HYDERABAD Projects and Updates - II

[harsh1802]

Originally Posted by Babji

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Begumpet flyover getting ready for traffic flow. Photo: K Ramesh babu

Holy crap!

Traffic seems to have got really worse in the last three years.....

[Babji]

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/07/27/s...2750640100.htm

Threat to close 100 trade establishments
HYDERABAD: Armed with the High Court directive on Thursday, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is preparing ground for closing at least 100 top business establishments within the next one month for lacking sufficient parking space.

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has with it a list of about 417 trades, including top line restaurants, malls, supermarkets, garment shops, hospitals, bars and the likes located on some of the busiest roads of the twin cities and causing major traffic problems and also for not having trade licences. “To begin with, we have decided to take action against the most problematic ones, those not having any parking space at all or very little for the customers,” affirmed Additional Commissioner (Planning & Projects) K. Dhananjaya Reddy.

Joint panel: The first 100 such establishments will be identified by a joint committee of town planning and health & sanitation officials in the next few days. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has a pretty good idea of the state of affairs so much so that it has recognised places which have built in excess of the sanctioned plan, thereby reducing the space meant for vehicular parking.

Most busy traffic areas like Himayatnagar, Begumpet, Khairatabad, Ameerpet, Banjara Hills, Malakpet, Jubilee Hills, Paradise, Abids, and so on have these establishments. The survey will also verify whether hotels and other business houses have at least 25 per cent of the space for parking or enough for its customer flow.

Before formal notices are issued to them, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is planning to come out with newspaper advertisements detailing the names and addresses of the business establishments facing the likely closure action.

Additional Commissioner (Health & Sanitation) R. Rama Mohan Rao indicated that in a few months, the drive will be taken to the other roads and outside the core area into the erstwhile municipalities too.

[grimmm]

Source: TOI epaper

Both SEZs Will Come Up At Pocharam Village In Ghatkesar Mandal

Hyderabad: After a prolonged controversy over the location for setting up its largest campus in the country in Hyderabad, the IT bellwether Infosys has finally decided to set up two special economic zones (SEZs) instead of a single campus.
Both the SEZs will come up at Pocharam village in Ghatkesar on the outskirts of the city. While the larger SEZ will be spread in about 299.67 acres, the second one will come up in 152.32 acres.
The company is awaiting the board of approvals (BoA) nod for these proposals. According to official sources, the projects would come up for evaluation at the BoA meeting on August 8.
“We have to wait for the approval before announcing the projects. Considering the care with which the BoA is examining every single proposal, we (Infosys and the government) need to justify setting up of two SEZs at the same location,” a source explained.
Infosys has been allotted about 450 acres in Pocharam by the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) recently for setting up of a facility.
In fact, the IT major had entered into an agreement with the state government for taking its largest campus plans forward in March 2006.
After the government allotted 550 acres near the proposed hardware park, the company announced a plan to invest Rs 1,250 crore and creation of 25,000 jobs over a period of 10 years. However, the land that was allotted to the company got into legal wrangles between the government and IMG.
The current location has been offered to the company as an alternative, and the company has shown interest in the location considering the growth potential on the Warangal highway, an official commented.
The land in Pocharam has been taken into control by the APIIC from the housing board. In return, the corporation had agreed to offer an equal spread of land to the board somewhere on the outskirts.
Though the location for Infy’s project has been shifted from Mamidipalli to Pocharam, the government has decided to keep the oneyear-old agreement in tact and make some amendments to it to facilitate fresh plans.

[harsh1802]

Cool....tht is on our side of the town!

Awesome!

[p.raghavendra6]

Originally Posted by Babji

Additional Commissioner (Traffic & Transportation) N.V.S. Reddy insists that Nalgonda crossroads flyover’s basic structure is ready but accepts that it could take up to two more months.

I thought it was done.

[jaggu]

Source : http://www.andhrajyothy.com/district....asp?qry=hyd#4

Now the following projects are changed.

