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http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/12/stories/2008061259970400.htm
HYDERABAD: The State government will promulgate an ordinance shortly
to arm itself with powers to execute, operate and maintain the metro
rail project in the twin cities all by itself, without any control
from the railways.
The draft AP Municipal Tramways Ordinance, prepared on the lines of
the ones adopted in West Bengal, Karnataka, Maharashtra and New
Delhi, will empower the government to implement tramway systems/metro
rail projects with “dedicated right of way†within the municipal
areas other than those covered by Indian Railways.
The proposed ordinance which was approved by the Cabinet at its
meeting here on Wednesday, also provides for appointment of a “safety
commissioner†to certify the mass transit projects before permitting
them for public use. Information Minister A. Ramanarayan Reddy later
told reporters that the ordinance became necessary as otherwise, the
project would suffer procedural delays if handed over to the railways.
He said the Rs. 9,696-crore project for which the Centre had already
sanctioned Rs. 2,000 crore towards “gap funding†and “agreed†to
sanction another 10 per cent of the outlay, would be implemented
through Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited. The State would meet 10 per
cent of the cost. N. V. S. Reddy, MD, HMRL, said the financial bids
for the project were due by July 4.
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Posted - 06/12/2008 : 10:27:51
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Hyderabad to get Rs 9,696 cr metro rail June 12, 2008 14:25 IST
The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has approved a bill to implement Rs 9,696
crore Hyderabad Metro Rail Project which is expected to be completed
by 2011.
When approved by the State Assembly, the Andhra Pradesh Municipal
Tramways (Construction, Operation and Maintenance) Bill will empower
the state government to take up metro rail projects in municipal
areas either as government projects or as public private partnership
projects through concession agreements.
A meeting of the State Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Y S
Rajasekhara Reddy on Wednesday approved the draft bill which also
provides for appointment of a safety commissioner to inspect and
certify mass transit projects.
Initially, an ordinance will be promulgated to give a legal cover to
the prestigious project. In the next Assembly session, the draft bill
will be introduced, said Information Minister A Ramanarayan Reddy.
The bill has been prepared by a team of legal experts incorporating
features of similar acts in West Bengal, Karnataka, Maharashtra and
Delhi, he said.
The bill elaborates on the State Government's powers to regulate
construction and operation of mass transit systems, functions of the
developers and operators, safety certification mechanisms, claims of
compensation and penalties for various offences.
Financial bids for the project covering three rail routes stretching
over 71.16 km in the city will open on July 4. Of the total cost, 40
per cent will come as financial grant from the Centre and state
governments. The remaining will be borne by the developer on build-
operate-and-transfer basis.
The Centre has already sanctioned Rs 1,939 crore (Rs 19.39 billion)
under viability gap funding, amounting to 20 per cent of the project
cost. "We are pursuing with the Centre for another 10 per cent under
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission," said Reddy.
Five international consortia of companies have been pre-qualified for
the country's largest metro rail project. To be developed on the
lines of Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo models, the Metro project
will cover three high-density traffic corridors criss-crossing the
city -- Miyapur- L B Nagar, Jubilee bus station-Falaknuma and
Habshiguda- Shilparamam.
It will involve construction of 66 stations along the routes. All
coaches of the Metro Rail will be air-conditioned with automatic door
closures and modern safety features. The elevated stations will have
modern passenger amenities with escalators and elevators for easy
access.
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in a bid to collect all news concern to particular metro ,An old news of hyderabad metro is posted below
http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/31/stories/2008053159780300.htm
500 traders at Chikkadpally will be displaced
5,000 commercial, 2,000 residential units will be gone
HYDERABAD: The proposed metro rail project in twin cities was hustled
through in haste without exploring alternative urban mass road
transport systems. Vital factors like displacement, demolition of
thousands of commercial and residential buildings and defacement of
heritage structures were not taken into account while pushing the
project.
