6. • Hyderabad Metro is a rapid transit system, currently
under construction, for the city of Hyderabad, India.
Hyderabad Metro Rail project has been selected as one
of the top 100 strategic global infrastructure projects to
be showcased at the forthcoming Global Infrastructure
Leadership Forum being held in New York during
February–March, 2013.It is being implemented entirely
on PPP mode, with the state government holding a
minority equity stake
• The Phase I of the project includes 3 lines covering a
distance of around 71 km. The metro rail stretches
between Nagole and Mettuguda (8 km) and
between Miyapur and S. R. Nagar (12 km) are targeted
to be operational by December 2014.
9. • Re-bidding and construction stage
• Soil testing in progress on Line-3 of Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR)
• In the July-2010 rebidding process, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) emerged as the lowest
bidder for the 121.32 billion (US$2.21 billion) project. L&T came forward to take up
the work for about 14.58 billion (US$265.36 million) as viability gap funding as against
the sanctioned 48.53 billion (US$883.25 million).
• As of August 2011 end, the soil investigation on all the corridors have been completed.
Bhoomi Poojan for the project was conducted on 26 April 2012 to kick off the
construction phase of the project[and L&T, the concessionaire started the pillar
erection on the same day for Stage-I between Nagole and Mettuguda and on 6 June
2012 for Stage-II between Miyapur and S. R. Nagar.The work for Corridor 2 has been
delayed due to traders in Koti andSultan Bazar demanding realignment of the route to
safeguard traders and age old heritage markets.
• The construction of the entire 71.16 km has been split into 6 stages with the first stage
scheduled to be completed by the end of 2014 with the entire project scheduled to be
completed by July, 2017.
• Cost
• The official estimated cost of the project stands at 141.32 billion (US$2.57 billion).
The Central Government bears 10% of it, while L&T bears the remaining 90% of the
cost.However, construction work was supposed to commence on 3 March 2011. Since
the project has already been delayed by a year, the interest component has
accumulated to 18.25 billion. As a result, the final current cost (as of March 2012) of
the project stands at 159.57 billion.
10. • METRO STATION AT UPPAL
• The first metro rail station in the city will come up at Uppal. The Hyderabad Metro
Rail (HMR) officials have finalised the location and launched the works to complete
its construction by the end of 2013. Each station, 140 m by 20 m in size and
designed to accommodate six-coach trains, would cost around Rs400 million.In the
first phase, there will be eight metro stations between Nagole and Mettuguda, and
in all, 66 stations along the 72-kilometre metro rail project in three corridors.
There will be three joint stations at Ameerpet (corridors I & III), Parade Grounds
(corridors II & III) and at MGBS (corridors I & II). Unlike Delhi and Bengaluru
metros, the HMR stations will be completely eco-friendly. They will have natural
ventilation and no air-conditioning, and will use solar power. The other unique
feature will be that stations will be of “spine and wing format” resembling a bird
and 70 per cent of it will be pre-fabricated. This is to avoid inconvenience to road
traffic during the construction period. The stations are being designed in four
categories, 30 m (100 feet), 36 m (120 feet), 45 m (150 feet) and 60 m (200 feet) to
avoid additional land acquisition for their construction. “The metro rail stations
will be built as ‘cantilever stations’, perched on only one pillar at the centre, with
no side pillars, unlike in Delhi and Bengaluru metros. It’s the first time in the
country that cantilever elevated stations are being built, a rare engineering feat by
L&T’s structural engineers. The stations will give the look of a global city to
Hyderabad,” said N.V.S. Reddy, managing director, HMR. The stations will be
divided into two levels, “concourse” and “platform”. Passengers’ entry and exit
facilities with staircases, escalators and lifts will begin at concourse level which will
be at a height of 8 m (26 feet).