SIX NEW JEWELS IN HYDERABAD'S CROWN

1) PENTAGON - The IT and Commercial Hub, Poppalguda (200 acre layout at Poppalguda, near Gachibowli)
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)


- 1) Pentagon is no more coming up in puppalaguda. It is shifted to Miyapur in 100 acre
- 2) HUDA Minifer - The Beautiful city is coming up in Shamshabad.
- 3) Regal BRoadway - The Hotel Corridor - Is shifted to Budvel

[harsh1802]

ORR phase I project on track

There are no obstacles to the four-lane connectivity to International Airport

Second phase of ORR set to take off in September

Most of the land acquisition for phase II completed

HYDERABAD: Though dogged by intermittent hurdles and protests, the mega Outer Ring Road (ORR) project is firmly on track.

With all the minor issues that stalled the ORR phase I work in some stretches near APPA, Chilkur reserve forest, Urdu University, HUDA colony, and graveyards being resolved and land handed over for the project, there are no more obstacles to ensure four-lane connectivity to the International Airport through the 24 km ORR first phase from Gachibowli to Shamshadbad .

“But the hurdles pushed the schedule behind by two months. Instead of December this year, the four lane connectivity would be provided by March, 2008 in time for the commencement of the International Airport at Shamshabad,” said ORR Project Director Piyush Kumar.

Connectivity to airport

The Phase I work being executed by two international companies commenced in July 2006 with a time frame of 30 months to provide eight-lane connectivity.

“However it was decided to focus on providing four-lane speedway first to provide connectivity to the Shamshabad Airport.

Though the basic road would be ready by March, 2008, access control features like underpasses, culverts, clover-leaf junctions would take some more time as some existing structures would have to be removed for critical junctions,” Mr.Piyush Kumar said.

Second phase

Meanwhile, the second phase of ORR for which four developers were selected for five packages through international competitive bidding is set to take off in September.

Most of the land acquisition for phase II was completed and 80 per cent of land losers were agreeable to the special compensation package announced by the Government.

In the case of others general award would be implemented for taking over the land. Three of the four developers have signed the development agreement and sought 60 days for mobilisation of equipment and personnel, he said.

The 61.8 km ORR Phase II A from Shamshabad to Pedda Amberpet and Narsingi to Patancheru to be taken up under annuity model would require HUDA to pay 25 per cent of the total cost amounting to about Rs.350 crore.

However, only 10 per cent of the total cost, i.e. Rs.100 crores, would have to be paid by September and that would not be a problem as HUDA has lined up some ventures to raise the resources, Mr.Kumar said.

Source: The Hindu

[harsh1802]

Japanese city offers expertise for laying new roads

GHMC will do a test run for 2 km

HYDERABAD: The Japanese city of Miyoshi has offered to provide expertise to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) for laying roads where water can seep through during rains. The Corporation wants to check it out for two kilometres before trying it out in a larger scale.

The sister city of Hyderabad is also ready to share expertise on garbage handling and recycling, it was indicated during the first anniversary celebrations of affiliation agreement between both cities here on Friday. GHMC Additional Commissioner (Works) B. Ramesh Babu said it was essential for cities to learn from each other’s experiences in this era of global village.

Twin cities

The twin cities have 5,000 km of road network and 800 km of drains and through exchange programmes with the Japanese city, the infrastructure can be improved. Ex-Mayor T. Krishna Reddy, who had signed the agreement on behalf of erstwhile MCH, said he was proud of having initiated the relationship.

The Founder Advisor of Ohara School of Ikebana, Meena Anantha Narayan, gave away certificates to those who had completed certificate courses.

Source: The Hindu

[india]

This could an answer to our monsoon woes. Of course, Japanese technology is synonymous with quality and durability so even better.

[ranga]

Originally Posted by india

This could an answer to our monsoon woes. Of course, Japanese technology is synonymous with quality and durability so even better.

It shud also be cost effective otherwise with frequent road digging in our country the technology will be of no use.

[india]

Originally Posted by ranga

It shud also be cost effective otherwise with frequent road digging in our country the technology will be of no use.

I agree on the need for cost-effective technology. However, the constant seemingly impromptu digging of roads has got to do with the coordination (or the lack thereof) of the various civil infrastructure departments.

[senty]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/C...ow/2241426.cms

HYDERABAD: Parking woes will come to an end in the busy areas in the city as the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to construct multi-level parking complexes in the decades-old municipal markets.