These and several other objections and arguments were made by Dr. C.
Ramachandraiah of Citizens for a Better Public Transport in
Hyderabad, while delivering a talk on the ‘Proposed Metro Rail
Project’, on Friday organised by Centre for Economic and Social
Studies (CESS) at its premises. Mr. Ramachandraiah said that
strengthening the existing MMTS system, a Bus Rapid Transport System
(BRTS) of 150 kilometre stretch, internal transit hubs at dense
traffic areas are logical alternatives to metro rail. A new railway
line connecting Nampally-Malakpet and L.B. Nagar-Hayatnagar stretches
is also needed, he added.
“About 5,000 commercial and 2,000 residential buildings would be
demolished. Sultanbazar would be lost completely and over 500 traders
at Chikkadpally would be displaced. Without taking the general public
into confidence on the issue of demolition and compensation, the
authorities are on the verge of finalising tenders,�� he said. Mr.
Ramachandraiah informed that metro rail officials have been cagey
about disclosing vital information related to the project including
the concessions offered to the companies which would execute the
project. Local transport experts from JNTU and NIT Warangal were also
not consulted while planning the project, he informed. Hyderabad
Metro Rail’s Chief Engineer Md. Ziauddin, countered the arguments
pointing out that Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had done the
project report for Hyderabad Metro Rail. It had vast experience of
preparing feasibility plans in Mumbai, Kochi, Bangalore and Delhi. He
argued that the BRTS would be ineffective in city because of lack of
adequate road space and number of turns and bylanes opening onto the
main road. He said all the factors and alternative modes of transport
were taken into consideration by the DMRC before finalising the HMR
project.
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Posted - 06/23/2008 : 02:23:56
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http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/23/stories/2008062356930200.htm
'City not ready to face another disaster'
HYDERABAD: Scientist P.M. Bhargava on Sunday cautioned authorities not
to repeat the same mistakes, made while finalising Shamshabad
international airport deal, in the elevated metro rail project. The
founder of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology felt that city was
not ready to face “another disaster” like the international airport. At
an open forum on ‘Elevated metro rail’ held by Citizens for a Better
Public Transport at Sundarayya Vignana Kendram, he drew parallels
between the airport and metro rail. “They did not consult public before
constructing international airport. They are doing it once again,” he
said. “I have never seen such a bad service at any other international
airport in the world,” he said. Kuldip Singh, architect involved in
campaign against elevated metros in New Delhi and Kochi, felt that
movement against metro rail should be broad based.
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Posted - 06/26/2008 : 04:24:33
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Hyderabad Metro Makes Ticketing More Reliable
http://www.cxotoday.com/India/News/Hyderabad_Metro_Makes_Ticketing_Mor
e_Reliable/551-90629-912.html
Mumbai, Jun 25, 2008
Metro Railway stations of Hyderabad will now use a single fiber which
connects all stations as a backup media for ticketing. The last mile
access and delivery solution was completely designed to ensure
reliable and continuous working of the ticketing department.
Deployment was enabled by MRO-TEK, a provider of product-based
solutions for network access.
S. Narayanan, chairman and MD of MRO-TEK explained the
implementation, "The ticketing department of railways was
interconnected to the central site ticketing server through a leased
line. So in case of leased line failure, tickets cannot be issued on
time. So the railways were in need for a single solution which would
connect all stations as a backup media for ticketing which is very
crucial."
The solution uses a single fiber media in a 'protected ring' topology
with an Ethernet aggregator called eSONA-8. There can be a maximum of
9 stations connected to the central server location over a single
fiber in one protected ring. Now as the 9th station doesn't have
fiber back to the central location, the ring is closed through the
Railtel SDH backbone using 10/100BaseTx Media Converters and the
application continues to work even if there is a failure in any part
of the ring.
