HYDERABAD Projects and Updates - II

[ranga]

Originally Posted by 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?

I pass by the route most of the time,sorry to say nothing happening around to despite announcements of other chip making projects.

[Babji]

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/08/01/s...0159240300.htm

15 FOBs mooted to avert accidents

HYDERABAD: Perturbed over series of fatal accidents involving pedestrians, the Cyberabad police have identified 15 places for construction of foot-over-bridges (FoBs) on the busy roads...

“We have identified 15 places and proposals have been already sent to the GHMC along with problems being faced by road users,” Cyberabad Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) P. Muni Swamy said.

He further stated at least four such bridges were needed on priority basis from Godrej junction to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in Kukatpally following increasing road accidents.

[Babji]

Deccan Chronicle

PM heaps promises on State
Hyderabad, July 31: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday promised substantial financial aid to the State to improve agricultural productivity and readily consented to several of the 21 project proposals placed before him. Mr Singh gave these assurances while taking part in a review meeting arranged by the State government.

An elated Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy said that the State had got specific assurances from the Prime Minister on some pending projects especially in the agriculture sector. "This is the first time a Prime Minister had spent so much time to review projects in a State," he added...

The Prime Minister asked the State to increase production of rice by 50 lakh tonnes, oil seeds by 5 lakh tonnes and pulses by 3.5 lakh tonnes. He promised assistance from the Centre’s Rs 25,000-crore initiative for agriculture development. The meeting decided that the railway ministry and the State government would jointly set up a special purpose vehicle for the Rs 90,000-crore inter-city high speed rail corridor between Hyderabad and Vizag.

It decided to call tenders for the 4,000 MW Krishnapatnam power project by October and hold talks with the Japanese consortium for the pending 520 MW BPL thermal power project at Ramagundem. A detailed project report for the refinery at Kakinada will be prepared within a month. The fast track HPCL Visakhapatnam Refinery will be expanded to 8.3 million tonnes by 2008 and 10 million tonnes by 2011.

The meeting approved the Rs 367-crore project for construction of roads in extremist-affected areas and the Centre was requested to speed up clearances for bauxite mining leases to APMDC. Four national highway projects were also cleared.

Mr Singh agreed to gap funding for Hyderabad Mass Rapid Transport System and the State sought more funds for the outer ring road for Hyderabad. The State also requested the Prime Minister to consider the express highway from Begumpet to the new international airport at Shamshabad under fast track. The expansion of Visakhapatnam port from 56 million tonnes to 100 million tonnes was another project which was approved. Dr Rajasekhar Reddy sought aid for Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region at Vizag.

[harsh1802]

Hmm...we always hear different versions of a story in the media these days....didn't they say that the highspeed rail corridor would be between Machilipatnam port and Hyderabad!?

Anyways let us hope that this is just a beginning in the impending rail revolution.

[harsh1802]

Nvidia development centre opened

HYDERABAD: Nvidia, a US $ 4 billion fabless semiconductor and graphics solutions company, opened its sophisticated Hyderabad Development Centre at Nanakramguda on Tuesday. President and CEO of the company Jen Hsun Huang inaugurated the facility.

Mr. Huang said that the company, which currently employed 800 people in India, would expand its operations in the Asia-Pacific region.

He said the company was growing fast in the region and was expecting a significant contribution towards development and design from India.

He said that Indian technocrats had their share of contribution in the company’s phenomenal growth in the last 14 years.

"In fact, their number is so big that soon some one may comment that it is any Indian company," he said.

Nvidia acquired PortalPlayer, a technology solutions provider for digital devices, which added significant capabilities in chip design. In fact, Nvidia wanted to provide all the features of a personal computer in mobile devices to produce a mobile computer.

PortalPlayer had developed all personal computing capabilities on a single chip, he said.

Source: The Hindu

[india]

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[india]

[upendora]

Originally Posted by harsh1802

....didn't they say that the highspeed rail corridor would be between Machilipatnam port and Hyderabad!?

We even had fights over that Machilipatnam route just a few weeks back.
Some things dont change.

[Babji]

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/08/02/s...0259570300.htm

Decks being cleared for bus terminus project
HYDERABAD: Things are getting streamlined for the execution of the much awaited state-of-the-art bus terminus- cum-business centre at the Old Gandhi Hospital site in Secunderabad.

The HUDA invited Expression of Interest cum Request for Qualification proposal for the Rs. 475-crore centre from bidders of national and international repute with proven track record in developing major residential, commercial properties, IT Parks, business/convention centres etc. The last date for receiving EOI is August 10, said HUDA Chief Engineer Vivek Deshmukh.

The bus terminus project was finalised with coordinated efforts of various civic agencies like Railways, RTC, MCH, Traffic Police, besides HUDA to ensure conflict-free movement of different road users -- train and bus commuters, students and shoppers while addressing the severe traffic congestion in the area.

