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HyderabadHyderabad MetroMetro BringingBringing inin LifestyleLifestyle ChangesChanges Rail, a PPP project involving the Government of and L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited (LTMRHL) is poised to give Hyderabad, ’s IT and pharmaceutical powerhouse, a people-friendly, green, seamlessly connected intermodal mass transit system.

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he project, one of the world’s The project won the best Global largest PPP Metro project, aims Engineering Project of the Year 2013 Tto bring lifestyle changes in award given by the Global Hyderabad and transform it into the Leadership Forum, from among the nation’s preferred city. Hyderabad world’s top 100 infrastructure projects at Metro Rail (HMR) will be integrated the Forum’s 6th Annual Conference held with existing railway stations, the in New York. present suburban railway network It also won the RoSPA (Royal Society (MMTS) and bus stations. The 72km for Prevention of Accidents) Gold Award long, elevated metro will run through for Construction Safety and Occupational three high density corridors of the city Health for the year 2013 at Glasgow, UK, and will have modern, high-class metro Metro Rail Project of the Year 2013 from stations every 1km of the route. But Construction Week India, Mumbai as well HMR is not a simple Metro, rather it is an as the American Concrete Institute (ACI) urban redesign and rejuvenation effort Award for the year 2013 at Mumbai designed to transform Hyderabad into a people friendly green city. The ‘Transit+’ A metro rail project is usually thought concept on which it is based provides last of as an engineer’s paradise, but at mile connectivity with Non-Motorised HMR, the emphasis is on building Transport (NMT), pedestrian facilities a People’s Project, in spite of some & street furniture, eco-friendly stations remarkable engineering achievements with natural ventilation, sky-walks, that the project boasts of, such as the ramps, escalators, elevators and a host of unique cantilever design, the first metro commuter-friendly facilities. to have this in India. Hyderabad, the fifth most populous city of India with a There will be a total of 66 stations population of about eight million people, along the three corridors. Parking facilities has witnessed a enormous growth of and circulation areas are being offered at private vehicles due to which it has been strategic locations along the corridors on experiencing tremendous pressures on land provided by the state government. its transport services, especially with

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Green Initiatives

the absence of sidewalks. Thus one and Paris to Bogota, Singapore, Hong clearance required for the road below is of the principal aims of HMR project Kong and to study their metro 5.5m. It is in the 3m space between the is to make Hyderabad a happier city systems. At Bogota, the mayor Enrique two that the skywalks are being built. for the citizens. This begins by making Peñalosa had created quality public Engineering Features it a city for citizens and not cars. The space, provided good connectivity and project will make it a city for children, introduced bicycle stations at the bus The metro stations’ cantilever type senior citizens, differently abled and stops, transforming one of the worst design, mentioned earlier, has each women, providing gender equality in cities into one of the best. In London, station resting on just 10 central pillars, its services. It will provide Better Air the team found that the commuter a spine & wings and no side-pillars Quality due to the sharp reduction in did not have to walk more than five – the first such design in India. This fossil fuel usage, quality public spaces. minutes to take the metro. HMR is also design avoids portal structures and Improved accessibility and affordable implementing Singapore’s ‘one-hour tunnel effect over the road at Metro transportation can enhance productivity. city’ concept where no journey within stations and gives a clear, open view of the city will take longer than one hour. the road below. Bus-bays and auto-bays will also be A major inspiration for HMR’s skywalks constructed beneath the metro rail The metro would have check rails, came from the BTS Skytrain elevated stations, besides green plantation and also called restraining rails, procured mass transit system in Bangkok. In case other concepts as part of a strategy of from Tata Steel, France, to minimise of the Skytrain, after construction, it landscaping the areas under the viaduct wear and tear of the main rails, and was observed that the space between of metro rail corridors. HMR plans to prevent trains from derailing while the elevated tracks and road below to have exclusive women metro rail negotiating sharp curves. Another was unused. This space was then used stations besides a few stations catering special feature is the Track Master, a to construct skywalks that connected to youth and farmers. unique instrument for checking the the mass transit stations to retail, parameters of tracks and to enhance HMR has been inspired and draws entertainment or educational facilities. the quality of track installation. This from the best of mass transit systems HMR uses a similar design and has been procured from M/s Trimble the world over. NVS Reddy, Managing concept. The tracks are situated at USA. This instrument is being used Director, Rail Limited, a height of 8.5m height while the in India for the second time after and his team visited cities from London