To begin with, multi-level parking complexes will come up at Punjagutta, Begum Bazar, Ameerpet and Khilwat by the end of this year. Another big parking complex will come up on the seven-acre Monda Market in Secunderabad where a survey is being taken up by the corporation.

The GHMC has taken the decision following the High Court directive on parking problems three days ago. The parking complexes will be taken up on the build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis wherein builders construct the complexes and transfer them to the GHMC after 30 years.

The parking lots in all the specified places with have a ground and five floors (G+5). Builders have submitted plans to the GHMC saying they would earmark 30 to 35 per cent of the built-up area for parking and the rest for shops.
But GHMC commissioner C V S K Sarma has asked developers a couple of days ago to submit revised plans providing 60 per cent for parking and 40 per cent for shopping.

Developers have to allot shops to tenants at municipal marketyards where parking complexes are being planned. As of now, there are 50 tenants at Punjagutta market, 83 at Ameerpet and 130 at Begum Bazar. The developer can lease the remaining shopping area to others.

A survey is being taken up by the GHMC for the Monda Market parking complex, which will be taken in the second phase. There are nearly 300 tenants here. "If these parking complexes are completed, it would solve parking problems to a great extent," D Jagadeshwar, estate officer of the GHMC told STOI.

There are 24 municipal markets in the city and of them, the corporation has proposed to redevelop 16 markets, which include Punjagutta, Mallepally, Ameerpet, Domalguda and others. A feasible study will also be taken up by the GHMC to identify markets for construction of multi-level complexes.

Meanwhile, the GHMC has identified about 65 new parking areas on main roads and surrounding municipal circles. After clearance from the traffic police department, 'smart parking' will be provided in these areas. There are 113 parking areas that are being maintained by the GHMC.

[Babji]

Originally Posted by senty

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/C...ow/2241426.cms

... There are 24 municipal markets in the city and of them, the corporation has proposed to redevelop 16 markets, which include Punjagutta, Mallepally, Ameerpet, Domalguda and others. A feasible study will also be taken up by the GHMC to identify markets for construction of multi-level complexes.

They should also build some multi level parking lots near the MMTS stations
so it would improve patronage for MMTS as well as reduce traffic congestion ...

[harsh1802]

Building projects on hold

Hyderabad, July 29: The construction industry in municipalities around the city has almost come to a standstill ever since Greater Hyderabad was formed on March 16.
Contrary to expectations that the merger of 12 surrounding civic bodies with the twin cities would give a fillip to the development of infrastructure, projects for multi-storeyed buildings worth over Rs 100 crores have failed to take off till date.

Applications for building sanction pertaining to over 20 projects including multi-storeyed buildings, malls commercial and residential complexes are awaiting approval from Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda). Builders say that each day of delay results in huge losses due to cost escalation and the interest that they would have to pay on loan money. Officials of the municipal administration and urban development are to a large extent responsible for this situation, and those of Huda to some extent.

MA&UD officials issued orders asking Huda to delegate building sanctioning powers to the GHMC, but failed to see that the orders were implemented. Huda “refused” politely to comply. Before the formation of Greater Hyderabad, Huda used to collect development charges from municipalities by approving layouts and giving building permission. After the merger, the government asked Huda to delegate these powers and duties to the GHMC. “In such a scenario, the MA&UD should have acted swiftly and cleared the ambiguity,” AP Builders Forum president Shekhar Reddy told this correspondent. He added that due to this ambiguity the builders have stopped applying for sanction of plans.

When contacted, Huda director (planning) A.V. Bhide confirmed that 20 applications pertaining to multi-storeyed buildings were pending with them. “We are waiting for clear-cut instructions from the government,” he said.

Source: Deccan.com

[Jai]

Guys, I've updated the Indian Skyscraper blog with:

HYDERABAD | Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) Trade Tower | 100 floors | 450 meters -- India's first supertall to begin construction!

HYDERABAD | Lanco Hills | 100+ floors & many other towers — Hyderabad’s first Supertall, World’s tallest Residential Tower

Please could you guys check over the posts to make sure I got all my facts straight?

Also, PM me if any of you want to be a part of the Indian Skyscraper Blog project, or check out this thread:
SSCIndia Skyscraper Blog: All about India’s Skyscraper-high Urban Future

[Hindustani]

Great job.

