partnership Summit.

Did all this mean Andhra Pradesh had become the most favoured destinations for global and local investors?

A reality check becomes necessary to verify these postulations. Among other parameters, a healthy industrial environment would mean easy availability of power, water and land besides swift government clearances.

For the last three months, a power holiday has been declared due to shortfall in supply.

On June 30, power utilities could supply 216 million units (mu) as against the requirement of 252 mu. Even water-related issues have become thorny with India Cements Managing Director summoned twice by the CBI for questioning over allegations that rules were bent for supplying water to his cement units.

The government has cancelled agreements with Brahmani Steels and Rakshana Steels while Royal Enfield preferred Tamil Nadu to Andhra Pradesh for its expansion plans.

It’s hardly the stuff that can attract investors.

Murky controversies have engulfed allotment of land for industries. A former Minister, Mopidevi Venkataramana, is in jail over the Vanpic issue while five other Ministers have been served notices by the Supreme Court over allegations that their departments tweaked formal decisions taken by the Cabinet. The list of IAS officers and industrialists placed in the dock by the CBI on issues relating to land allotment, mining leases and the government’s equity in joint ventures reads like a who’s who of Andhra Pradesh.

“After all this ruckus, no IAS officer is ready to stick his neck out and make the going easier for investors,” a retired bureaucrat said. In fact, even the Cabinet is treading warily and is trying to put into place a new land allotment policy. At its recent meeting, it could take no decision on the draft policy as Ministers wanted a fool-proof system which prohibited anyone from tampering with a decision once it was approved by the Cabinet.

Manufacturing sector

A leading city businessman said the State required investments in the manufacturing sector but not many industrialists would be eager to put their money there, given the present situation. “Investing money in real estate, liquor business and in contracts is an easy way of making money. Setting up a manufacturing plant requires hard work, investment, technology and ability to stand up to competition,” he said.

Former CII president Y. Harishchandra Prasad was asked whether the upcoming investments were a sign of a good industrial climate. He said, “It is not all about mega projects. The small and medium units are suffering due to erratic power supply. They are unable to meet their production targets and resorting to layoffs.”

Mr. Prasad said the State’s GDP can go up only if the manufacturing sector flourishes, which it is not. Andhra Pradesh must get itself on the fast track of development as its GDP has fallen from 8.9 per cent to the sub-six level. It must at least keep pace with the national GDP which is projected in the 5.8-6.5 band by the rating agencies for the 2012-13 fiscal.


Precarious power situation, row over water, murky controversies over land allotments and much more is hardly the stuff that can attract investors

[sriece19]

Research unit for Zebrafish launched at Hyderabad

HYDERABAD, JULY 2:
An exclusive research facility for Zebrafish has been set up at the city-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB).

The lab has been doing research on Zebrafish. The facility will be laboratory for research on this alternative animal model. It was inaugurated on Monday by Prof. Samir K. Brahmachari, Director-General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Zebrafish, a native of Indian subcontinent, has gained prominence as a model organism as it provides access to various genetic, genomic and biology information with distinct advantages in the vertebrate systems.

Speaking on this occasion, Dr Ch Mohan Rao, Director, CCMB said the genome of Zebrafish is similar to the genome of human beings. This has prompted the lab to deal exclusively with this fish to investigate developmental biology in vertebrates. It is an important model to study human diseases.