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MRO-TEK deploys single fiber media based ticketing system for Railways
http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?
storyid=2640&passfrom=vasstory
25 Jun 2008
MRO TEK announced setting up a ticketing system for metro railway
stations of Hyderabad with a single fiber media connecting all
stations. The company further said the system also includes
deployment of last mile access and delivery solution.
The solution required a backup system to be deployed in case of
leased line connectivity failure. MRO-TEK claims that its single
fiber media solution in a Protected Ring Topology with an Ethernet
Aggregator called eSONA-8 addresses such needs and ensures round the
clock functioning of the system even in case of connectivity failures.
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Posted - 07/18/2008 : 00:06:47
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H'bad Metro Rail project to be delayed
http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/business/hbad-metro-rail-
project-to-be-delayed/21/48/347369
The Hyderabad metro rail project of Rs 10,000 crore is likely to be
further delayed as none of the Consortiums bidding for the project
met the deadline.
There is still time to go before people will get respite from the
traffic in Hyderabad. The 72 km Hyderabad Metro Rail project, which
has been touted as the second biggest project in Asia after Shanghai
Metro, is likely to be delayed. That is because the deadline for the
financial bids was July 4 and not one of the five consortiums filed
the bid.
The work was supposed to begin in August but it seems highly unlikely
now. But Metro Rail authorities are confident that financial bids
will come in by the month end.
NVS Reddy, MD, Hyderabad Metro Rail, said, ""After resolving all the
issues, now they have gone back to their boards. All these people
would like to get their boards' final order. They said a project of
this magnitude requires at least four months time. So, we have
postponed."
The five consortiums include Essar, Seimens, Bombardier, GVK and
Maytas. Sources say the consortiums may have decided to defer their
bids due to inflationary concerns. The project that was initially
estimated to cost around Rs 8,500 crore has now escalated to almost
Rs 10,000 crore.
Essar Constructions confirmed that it had asked at least 1.5-2 months
to submit the bid, since there have been a number of changes in the
technical as well as financial specifications.
NVS Reddy, MD, Hyderabad Metro Rail, said, " We don't give much
importance to Inflationary pressures. It does impact the project but
more than that it is the conditional clauses in the concessional
agreement and shareholder agreement of which they are more concerned.
Where the price is concerned, it is a price discovery method and
there is no cap as such."
The proposed Metro rail will operate in three routes covering 63
stations. Though HMR officials assure that the project is on track,
sources say land acquisition troubles is far from over In Hyderabad.
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Posted - 07/20/2008 : 19:47:38
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Metro: BOT developer to invest more than Rs. 7,000 crore
V. Geetanath
Total project cost escalates by Rs. 2,118 crore
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Massive rise in cement, iron and steel prices; coaches infrastructure leads to the revision
Coaches requirement enhanced to 327 taking into consideration requirement in 2011
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HYDERABAD: The prospective Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) developer for the elevated Hyderabad Metro has to invest more than Rs. 7,000 crore now that the project cost has been escalated by Rs. 2,118 crore to meet its 60 per cent investment.
Total project cost after a thorough vetting by the Centres Finance and Urban Development Ministries as well as the Delhi Metro has been fixed at Rs. 11,814 crore, up from Rs. 9,696 crore.
Massive rise in cement, iron and steel prices and increase in coaches infrastructure has led to the revision.
Consequently, the Centre which has promised 20 per cent of project cost as Viability Gap Funding (VGF) has also agreed to increase its grant from Rs. 1,939 crore to Rs. 2,363 crore, a substantial hike of Rs. 424 crore indicating its support to the project being taken up on the public, private partnership (PPP) mode.
The Centre has also assured to consider providing an additional 10 per cent funding from Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Scheme (JNNURM) which could be to the tune of about Rs. 1,000 crore while a similar amount would be given by the State. The Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) Limited, overseeing the project implementation has set exacting conditions in the concessionaire agreement to be signed by the developer and one seeking the least VGF funding would win the contract.
HMR sought price revision after calculating six per cent revision in cost taking the RBIs indications.