About nine acres of land at the Old Gandhi hospital site is where the modern structure with
twin towers, each with 25 floors would come up. The centre would have a minimum built up area of 30 lakh sft. including 10 lakh sft covered parking for 4,000 two-wheeler and 1,200 four wheeler parking and 3.5 lakh sft. for bus terminus and a landscaped area.

Parking space: The major impact on the traffic movement would be through shifting the bus bays from the vicinity of the railway station and creating ample parking space for those coming to the area for business and commercial purpose. Mr. Deshmukh said the bidders will have to satisfy both their technical criteria and financial capabilities sought by HUDA.

By August 20, short-listed bidders would be issued Request for Proposal.

An agency will be finalised in October and the work would commence soon after, said Mr. Deshmukh.

[Babji]

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/08/02/s...0253300600.htm

Rules relaxed in A.P. to benefit integrated steel plants
HYDERABAD: Even the controversy continues over the establishment of Bramhani Steels in Kadapa district, the State Government has decided to relax rules to allow incentives under its industrial policy for integrated steel plants and ferro-alloy units that use blast furnace or direct reduction technology.

As the Bramhani Steels being promoted by Karnataka MLC G. Janardhan Reddy also proposes to use blast furnace technology, it will be entitled to the incentives, including tax holiday and concession in power and water tariff for a specified period. This decision was taken by the Cabinet at its meeting here on Wednesday.

Briefing reporters, Information Minister A. Ramanarayan Reddy explained that power consumption by steel plants using either of the two technologies was minimum. Moreover, such steel plants normally had their own captive power units.

The Minister said that the Cabinet also resolved to extend incentives to greenfield steel plants using any of the two technologies. Under the industrial policy for 2005-2010, some categories of plants in the steel industry that consumed heavy power and provided employment potential, were ineligible for the incentives...

Lands to firms: The Cabinet approved allotment of 75 acres to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and 40 acres to Cognizant Technologies in the APIIC’s industrial layout at Adibhatla near here at the rate of Rs 40 lakh an acre. The Minister justified the allotment saying it was in line with the MoUs signed with the companies earlier. The TCS would invest Rs. 400 crore on the facility providing employment to 5,000 people by 2013 and Cognizant Rs 330 crore by 2012.

[Babji]

AP Cabinet nod for satellite townships
Created on : 08/01/2007 7:19:25 PM (NORMAL )

Hyderabad, Aug 1 (UNI) The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet today gave its approval for development of self-contained satellite townships along the eight-lane Outer Ring Road being developed to regulate the growth of the city.

The Cabinet allowed the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with developers and others concerned to jointly develop Srinagar and Tellapur townships, Information Minister A Ramanarayan Reddy told reporters here.

Tishman Speyer India Master fund and ICICI would hold 37 per cent equity each and Nagarjuna Construction Company 26 per cent in the Tellapur township venture, he said.

The Cabinet approved Joint Development Model for Srinagar township, permitted the HUDA to select the developor through ''Swiss challenge'' method and collected development premium of Rs 100 crore, he added.

[ramkan]

Mr. Ranga may not like this, but here is another 2 million office space expansion.

Cognizant, TCS plan new campuses in Hyderabad
Syed Amin Jafri in Hyderabad -Rediff.com

August 01, 2007 18:37 IST

The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday ratified the allotment of 40 acres of land to Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd and 75 acres to Tata Consultancy Services [Get Quote] at Adibatla on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

Briefing newsmen after the cabinet meeting, Information & Public Relations Minister Anam Ramnarayan Reddy said the land, currently under the state-owned AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation, would be allotted to these companies at a rate of Rs 40 lakh per acre (that is, Rs 20 lakh towards land cost and Rs 20 lakh towards development charges).

The Memoranda of Understanding had already been signed with Cognizant Technology Solutions on February 24 and with TCS on April 19 this year.

While Cognizant has committed to invest Rs 330 crore (Rs 3.3 billion) and build around 20 lakh (2 million) square feet for accommodating 12,000 employees by 2012, TCS is to invest Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) and build around 15 lakh (1.5 million) sft for accommodating 15,000 employees by 2013.

"Growth of IT and ITES industry in Andhra Pradesh, more particularly in Hyderabad, is a success story. In order to reduce the congestion in Hitec City area and to open up new vistas for IT growth In Greater Hyderabad, Adibatla is the new IT destination," the minister said.

[upendora]

Originally Posted by ramkan

Mr. Ranga may not like this, but here is another 2 million office space expansion.

Mr. Ranga never expressed doubts on office expansions.
Anyway if you are posting news, the above comment on someone is totally unneccessary when that person is not actively posting.

