The RRR is being planned outside the ORR connecting major urban nodes
and the ORR for better connectivity and fuel the growth of the
surrounding areas. HMDA officials said the suburbs have been developing
steadily for the past decade and if these are well connected with roads,
rail network and amenities, burden on the developed areas (core area)
might reduce.

The HMDA has earmarked about Rs 300 crore in its
2013-14 budget as the master plan for the Hyderabad Metropolitan
Region-2031 was approved by the state government. The RRR would pass
through the National
Highways 4, 7, 9 and 202 connecting areas like Chevella, Shankarpally,
Sangareddy, Toopran, Agapally, Bibinagar, Shadnagar and Choutuppal in
Medak, Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda districts.

“Initially, the authority will take up a survey to find out the width of the existing road network of RRR and its missing
links. Of the 290-km proposed RRR, 207 km road stretch is already in
place and 82-km missing links have to be developed. The missing links
will be given priority and then the expansion of the existing road to 90
metres (about 270 feet wide) will take place,” a senior official of the
HMDA told STOI.

Apart from the RRR, the urban authority has
also earmarked more funds for new projects in its Rs 3,772 crore-budget,
which was recently approved by the HMDA’s executive committee. From
this, Rs 1,131 crore that would be spent on new projects, including Rs
35 crore for development of science city, Rs six crore for inter-city
bus terminal, Rs 50 crore for development of habitat centre, Rs 60 crore
for transit-oriented development in Moosapet and Saroornagar, Rs 125
crore for development of logistic parks in Batasingaram and Mangalpally,
Rs 25 crore for site development of an SEZ in Kokapet and another Rs 25
crore site and services development in Jawaharnagar. Nearly Rs 10 crore
has been earmarked for construction of a rail over bridge near
Sanjeevaiah Park.

The HMDA has decided to spend Rs 1,551 crore
on the ORR, Rs 101 crore on Hussainsagar Lake and Catchment Area
Improvement Project and other pending works. “For the first time, nearly
50% of the budget is being spent on capital expenditure and project
works,” the official observed.