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Chennai; L&T is the first to introduce efficiency, cost considerations & better this technology in India, both in economics of the elevated system. Chennai & Hyderabad. Another first The difficult terrain and crowded is the simulation study based track spaces have been tackled with better design used for the project – the first engineering solutions and fine tuning time this has been used for a metro of the alignment. The construction project in the country. In this process, method is PSC segmental method and before the tracks were actually 70% of the construction is through designed, the probable speed of train pre-casting. in a particular stretch was determined by carrying out a simulation study. A prominent feature of the Based on this data the track was Hyderabad Metro is its emphasis on accordingly designed only for that intermodal integration. The metro particular speed in that particular will be integrated with existing rail stretch. This avoided the need for terminals, the city’s suburban rail designing the track for much higher MMTS stations & bus depots and will speeds than required. also link to a new bus rapid transport (BRT) system throughout the city. Further, this process offers better One of the principal aims There will be “Merry go round” feeder ride comfort to the passengers, reduces buses between metro stations & of HMR project is to rail and wheel wear as well as loading catchment areas, with seamless travel make Hyderabad a happier on the Viaduct and increases the being ensured between these different productivity in track installation. city for the citizens. This modes and the Metro by the facility HMR is a completely elevated Metro of travel on the same ticket. Unlike begins by making it a city Rail project. Underground construction most mass transit systems in the for citizens and not cars has been avoided because of the world where intermodal connectivity tough rocky terrain conditions of is retrofitted, HMR will have built in Hyderabad and also for energy intermodal connectivity.

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buildings, commercial establishments, shopping complexes, and malls, thereby eliminating the need for commuters to go down to the roads, thus relieving congestion on the road. There will also be separate bus-ways, auto-ways and car & two-wheeler parking areas and street furniture at the ground level. HMR stations have been designed with stringent security considerations, making security resemble the security at airports. The IP based Comprehensive Perimeter Security System includes CCTV cameras and other surveillance equipment, sensors and alarms for monitoring of NMT and last mile connectivity bicycles will be available at the metro unmanned areas, access-controlled facilities include bicycle lanes, footpaths stations. About 200 skywalks will be passenger entry and baggage checking and special pedestrian facilities built in the city as a part of the project. systems, installation of intrusion including sky-walks below the viaduct. These skywalks will connect the metro detection systems, onboard surveillance Cycling will be encouraged and free to schools, hospitals, government through video recording in trains and

Hyderabad Metro Rail Corridors

1 JNTU 3 Traffic corridors (72 km) in phase I. Cost Rs.14, 132 Cr. KPHB Colony 1. Miyapur – L.B.Nagar : 29 km; 27 stns Kukatpally 2. Jubilee Bus Station – Falaknuma : 15 km; 16 stns Balanagar 3. – Shilparamam : 28 km; 23 stns Moosapet

Bharat Nagar Erragadda Jubilee Bus Station ESI 2 Prakash Nagar S.R.Nagar Paradise Parade Grounds Shilparamam 3 Hitec City Madhura Yusufguda Durgam Nagar Rasoolpura Cheruvu Mettuguda PS R.S Secunderabad Panjagutta Peddamma Temple Road No.5 Gandhi Hospital Jubilee Hills Irrum Manzil Check Post Khairatabad NGRI Survey of India Lakdi-ka-pul RTC X Road Assembly Uppal

Nampally Narayanaguda

Gandhi Bhavan Sultan Bazaar 3 Nagole M.G.Bus Station Metro Rail Interchange OMC Malakpet New Market MMTS Integration Salarjung Museum Musarambagh Chaitanyapuri

Integration with Rail Terminals Victoria Memorial

Integration with Bus Stations Shalibanda 1 Shamsheergunj L.B.Nagar Jangammet Falaknuma 2 Metro rail dream coming true … 4