[ranga]

Originally Posted by Babji

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/08/02/s...0259570300.htm

The approach roads to the old Gandhi hospital site are narrow and congested.1)The road from clocktower (2) the road from Oliphant bridge,Regimental bazar,Himmatnagar side,(3) the road from New Bhoiguda and Monda market side.Further the Railway line is at an higher level and will be difficult to construct a road over bridge.It will be very difficult to expand the roads here as it involves huge money towards compensation and litigations.It is better to construct a bus station and parking space only and avoid creating twin towers with commercial and IT space. otherwise, further congestion will add to the chaos instead of solutions.

[ranga]

Originally Posted by ramkan

Mr. Ranga may not like this, but here is another 2 million office space expansion.

I would have been happy if a major manufacturing industry is set up in Hyderabad.For ur information both cognizant and TCS are also expanding and creating large built up space and seats in Chennai,Coimbatore and Madurai to.IT,ITES and BPOs are coming up in all tier one cities and lately in some tier two cities in India and therefore it is not surprising if it comes to Hyderabad also.I would like IT and ITES companies setting up shops in Vijayawada,Kakinada,Warangal,Karimnagar,Nizamabad,Kurnool,kadapa for their expansion.If a major Automobile,heavy engineering,Aviation industry is set up in hyderabad with ripple effect of suppliers and component manufacturers setting up their plants it will give tremendous boost to the economy here.

[cochin S R]

This Wafer Fab township development comprises approximately 1,200 acres of Wafer fab, office, research lab, recreation, institution, commercial and residential components.

The development includes :

600 acres for the wafer fab and supporting infrastructure facilities including 6 major fabs and numerous research labs.
Approximately 30 acre as of commercial spaces to be developed into offices, shopping complex, shop houses and entertainment facilities.
Development of 200 acres of green field for 5,000 to 6,000 residential houses. The site is undulating with slope and an existing lake.
50 acres of land will be planned for public facilities including an international school, a hospital, a sports/recreation centre and a cultural attraction.

FORTUNE FIELDS

Embassy and Indu Projects Consortium is developing an integrated modern township at Kukatpally. Being built on 65 acres of prime land situated at Kukatpally, Hyderabad, the location of the project is in close proximity to Hi-Tech City – the Cyber capital of Hyderabad.

NEXUS


This mixed development comprising shopping malls, multi-storey carpark, premium residences and hotel occupies 9 acres of prime land in Hyderabad.

The rectilinear layout of the site allows for the juxtoposition of various activites that seamlessly blend in to form a wholesome complex. Avenues such as a food street, activity corridors, link bridge plazas and roof gardens provides for synergies between various activities. Extensive commerical frontage is a conscious attempt to provide visual perforation to the entire length of the site

http://www.surbana.com/projectshowcase/india.html

[pavansri0]

Originally Posted by harsh1802

Hmm...we always hear different versions of a story in the media these days....didn't they say that the highspeed rail corridor would be between Machilipatnam port and Hyderabad!?

Anyways let us hope that this is just a beginning in the impending rail revolution.

It appears the much hyped hi-speed rail project did not attrack our PM. See the link
http://www.greatandhra.com/ganews/vi...cat=15&scat=20

[senty]

Originally Posted by pavansri0

It appears the much hyped hi-speed rail project did not attrack our PM. See the link
http://www.greatandhra.com/ganews/vi...cat=15&scat=20

PM would have said 'NO' on just seeing the cost of the project : 90,000 crores, while the actual GDP of AP is itself less than 1,00,000 crore.

[Babji]

Originally Posted by ranga

The approach roads to the old Gandhi hospital site are narrow and congested.1)The road from clocktower (2) the road from Oliphant bridge,Regimental bazar,Himmatnagar side,(3) the road from New Bhoiguda and Monda market side.Further the Railway line is at an higher level and will be difficult to construct a road over bridge.It will be very difficult to expand the roads here as it involves huge money towards compensation and litigations.It is better to construct a bus station and parking space only and avoid creating twin towers with commercial and IT space. otherwise, further congestion will add to the chaos instead of solutions.

may be u r right.

[Babji]

Originally Posted by ranga

I would have been happy if a major manufacturing industry is set up in Hyderabad.For ur information both cognizant and TCS are also expanding and creating large built up space and seats in Chennai,Coimbatore and Madurai to.IT,ITES and BPOs are coming up in all tier one cities and lately in some tier two cities in India and therefore it is not surprising if it comes to Hyderabad also.I would like IT and ITES companies setting up shops in Vijayawada,Kakinada,Warangal,Karimnagar,Nizamabad,Kurnool,kadapa for their expansion.If a major Automobile,heavy engineering,Aviation industry is set up in hyderabad with ripple effect of suppliers and component manufacturers setting up their plants it will give tremendous boost to the economy here.

ok. we should keep trying to woo some major industries to come to Hyd.
and yes. we should also celebrate and encourage the IT and ITES firms who are coming to/expanding at Hyd.

are there any suggestions to attract major industries to Hyd ...
and to attract IT and ITES companies to Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Kurnool, kadapa etc...