Hyderabad Outer Ring Road

[p.raghavendra6]

can anybody tell me what is chaibar. plz post the link.

[1337_InDiAn]

they better not cancel this like they always do with other projects. anyway india is going places . lets see how much it improves when i visit again in the nxt 4 years

[Luckystreak]

Originally Posted by p.raghavendra6

can anybody tell me what is chaibar. plz post the link.

Chaibar - for miscellaneous discussions
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=491

Have you not seen the main Indian subforums
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=450

[Luckystreak]

Actually, there are 3 interchanges in the 22 KM phase 1.

The first one at Patancheruvu, the second one over NH7 and the third one at Shamshabad. The only difference is the third one is being built by the developers of the airport and state govt.(and not the ORR developers) but nevertheless, it is connected with the ORR.

[pding]

Originally Posted by 1337_InDiAn

they better not cancel this like they always do with other projects. anyway india is going places . lets see how much it improves when i visit again in the nxt 4 years

don't worry man. contract have been awarded for the first phase. and for the next phases, work will beging by next year. i think this project will go as proposed.

[ramkan]

Forest land for ORR


Hyderabad, June 28: The State forest department has conditionally agreed to give 17.22 hectares of Chilkur reserved forest land for the construction of the Outer Ring Road (ORR). According to informed sources, the forest department want the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda), the agency that has been entrusted with the task of executing the ORR project, to construct a wall along the proposed road which will be 1.4 kilo metre in length and 125 metre wide.

The wall should be fitted with sound mitigating equipment at various points so as to save the animals from sound pollution effects. The department also wants Huda to construct two corridors for the animals to pass through from portion of the forest to the other. The State government had earlier agreed to provide the department with equal measure of land in Medak district. A department official has visited the site identified by the government and is said to have cleared it.

Once the two parties agree to the terms and conditions, the matter will be sent to the Central government for approval. The Chilkur reserve forest is spread over 1,193 acres. The reserve forest is divided into two parts one of which has the Mrugavani National Park covering 700 acres. The remaining 493 acres is the shrub forest.

The reserve forest is bifurcated by 1.6 km Manchirevala road that links Hyderabad-Vikarabad road with Narsingi. The area covered by Manchirevala road is about 5 acre as it is only 40 feet wide. When the ORR comes up, the Manchirevala road will be closed down.

[Babji]

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/06/29/s...2919010300.htm

Ground work for ORR project Phase I begins
24-km access-controlled speedway to be completed in 30 months
Machinery to be deployed soon
`Right of Way' handed over to contractors

HYDERABAD: Some three weeks after ground breaking ceremony for the Phase I of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) project, ground clearing work at the site is on to facilitate mobilisation of machinery.

After completing the initial work involving surveying, taking and recording ground measurements along with project management consultants for dismantling existing structures, the Right of Way has been handed over to contractors for ground clearing and excavation work.

Of the 162-km ORR project, the first phase of 24-km access-controlled speedway from Gachibowli to Shamshabad was split into two packages - Package I of 11 km eight-lane road from Gachibowli to Andhra Pradesh Police Academy (APPA) would be executed by the Moscow-based Russian Company Corporation, Transstroy, at an estimated cost of Rs. 219.74 crores and the second package by a Taiwanese firm Continental Engineering Corporation covering 13.3 km from APPA to Tondupally beyond Shamshabad at an estimated cost of Rs. 295 crores.

As per the `Item Rate Contract' agreed to, the contractors would give their work schedule to HUDA to put their work under scanner for monitoring the progress and releasing the bills accordingly.

The overseas contractor companies are also in the process of deploying their personnel and setting up their local offices. The Phase I of the project is to be completed in 30 months time, of which the four-lane connectivity is to be achieved within 12 months and eight-lane connectivity in 18 months.

HUDA Vice-Chairman Jayesh Ranjan and ORR Project Director Piyush Kumar said they were confident that the Russian and Taiwanse companies would stick to their schedule and HUDA was satisfied with their level of preparedness.

The bid document allows for the main company to give 33 per cent of work on sub-lease but it cannot sub-lease work to a company that does not meet the criteria stipulated by HUDA. The bid document has taken all necessary precautions to ensure that the quality of project is maintained at every stage. The terms of agreement include bonus payment for completing work ahead of schedule and penalty for otherwise.

The companies also deposited 15 per cent of project cost as bank guarantee and the money would be locked up with HUDA.
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"Right of way" is an important project-mile-stone in order to start real works!
good going HUDA. Keep up the good works!!.

[Babji]

Originally Posted by p.raghavendra6

can anybody tell me what is chaibar. plz post the link.

http://skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=491

[Hindustani]

Good. That ORR, Phase I needed to begin ASAP. I'm just glad AP Gov't & HUDA is so proactive these days with moving Hyd forward.

[ramkan]

Could this be a political move? Ramoji Rao is friend to Mr. Naidu and while in power had the alignment changed for easy access to film city from outer ring road.

Now that the congress is in power, is it pay back time?

HYDERABAD: Bowing to pressure from the farmers of Peddamberpet to change the alignment of phase-II of the Outer Ring Road (ORR), the authorities are planning to deviate from the original alignment once again.

The latest move might cost 40 acres of land to Ramoji Film City (RFC) apart from the Film City losing the main entrance gate as well as the Rama Devi Public School of the Ramoji family.

The existing alignment goes via Brahmanapally to Koheda and then Koheda to Peddamberpet. The length of this stretch is 16 km. The proposed alignment is Brahmanapally-Ramdaspally-Abdullahpurmet-Rama Devi Public School-Bacharam.

