The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has proposed
to take up Transit Oriented Growth Centres (TOGC) at Outer Ring Road
(ORR) interchanges in Hyderabad Metropolitan Region (HMR) to meet the
travel demand, population and economic activities by 2041.

HMDA
has taken up a Comprehensive Transportation Study (CTS) for HMR to
address the traffic and transportation problems and investment
strategies for 2041.

The CTS study recommended Transit Oriented
Development (TOD) and proposed the extension of Metro Rail, MMTS,
suburban railway networks and BRTS in the HMR. It has suggested the
setting up of as many as 13 growth centres along the ORR at the
interchanges of Metro Rail, MMTS, for the development of TOGC.

The
TOGCs are proposed at loactions like Patancheru, Shameerpet,
Gachibowli,  Ghatkesar, Tellapur/Nagulapalli, Thimmapur/Shamshabad,
Tukkuguda, Keesara, Pedda Amberpet, Gowdaballi, Gundlapochampalli,
Adibatla and Bonguluru. In this connection, HMDA has decided to engage
consultants to carry out the feasibility study for 13 TOGCs and to
prepare the concept plan and urban design using remote sensing and GIS
techniques.

Speaking to Express, HMDA officials said that the HMDA
wanted to prioritise the 13 TOGCs based on their roles and potentials
of development and prepare a development strategy for 2013-2021 and
2021-2031.

The aim is to prepare concept plans for development of
each TOGC,  examine and map its demographic, socio-economic
characteristics and social infrastructure facilities, amenities, land
uses and environmental aspects.

The consultant would be asked to
carry out the reconnaissance survey for ground truthing with the actual
features in the field and the delineate area to be considered suitable
for TOGC development.  The study would work out the broad estimate of
the development of all TOGCs.