11. • METRO LINE TO BYPASS SECUNDERABAD RAILWAY STATION
• Metro rail line to bypass Secunderabad railway station, The Hyderabad Metro Rail
(HMR) viaduct line will not only be avoiding the Secunderabad railway station’s
skyline but will also be built far higher than originally envisaged when crossing the
railway tracks. Metro line across the three corridors will have eight railway track
crossings of which four are near the railway station —
Alugaddabhavi, Chilkalguda, Oliphant Bridge and Bhoiguda. Other railway crossings
are at Bharatnagar, Lakdikapul, Malakpet and Begumpet. With the railway station
slated for a major revamp, the metro rail authorities have been forced to take a
slight detour of corridor two line - Jubilee Bus Station to Falaknuma. Instead of
flying directly on the station, the line will now take a curve into the old Gandhi
Hospital land and will be built over the Bhoiguda road under bridge. “The railway
authorities wanted us to avoid taking the viaduct over the station because of the
expansion plans where provision for double-decker trains movement is being
made. Since the underground option is ruled out, we have jointly discussed
various options before deciding to take the line across the Bhoiguda side through
the old Gandhi hospital land,” explains HMR MD N.V.S. Reddy. The distance will
increase by 300 metres but in the overall scheme of things during the construction
stage, there are bound to be small changes, he insists. Another metro line of
Corridor three — Nagole to Raidurg, will be crossing the Oliphant Bridge and will
be about a kilometre away from Corridor Two line. Overhead metro stations will
be coming up on the old hospital land (Corridor Two) and near Hotel Ramakrishna
(Corridor Three). Metro line viaducts will be built at a height of eight metres to 22
metres when crossing railway tracks as the elevated stations will have concourse at
5.5 metres height and platforms at 11–12 metres height,
13. • WORK ON SCHEDULE: “The project is on schedule and all out efforts are being
made to complete all the 72-km routes by 2017. Geo-technical investigations are
also going on at a very fast pace,” he declared. While the current pace was
okay, he made it clear that the works accelerator has to be pressed and the output
increased if the “tight timelines” have to be met. The firm has been handed over
about 239 acres of the 269 and studies were initiated to ascertain the kind of real
estate development various regions of the city can “absorb”. The CEO said
properties will be developed in phases following the Transit Oriented Development
(TOD) mode. Real estate development will be in the form of retail space, malls and
multiplexes. “The city is growing radically and has a good potential. We have done
conceptual designs for three to four land sites. We have taken environmental
clearances and will be soon applying for municipal clearances,” he explained.
Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy hastened to add that
the first priority was to build infrastructure for running the elevated metro while
the real estate component was only a means to cross-subsidise the project.He also
clarified that no religious structure or heritage monument was getting affected for
the project. A few of them were either being ‘bypassed’ or shifted with mutual
consent wherever road-widening was being taken up to facilitate easy traffic flow
during the construction stage. Mr. Reddy also vowed that the works will begin at
Sultan Bazar only after accommodating the affected parties.
14. • Viaduct:
•
Stage 1: (Nagole to Mettuguda) Concreting completed for 256
foundations and 206 piers. Spans Erected:
23. Barricading work is in progress.
•
Stage 2: (Miyapur to S R Nagar) Concreting completed for 209
foundations and 165 piers. Barricading work is in progress.
•
Stage 3: (Mettuguda to Begumpet) Concreting completed for 2
foundations and 2 piers. Barricading work is in progress.
•
Stage 4: (Begumpet to Shilparamam) Confirmatory boreholes and
trial pits are in progress.
•
Stage 5: (S R Nagar to L B Nagar) Concreting completed for 103
foundations and 65 piers. Barricading work is in progress
•
15. • Stations:
•
Stage 1: Station Pier-Concourse Level - 23 Piers.
•
Stage 2, 3, 4 & 5: Confirmatory boreholes and trial pits are in progress.
•
Casting Yard:
•
1831 viaduct segments have been cast.
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Depots:
•
Uppal Depot:
Bhoomi Pooja performed on 26th April 2012.
• Excavation, back filling, workshop building in progress.
• Sand filling, back filling and metal filling works, prefab wall works for QA/QC lab, evacuation and
backfilling for labour colony.
•
Miyapur Depot:
Bhoomi Pooja performed on 20th July 2012.
• Construction of Project office and labour colony are in progress.
• Excavation and backfilling to begin.