Coaches requirement was enhanced to 327 coaches from 219 taking into consideration the requirement in 2011 when operations are slated to begin with 110 per cent carrying capacity. Coach cost had increased to Rs. 7.5 crore from Rs. 4.5 crore.
Our project cost estimate is only a benchmark as market forces will determine the actual cost. Selected developer will get 20 per cent VGF during construction and the rest during the first five years of operation, explained HMR Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy.
Five international and national consortia are in the fray for the elevated metro rail to be taken up on three routes of Miyapur-L.B.Nagar (29.87 km), Jubilee Bus Station to Falaknuma (14.78 km) and Nagole to Shilparamam (26.51 km).
Financial bids are to be opened later this month to decide the developer.
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Posted - 07/21/2008 : 19:55:04
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Metro rail: panel to examine financial bids
HYDERABAD: Two days from now i.e. by Wednesday evening, the prospective Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) developer for the elevated metro project in the public private partnership mode, is likely to be known.
The government issued orders on Monday appointing a three-member committee to examine the financial bid documents to be submitted by the five national and international consortia vying for the prestigious and one of worlds largest metro system being attempted in one go.
Panel members
Hyderabad Metro Rail Limiteds Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy, Principal Secretary (Finance) N. Ramesh Kumar and Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Boards Managing Director G. Ashok Kumar have been authorised to receive, open and evaluate the bids.
The trio will be assisted by owners consultant Span Semaly and legal advisor Amarchand Mangaldas firm. Bids will be received from 11 a.m. on July 23 and within half hour all the documents will be opened in the presence of all the bidders.
BOT developer will be chosen based on the least grant (Viability Gap Funding) sought from the government since the five national and international consortia short-listed have all qualified in the technical bids. We may announce the private developer provided there are no legal complications, said an official.
No change in clauses
Bidders have been clearly told by the government that there shall be no change in any of the clauses either in the Request for Proposal (RFP) or the Concessionaire Agreement under any circumstances. The legal advisor will scan through documents like respective bidders board resolutions, power of attorney and bank guarantee amount of Rs. 60 crore, an official said.
Once the bid documents are examined thoroughly and if there are no legal hassles, the three-member panel will forward their recommendation to the government through the HMR Chairman and ex-officio Principal Secretary C.V.S.K. Sarma.
And the final green signal could come within days, officials indicated.
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Posted - 07/22/2008 : 23:41:21
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HYB : Metro cost revised to Rs 11,814 cr
22 Jul 2008, 0440 hrs IST
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hyderabad/Metro_cost_revised_to_Rs
_11814_cr/articleshow/3261899.cms
HYDERABAD: Increasing traffic density in the city has forced the
government to revise the Metro Rail project cost from Rs 9,696 crore
to Rs 11,814 crore. Ironically, even before the foundation stone for
the Metro Rail is laid, the project, technically still on paper, has
been revised for the fourth time by the Centre and Planning
Commission.
Sources said the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) officials had proposed
219 coaches for metro trains on all three routes LB Nagar to
Miyapur, JBS to Falaknuma and Nagole to Shilparamam based on
traffic projections for 2008.
Since the traffic flow scene has changed drastically in the last
five years, the Centre has decided to take traffic projections till
2013, by when the metro rail project is expected to be completed,
and increase the number of coaches in the trains.
Though traffic experts have recommended 372 coaches for all the
three corridors, the central government has sanctioned 327 coaches.
More number of coaches can avoid overcrowding during the peak hours.
Bidders too have also asked the government to increase the project
cost as several conditions were put in the concessionaire agreement
by the Hyderabad Metro Rail.
The conditions are there should be one square metre space
(approximately 10 sft) for six passengers in the coaches and they
should not allow more passengers. They have to provide 110 per cent
capacity in coaches. For example, if they allow 100 people, the
coach space should be for 110 passengers.
