The Hindu 19.03.2013
HMDA: road connectivity is the key
The government on Monday informed the House that a length of three kilometres was pending between Patancheru and Shamirpet in the Phase-III of the ongoing Outer Ring Road (ORR) work. The work could not be completed due to High Court stay orders. The works on the Shamirpet-Pedda Amberpet stretch have been programmed so as to be completed by June 2013.
Revealing the details during the socio economic survey 2012-13, the government said of the 33 radial roads planned for improved connectivity between the Inner Ring Road and the ORR, seven roads totalling to 53.72 kilometres have been completed at a cost of Rs.341.17 crore. Improvement of five more radial roads of a total length of 54.45 kilometres is proposed, at an estimated cost of Rs.287.51 crore to be funded through loan assistance from JICA.
Proposals for an approximate cost of Rs.1,500 crore have been submitted to the government for improvement of 16 radial roads totalling up to a length of 195 kilometres. The Road Over Bridge at Kukatpally planned at an expenditure of Rs.68.68 crore, could be completed by the end of this month, after unending delays apparently due to design changes by Railways.
Hussainsagar dredging
An expenditure of Rs.165.84 crore has been incurred on the Hussainsagar Lake and Catchment Area Improvement Project since 2008 when the project was first initiated with an outlay of Rs.370 crore, funded through a loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency.
The government said the ongoing dredging of nutrient-rich sediments at the mouth of the Balkapur, Banjara and Picket nalas which flow into the Hussainsagar Lake will be completed in a year’s time.
Two Sewage Treatment Plants of 20 MLD and five MLD capacities have been commissioned and another of 30 MLD capacity is nearing completion. Construction of interception and diversion structures, ring sewers, and trunk sewers have been taken up, and under various stages of progress and completion, the House was informed. Both the projects are being taken up by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA)
Other HMDA projects finding mention in the report were proposals for the Inter-City Bus Terminal in Miyapur, Logistics Parks at Batasingaram and Mangalapally, and the residential layout planned at Uppal Bhagat village.
