Metro rail works from January

HYDERABAD (AP) -07-10-2011 - BL/ STAND ALONE PIC/ STATES PAGES - While large swathes of the arterial roads have been cordoned off for commencing the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project for the past few months , work on the ground goes at snail pace for a variety of reasons including the continuing 'Sakalajanula Samme' ( general strike ) . The scene on the section of the National Highway near Uppal on Friday as the prestigious project whose financial closure was achieved in a record time of six months awaits speedier work on the Nagole -Shilparamam corridor . Six months have passed as pre-construction works like soil testing, topographical surveys have been completed in most locations along the alignment and Conceptual Engineering (identification of machinery, equipment, supplies and facilities necessary to operate a project. ) . -PHOTO: P.V.SIVAKUMAR .

The Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) has announced that roads will be barricaded to a width of 26 feet (eight mtrs) between Nagole and Mettuguda (eight km) on corridor-III and between Miyapur and Ameerpet (12 km) on corridor-I from January 2012 to start the metro rail pillar and viaduct construction works.

HMR Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy informed on Sunday that more than half of the RCC pipe drain work in place of existing open nala from Nagole bridge to Hyderabad nala for a length of 600 mtrs at a cost of Rs.40 lakh has been completed thereby adding two more lanes to the carriage way.

Widening of one minor bridge and three culverts at a cost of Rs.42 lakh was in progress. Uppal junction has been remodelled at a cost of Rs.10 lakh with new catch-pits constructed and the underground drain was being improved to prevent water logging.

He said that all intersections were being improved on a priority with pre-cast RCC slabs. An alternate road was also being formed along the Hyderabad nala to Ramanthapur for a distance of 1.2 km at a cost of Rs.1.77 crore to ease congestion on the main road.

GHMC had begun to replace central lighting poles with poles on the road sides between Nagole and Mettuguda at a cost of Rs.2.52 crore. HMR had paid CPDCL Rs.2.42 crore for shifting of electrical poles. Most of the work on the storm water drain work from Kukatpally ‘Y’ junction to bus depot to cover the open drain and get additional carriageway at a cost of Rs.49 lakh was also being done.

Mr.Reddy has also stated that Rs.32 crore would be spent to develop additional lanes between Miyapur and LB Nagar on either side of the road. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) would float tenders for the first stretch between Miyapur and Sanatnagar flyover costing Rs. 14 crore soon.

The NHAI would also improve all junctions by removing of trees, electrical poles and other obstacles to ease traffic congestion on the Miyapur-Ameerpet road. The municipal corporation too was constructing two alternate roads from Moosapet junction to KPHB road at a cost of Rs.30 crore and IDL Cheruvu to KPHB road at a cost of Rs.13 crore.

Once completed these roads would provide alternate roads from Moosapet junction and IDL Cheruvu to JNTU, New Kukatpally ROB, Hitec city and Miyapur and vice versa, he added.