The other conditions are there should be a train every three minutes
on the L B Nagar-Miyapur and Nagole-Shilparamam corridors. The train
should carry 50,000 passengers in each direction. And every five
minutes, a train on the JBS-Falaknuma corridor. The officials expect
that nearly 16 lakh people would travel daily in the metro trains
after its operations begin.
Meanwhile, the HMR has postponed opening of financial bids due to
revision of project cost.
The project cost has been revised for the fourth time by the Union
government. When the detailed project reports were prepared by the
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in 2003, the project cost was Rs 6,746
for two corridors Chaitanyapuri to Miyapur and Secunderabad to
Falaknuma.
Later, it was decided to add another corridor from Habsiguda to Hi-
Tec City. The project cost was revised to Rs 8,482 crore.
A few months ago, the corridors were extended to 77 km from 67 km.
The metro corridor was extended up to Nagole from Habsiguda and
Shilparmam from Hi-Tec City. As a result of this, the cost has
increased to Rs 9,696 crore. Latest, the Centre has decided to
increase the project cost to Rs 11,814 crore at a meeting of
officials of the ministry of urban development, Planning Commission
and ministry of finance held in Delhi on July 16.
"So far, we have not yet received official information from the
Planning Commission on the revision of the project cost," a senior
official of Hyderabad Metro Rail said.
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Posted - 07/23/2008 : 19:46:06
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Maytas-led consortia may bag Metro project
HYDERABAD: Maytas Infra and Navabharat Ventures, two city-based firms which formed a consortia with two others, are likely to bag the prestigious order to build and operate the prestigious Hyderabad Metro Rail system. But, inexplicably neither the Government nor Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited officials made any formal announcement.
We are still looking into the legal aspects of the financial bid, said HMR Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy late on Wednesday evening, declining to make any comment.
The two local firms along with Ital Thai and IL&FS turned out to be the lowest bidder for the now Rs. 12,000-odd crore elevated rail system to be constructed on three corridors of 71.16 km and chose not to seek any grant from the Government as Viability Gap Funding (VGF).
Quick action
Both companies did not waste time in sending a formal communiqu to the stock exchanges about being the lowest bidder and that they were awaiting a formal letter of approval.
Interestingly, another consortia led by Magna Allmore (Malaysia), Siemens, Emirates Trading Agency and Nagarjuna Constructions too did not want a single pie from VGF being offered to the tune of Rs. 4,800 crore or 40 per cent funding.
Another local firm GVK -- in association with Gammon, Alstom (France) and IDFC preferred to opt out of the financial bidding as it was said to have felt that the project was not viable. Five consortia had earlier cleared the technical bids.
Two other consortia one led by Reliance Energy (Anil Ambani group), Bombardier (Canada) and Essar Constructions, SREI (Kolkata), Singapore MRT, SEC/STE also of Singapore, were said to have bid for close to Rs. 3,000 crore of VGF.
Financial bids
Financial bids were opened at about 11.30 a.m. by the three-member panel consisting of HMR MD, Principal Secretary (Finance) N. Ramesh Kumar and HMWSSB Managing Director G. Ashok Kumar.
They were assisted by owners consultant Span Semaly and legal advisor Amarchand Mangaldas firm.
Within no time it became clear that Maytas Infra and partners got the decisive edge to bag the contract as they also offered to make regular royalty payments spread over the contract period of 30 years with five years for construction.
It is said to have offered to pay royalty of Rs. 11 crore to begin with and later pay between Rs. 100 crore and Rs. 1,800 crore per year during the period, whereas the Magna-led consortium offered one time payment of about Rs.250 crore.
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Posted - 07/25/2008 : 01:10:07
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http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/25/stories/2008072559100200.htm
All the fervent anticipation and enthusiasm about selecting a
private developer for the elevated metro rail for the capital after
financial bids evaluation turned out to be nothing.