Originally Posted by Jai

Guys, I've updated the Indian Skyscraper blog with:

HYDERABAD | Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) Trade Tower | 100 floors | 450 meters -- India's first supertall to begin construction!

HYDERABAD | Lanco Hills | 100+ floors & many other towers — Hyderabad’s first Supertall, World’s tallest Residential Tower

Please could you guys check over the posts to make sure I got all my facts straight?

Also, PM me if any of you want to be a part of the Indian Skyscraper Blog project, or check out this thread:
SSCIndia Skyscraper Blog: All about India’s Skyscraper-high Urban Future

[harsh1802]

Plan for multi-storeyed parking lots in city

To be built throughpublic-private partnership mode
The tentative locations have been identified

HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is planning to construct multi-storeyed parking complexes comprising six floors with at least two cellars down below, through the public-private partnership mode.

Although its earlier plan of starting four such complexes ran aground with just the one at Khilwat in Old City getting cleared, an undeterred civic body has identified 10 open spaces owned by various Government departments and public institutions.

The tentative locations having plots of an average size of each being 2,000 square meters are at University College of Women, Koti; ENT Hospital, Koti; Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet; beside IOC petrol filling station, Ameerpet; old Task Force office, Begumpet; HUDA Urban Forestry division, Erragadda, Ghasmandi, Sec’bad.

Additional Commissioner (Estates) G. Ravi Babu said that apart from these the GHMC’s Punjagutta market would also be converted into a modern municipal market with ample parking facility. He has also not given up hope of constructing the parking complex beside the Jalagam Vengal Rao Park in Banjara Hills.

The site was discounted even when GVK Group expressed interest to build it, considering that its mega mall but it was stalled after it was noticed that high tension power lines were on the way and some environmentalists too felt the green visage of the park would be spoilt.

“It will be very difficult to move on city roads if we do not have parking complexes. If we get possession of the land, the projects would be started within six months,” he adds.

But, the big if is, whether the departments or institutions currently in possession of the lands would be as eager about the plan.

Source: The Hindu

The thing that puzzles me is....hadn't the MCH announced something like this an year ago!?

[harsh1802]

Floodlights for Uppal stadium likely by Oct. 1

HYDERABAD: Cricket crazy Hyderabadis may be able to enjoy the high voltage India-Australia one day international match scheduled to be held on October 5 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal under floodlights.

The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA)’s ambitious floodlighting project estimated to cost about Rs. 4.5 to Rs. 5 crore is expected to be completed by October 1.

With open tenders already called for, the HCA top brass is determined to get the lights ready for the big match.

“The firm to take up this project will be identified by this week-end and we are confident of putting everything in place for the big match,” said a senior official of HCA.

More importantly, the seating capacity will be about 45,000 compared to 25,000 for the last match when India and South Africa clashed and which, incidentally was the first-ever international and a day affair in November 2005.

ICC inspection

ICC Match Referee Allan Hurst will be inspecting the venue in October first week to find out if a test status too can be accorded to Hyderabad.

Mr. Hurst will also be touring Saurashtra, Visakhapatnam and Jaipur.

He is expected to not only inspect the main stadium and the practice wickets but also the facilities available for the players including the multi-purpose gymnasium, swimming pool and other related facilities.

Hyderabad had hosted its first ‘Test’ in 1955 and the last Test it had staged was way back in 1988 – both featuring India versus New Zealand at the Lal Bahadur Stadium in Fateh Maidan.

HCA is taking up the forthcoming India-Australia one day match as a very prestigious game and leaving no stone unturned to make it a memorable first day-and-night affair.

Source: The Hindu

[ranga]

ITS nearly 2 years the much hyped FAB project is not taking off as envisaged.People who have bought lands in the vicinity of the project involving crores of rupees in view of this project triggering price rise have burnt a big hole in their pockets.Likewise many projects announced in a grand manner by YSR and his congress Govt in and around Hyderabad r not taking off.The only progress is illegal land grabs and land mafias mushrooming.

[harsh1802]

Well, on the bright side they all will have a piece of land to boast of. That isn't a bad thing to have in Hyderabad.

I thought the FAB city project is going on slowly but surely forward. Weren't there bunch of investments announced by kep chip players in the last one year?