The Hindu 18.11.2010
HMDA transportation study: six firms submit proposals
Staff Reporter
HYDERABAD: Six of the seven firms which were short-listed for the Comprehensive Transportation Study in Hyderabad Metropolitan Area have submitted their proposals for the project being taken up by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA).
The study being commissioned to understand changing travel and transport profile while coming out with a forecast for future requirements had seven firms responding to the HMDA call.
The firms were Rites Ltd, Scott Wilson and ICRA Management Consulting Services, Louis Berger Group Inc., Mott Mcdonald India and SREI Infrastructure Finance, Wilbur Smith Associates and CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory, Parsons Brinckerhoff India and L&T Ramboll Consulting and LEA Associated South Asia and LEA International.
The last date for submission of the proposals by the firms, short-listed by a technical advisory committee, was November 10 and according to the HMDA officials, except Parsons Brinckerhoff India and L&T Ramboll Consulting, others made their submissions. “These proposals are forwarded to the evaluation committee and it might take a month for the committee to evaluate them,” an official said.
The Comprehensive Transportation Study is to be taken up at a cost of around Rs.15 crore to generate a better understanding of the transportation issues that have come to fore in the backdrop of city's growth in all directions and also the sharp rise in the number of vehicles.