The length of the proposed alignment is 18 km. There will be an increase in the length because of the curves that the proposed alignment will have to face.

The proposed alignment will cut into the Rama Devi Public School situated near RFC and also eat up more land of the RFC.

The ORR junction was supposed to come at Peddamberpet but since the proposed alignment is totally deviating from Peddamberpet the junction will also change.

As per the technical study, the junction on the proposed alignment will come at the main gate of the RFC covering 80 acres to 100 acres around it.

Though the junction on the proposed alignment covers a part of the RFC land the main gate might be affected. The officials have estimated that the RFC might have to lose around 40 acres of land. Farmers of Peddamberpet in Hayatnagar mandal are not ready to give up the fight against the acquisition of their agricultural land for the ORR Project.

About 40 farmer families have intensified the agitation against the acquisition of their land and are not allowing the officials to conduct survey work in their village.

The farmers who launched a hunger strike a few months ago are now threatening self-immolation in case their land is acquired.

The proposed alignment is said to be prepared by the villagers and the same was communicated to the authorities. The authorities are convinced that the loss of land will be lesser if the proposed alignment is taken up.

But when it comes to the junction on the proposed alignment instead of agricultural land residential plots owned by individuals might be affected.

"Several residential plots have been developed along the proposed alignment and also at the proposed new junction. But the farmers of Peddamberpet contend that the loss to individual's would be much lesser. They say forcing a family to give up acres of land is not correct," an official said.

The farmers of Peddamberpet have gone to the extent of engaging women to prevent officials from stepping in their village. The officials of ORR have made several unsuccessful attempts to conduct surveys for the last two months.

The farmers of Peddamberpet have got strong support from BJP Rangareddy district unit, CPI and TRS leaders. Land value in the villages have gone up by several folds and the farmers are not ready to compromise on giving their land for the ORR.

[harsh1802]

Well somebody has to pay the price.....tht better be the rich than the poor.

Hope the government workd out a fair deal to let the project roll....

[pding]

this is interesting. but you have to remember that RFC is one of the jewels of hyderabad. but i really don't care for it is about the developmet of the city.

[Babji]

This is not a really good sign, as far as the project progress is concerned. Things are beginning to get dirty.
Ramoji is not an ordinary person to mess with. He is one of the most successful businessman and a very influential personality in Hyd. He has nearly 20% of Hyd real estate and a bunch of popular news papers/broad cast channels and a lot of film industry heavy weights under his control. It could mean a lot of political weightage.

so, what could be the impact...

on positive side, Ramoji could play fair game, accept alternative land, and shift his interests to the new location.
on the worst case scenario, he could play tit-for-tat, create trouble and ruin the Congress party's chances in the next assembly elections...

Lets hope for the best.

[ramkan]

I have seen the school "Rama Devi Public School" and it is a huge campus built less than five years ago, in memory of his wife. The school is very much visible from HYD-VIJAYAWADA highway. Thousands of school children attend the school. As per the new alignment, the school campus has to make way for the road.

Lets hope this does not turn into a controversy.

[harsh1802]

Originally Posted by ramkan

I have seen the school "Rama Devi Public School" and it is a huge campus built less than five years ago, in memory of his wife. The school is very much visible from HYD-VIJAYAWADA highway. Thousands of school children attend the school. As per the new alignment, the school campus has to make way for the road.

Lets hope this does not turn into a controversy.

She is still alive...right!?

[pding]

i don't think Ramoji can ruin YSR's reelection hopes. i mean seriously, how can he ruin the chances??? he might delay the ORR project but nothing can be done on a political front.

b/c remember, Congress can use Ramoji as a pawn, b/c they can say that any political party that is supporting Ramoji is favoring the rich over the poor. the farmlands of the poor are being taken away and if any political party including the TDP supports Ramoji, then they can suffer a massive setback. and don't forget: TDP has made friends with CPI(ML), so they will be tied too.

[Babji]

Originally Posted by pding

i don't think Ramoji can ruin YSR's reelection hopes. i mean seriously, how can he ruin the chances??? he might delay the ORR project but nothing can be done on a political front.

b/c remember, Congress can use Ramoji as a pawn, b/c they can say that any political party that is supporting Ramoji is favoring the rich over the poor. the farmlands of the poor are being taken away and if any political party including the TDP supports Ramoji, then they can suffer a massive setback. and don't forget: TDP has made friends with CPI(ML), so they will be tied too.

Yes. This is one side of the coin.

The other side of the story says, not all congress leaders are saints.
Most of the congress leaders (including YSR) also have (farm?) lands bordering ORR. and how and from where did they get them? (if not from poor farmers) and Ramoji knows exactly who owns how much.
and Ramoji owns some news papers and some broadcasting channels.
This is enough to keep any political party under check.

It would be good for the project and the people, if they (Ramoji and the congress) could find a fair deal.

[kothur]

i think 40acres of land for Ramoji is not a bigdeal, What Ramogi will do is he will give away this land and get the approvals from Govt. for multipurpose junctions and malls adjoing the ORR and also he will try to approvals from Govt for another different type od Filmcity cover the ORR to benefit his existing flimcity to create a different atmosphere,

If the Govt., do agree for this proposals then he will come with TV and newspapers and try to attack Congress...!

[p.raghavendra6]

I heard a news sometime ago that the Ramoji Film city and Sanghi industries have not paid a single paisa as tax to local village panchayat. i.e Anajpur gram panchayat.

It's a shame on their part that despite having a lot of money they did not pay taxes.

[pding]

if that is true, the it def sets a bad precedent for others and is not good for industrialists in general.