For all the transparent process supposed to have been adopted, the
clam up by metro officials and the government on revealing the
lowest bidder's name officially was a shocker. The excitement among
the media and interested parties was because every painstaking
effort that went into preparation of the project report,
documentation and so on was being followed diligently for the last
four years.
Citizens too are eager to know what the hullabaloo is all about
because they just want a modern, safe and efficient public transport
system comparable to the best in the world to start as soon as
possible. For that the work has to start first and for that to
happen, the government has to cut the red tape if the system is to
be in motion within the next four-five years.
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Posted - 07/28/2008 : 19:39:38
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Lowest Metro Rail bidder promises a bounty
Nava Bharat-led consortium assures Rs.30,311 crore to State
HYDERABAD: The State Government will not spend even a single pie on the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project except on the lands it has to acquire for the depots and the stations to be built as part of the project. In fact, it will gain thousands of crores over a period of 34 years.
That is what the lowest bidder, Nava Bharat led Consortium promises.
The bid, which is yet to be officially accepted by the Government, assures Rs. 30,311 crore to the Government. N.V.S. Reddy, Managing Director, Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd (HMR), told a press conference that the three-member committee constituted for the bids has suggested to the Government to accept the lowest bidder.
Final decision
The final decision might come within a week since it has to be cleared by the Cabinet, Mr. Reddy said.
He said the second lowest bidder was Magna Allmore led Consortium that had assured to pay Rs. 250 crore, apart from paying the State Governments share.
The Reliance Infra led consortium sought Rs. 2,811 crore while another bidder, Essar-led Consortium, sought Rs. 3,100 crore from the Government and both of them did not promise any contribution.
The Nava Bharat Consortium has assured to pay Rs. 11 crore on agreement, Rs. 50 crore on financial closure, Rs. 400 crore in the fourth year, Rs. 100 crore per annum from 7th year to 9th year and Rs. 1,750 crore per annum from 18th year to 34th year.
The cost of the 71-km. project is estimated to be Rs. 12,132 crore and will be taken up on a build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis.
Parking lots
Mr. Reddy said the State Government has already earmarked 269 acres of land for the project. Three depots at Miyapur (100 acres), Nagole (100) acres and Falaknuma (17) acres would be built apart from 66 stations. Government land has been identified at 33 stations where parking lots would be provided.
For the rest, private properties have to be acquired and not more than five acres would be acquired for all these station for construction of lifts and staircase. He said 1,200 properties have been identified on these routes but 800 of them are already being acquired for road widening.
Mr. Reddy assured that penalties were in-built in the concessional agreement and it cannot be changed by both the parties. The Government would have a golden share, which would be equivalent to 26 per cent of vote share on the board thus having control over the decisions. He said the aesthetically built stations would enhance the beauty and the facility will also reduce sound pollution.
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Posted - 08/04/2008 : 18:58:59
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New company to build and run metro
Two directors from HMR and rest from Maytas-led consortium for new entity
HYDERABAD: Cabinet approval for elevated metro project for the capital has cleared the way for the formation of a separate concessionaire company. It will have two directors from Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMR) and the rest from the Maytas-led consortium including a new Managing Director.
While HMR will closely supervise the overall work and functioning, the new company to be formed in about a months time will construct and run the metro rail. The consortium has to register three names for the new entity with the Registrar of Companies and one will be chosen, informed HMR Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy on Monday.
Ownership rights
He was categorical that the ownership rights will continue to remain with the Government by virtue of having one Golden Share which will give veto powers on key issues and is equal to 26 per cent equity holding. The Government has already decided to have an equity participation of 11 per cent or Rs. 250 crore in the new company. The new company will have the right to lease the land or develop properties built over the three depots and over the parking/circulation areas of about 33 of the 66 stations for the concession period of 35 years.
It cannot sell any of the land. At the end of the period, all the developed properties along with other metro rail assets would be handed over to the Government, he clarified.
Work on three corridors of 71.16 km will be taken up under the Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis and the technical specifications, performance criteria and safety standards are as per the Draft Concession Agreement, said Mr. Reddy.
Construction and operation of the system will be supervised by an independent engineer to be selected through a global tender.
The Maytas-led consortium was the lowest bidder for the Rs. 12,000-odd crore project as they did not seek any Government grant which was on offer to the tune of Rs. 4,800 crore and instead offered to make payments of Rs. 30,311 crore spread over the concession period.
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Posted - 08/08/2008 : 02:21:11
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August 08, 2008 02:23 IST
Delhi's 65-km metro cost the state and central governments Rs 10,500
crore. In comparison, Hyderabad is about to get a 71-km metro
without the central or state government paying a rupee. Instead, the
Andhra Pradesh government will receive Rs 1,240 crore (calculated at
present value) by simply giving the concession to a private
consortium.
The state cabinet approved the concession agreement and the winning
bid at its meeting in Hyderabad earlier this week. The winning
consortium is led by the city's Satyam [Get Quote] group, which has
so far focused on its software business.
This dramatic bid result was so unexpected that the bid documents
had not even considered the possibility of the government being the
net financial gainer. Instead, the central government had expected
to fork out about 20 per cent of the project cost of Rs 12,410 crore
as a capital subsidy, with the possibility of a further 10 per cent
funding from the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission. The state
government, in turn, had been prepared to fork out about 10 per cent
of the project cost.
The combined saving for the Centre and state is, therefore, about Rs
4,800 crore or more, over and above which the state government will
now receive Rs 30,300 crore from the concessionaires over the life
of the concession. Discounted (at 13.5 per cent a year) to get its
present value, that money is worth Rs 1,240 crore today.
Officials who have steered the project argue that the Hyderabad
experience opens up a completely new way of building metro services
in the big cities, at zero cost to governments and city
administrations.
In contrast, Bangalore's 42-km metro is a state-funded project
costing Rs 6,500 crore. Mumbai has given the contract for the 11-km
first phase of its metro project (costing Rs 2,356 crore) to a
consortium led by the Reliance [Get Quote] Anil Ambani group, with a
government-paid capital subsidy of Rs 650 crore.
Five consortia had been shortlisted for the Hyderabad metro
concession, which is to run for 35 years, with a possible extension
by another 25 years. Of these, a GVK-led consortium did not bid
finally.
An Essar-Alsthom consortium asked for a subsidy from the government
of Rs 3,100 crore, while a Reliance Energy-Bombardier consortium
wanted Rs 2,811 crore. The bid that came closest to the one by
Satyam was from a Malaysian-led group which included Siemens and
Nagarjuna, which had offered to pay the government Rs 151 crore.
The tariff has been set at Rs 8 to Rs 20. The tariff on the Delhi
Metro for comparable distances is Rs 6 to Rs 22.
The project team that is celebrating its success now was led by NVS
Reddy, a railway accounts service officer in Hyderabad, while the
political leadership was provided by the Andhra Pradesh chief
minister, YS Rajshekhar Reddy. In Delhi, the mentoring with regard
to the concession agreement and the specifications manual was
provided by Gajendra Haldea of the Planning Commission.
Based on the success of the Hyderabad model, Planning Commission
Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia is understood to have written
to the Prime Minister, suggesting that this be the model followed
for other metro projects& a view that is apparently being opposed by
the Ministry of Urban Development, which prefers the Delhi metro
model.
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Metro Rail to wipe out city landmarks
9 Aug 2008, 0511 hrs IST, Roli Srivastava,TNN
HYDERABAD: Once operational, the Metro Rail will benefit lakhs of people and facilitate easy movement of traffic in the city.
But all this will come at a huge cost and this will not be merely financial: thousands of people will get dislocated once the construction of the project takes off.
Busy market areas such as Ameerpet, Punjagutta, Sultan Bazar, Badi Chowdi, Khairatabad among others that fall in the metro rail route will not only lose their character but also get practically wiped out with stations with a minimum height of a three floor building standing tall and wide where markets bustle with hectic activity today.
The threat of huge demolitions also loom over roads such as those extending between Narayanguda crossroads to Kacheguda and the stretch leading to Gowliguda bus station. Shah Ali Banda to Falaknuma would be among many other stretches that would fall on the metro track. "Delhi's metro has been a success, but the route is mostly underground and partly overground. In Hyderabad it will be totally overground, which is why the dislocation and destruction will be higher," an analyst said.
But even as the ambitious project has been approved by the state cabinet, notices to structures on the roads that will be affected have not been served in many places. This means that many people are still not aware that they might be affected by the project.
Experts point out that the project work would start with the construction of stations, but curiously, the process of land acquisition for stations hasnt started as yet, at least officially.
"The government does not wish to create panic among people by starting the massive acquisitions now," said an insider source. So, a hush-hush acquisition strategy has been adopted with several government properties being acquired silently in the name of road widening.
N V S Reddy, managing director, Hyderabad Metro Rail, says that of the 66 stations coming up, government property will be given (to the developer) in 34 places. He adds that an additional "one or two acre area" will be required for parking and circulation but properties for this are not being notified now.
The stations, that are estimated to be at least as tall as a three-floor building, would even touch the height of a five or seven-floor building measuring around 40 feet to 70 feet in some places. Add to this height the length of the platform and the additional essentials of a staircase, lift and escalator.
For this, land other than the road width would be needed to the tune of 100 square yards to 200 square yards, says N V S Reddy claiming that it is still too early to notify these properties since the design (of stations) would be ready only after six months.
But what activists can't fathom is how entire markets can be allowed to disappear once the project work starts. "Sultan Bazar, for instance, is a pedestrian shopping area and part of the history of the city. Such bazaars are protected in other cities," says C Ramachandraiah of Citizens for a Better Public Transport. In addition, he questions, why the designated spots of stations have not been revealed as yet. "If the station is in Ameerpet, where would it be? Where will it be located in Punjagutta," he asks, seeking better transparency of the metro rail track.
"Land acquisition is bound to hit a roadblock in the corridor stretching through the city's most congested stretch, where even land for road widening could not be acquired," the analyst said. The available right of way for the metro rail track on the three metro corridors is 90 per cent for Miyapur- LB Nagar corridor, 72 per cent for Nagole- Shilparamam corridor but only 41 per cent for JBS- Falaknuma corridor, claims N V S Reddy. He acknowledges - in what is a gross understatement - that acquiring land for corridor II (wherein many Old City areas fall) is a 'problem'.
Observers note that there are both temples and mosques falling on the metro alignment track and wonder how the authorities would steer clear of them. Besides, they pertinently note that no financial institution would extend a loan to the project developer until it provides documentation evidence that the land has actually been acquired.
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S.ravi
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Posted - 08/10/2008 : 07:04:08
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Metro rail documents online soon http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hyderabad/Metro_rail_documents_online_soon/articleshow/3344736.cms
9 Aug 2008, 0654 hrs IST
HYDERABAD: Tender documents and other documents pertaining to the metro rail
bids will be put on the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) website in three days, HMR
managing director N V S Reddy said.
The bid documents will also be available at the HMR office for the general
public to scrutinise if they are interested , he said at a press conference on
Friday. He said with the success of Public Private Partnership (PPP) that is
with zero cost to the state government for the metro rail project , Mumbai metro
project phase II was also being considered on the PPP model.
"Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has written to the
prime minister suggesting that the 'Hyderabad model' should be adopted by other
cities going for metro rail project a couple of days ago,'' N V S Reddy said.
On the revenue for the successful bidder, he said the metro rail developer would
get 84 per cent revenue on the passenger fares, 12 per cent on the real estate
and four per cent on advertisement.
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