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anti-sabotage checking measures. Cantilever type of The stations will be provided with fire station resting on the central pillars protection and detection system. A Unique Financial Model Metro Rail projects need massive investment and take a long time to break even. Many incur losses for quite some time before they begin making profit. But HMR, which has a total project cost of `14,132cr, has a financial model that puts minimum burden on the taxpayers’ money and the government. Out of the total cost, just `1,458cr (10%) has been provided by the Union Government as one-time capital grant under Viability Gap Funding. The remaining `12,674cr is being raised entirely by the concessionaire L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad with 20% Equity (`2,768cr) government will get the ownership of and 70% of debt (`9,906cr). Thus the entire HMR project. 90% of the cost is being borne by the One of the most common reasons Hyderabad Metro private sector partner of the project Metro rail projects incur losses is the while 10% is financed by the Central fact that the metro capacities are Rail Project will government. The state government is usually designed for peak hour peak bearing the cost of land acquisition, density traffic (PHPDT). This causes transform Hyderabad utility shifting, etc. The concessionaire losses during off-peak hours which see into one of India’s most will get an estimated 55% of its comparatively very less commuters. revenues from passenger fares. To overcome this problem, HMR has futuristic cities, with Another 40% has been estimated to adopted a unique fare structure where come from lease revenues from the peak hour commuters pay a higher an integrated urban properties developed by L&T Metro fare, more than double, than off-peak transport plan using Rail as a part of the Transit Oriented hour commuters. The fare and fare Development (TOD) project being escalation formula has been frozen for inter-modal connectivity developed at metro stations and 15 years. The initial mini mum fare has other parts of the HMR corridors. The been set at `8 and maximum `19 with and convenient sky- remaining 5% will be from sources six slabs. There is an allowance for a walks. It is an iconic such as advertisements and parking 5% increase each year for the first 15 charges. L&T Metro Rail is being years plus 60 per cent of Wholesale infrastructure project in allowed to commercially exploit the air Price Index based inflation (in most space over the metro rail facilities and projects, this is normally fixed at 50 per offing. This project is TOD projects developed by it. For the cent) expected to trigger robust duration of the Concession period, it Transit Oriented Development will get the lease rentals from these economic activity in properties developed by it, which will HMR will be the first metro rail subsidise the losses from passenger project in the country to try out and around the city and operations. Transit Oriented Development (TOD) will generate substantial built around it. TOD, as the name The Concession Period for the project suggests, focusses on creating vibrant is 35 years, extendable by another 25 employment. urban communities centred around years, if the concessionaire meets all or integrated around a good quality the requirements and conditions of mass transit system. It will reduce the Concession Agreement. At the end transportation costs significantly for of the Concession Period, the state

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companies, while relieving employees of the trauma of commuting to work Project Consultants in highly congested buses and trains, saving valuable time and enhancing AECOM - Feedback Ventures Consortium – General Consultant quality of life. High frequency of Parsons Brinckerhoff – Programme Manager trains will reduce waiting times. Retail establishments in the TOD zone would – O&M Contractor see a significantly larger number of Halcrow – Independent Safety & RAMS Accessor visitors due to proximity to the metro station. Ernst & Young – Consultant for Carbon Credit The total potential for TOD L&T Rambøll – Design & Traffic Consultant development of HMR is 18.5 million L&T Construction – Detailed Engineering square feet, with 12.5 million at the Skyline Archon (Hyd) Private Limited – Traffic Management terminals and 6 million at the metro stations. L&T Metro Rail will develop Louis Berger was appointed independent engineering consultant by L&T Metro, facilities for a wide variety of sectors Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited and the then Government of Andhra Pradesh. in the TOD areas – Office Spaces for IT/ITES and other companies, hotels, service apartments etc for the HMR Main Features feature Automatic Train Operation (ATO) hospitality sector, educational facilities, and Automatic Train Protection. The Rolling Stock hospitals, polyclinics for the healthcare coaches have a number of other safety industry, convenience retail stores The coaches for the Metro are being features such as alarms for passenger at metro stations and a multitude supplied by Korean based Hyundai emergencies and coach doors & closing, of others – warehouses, convention Rotem. was chosen, slip/slide protection for the train wheels, centres, theme parks, entertainment based on considerations of technology CCTV in all the cars, derailment guard zones etc. These facilities can be either and price as well as cost of maintenance, on rails, provision for enabling platform customized for specific clients or can be service and availability of spares. The screen doors, smoke & fire detectors multi-client facilities. basic train set is a 3-set Driver Motor Car and fire extinguishers in driver’s cab and For the first phase of TOD, L&T Metro – Trailer Car – Driver Motor Car (DMC- saloon cars. The passenger coaches have Rail has already initiated developments TC-DMC) set which can be extended longitudinal seats with maximum space along six million square feet of space to a 6-set Driver Motor Car – Trailer for standing passengers and a dedicated at important locations along the Car – Motor Car – Motor Car – Trailer space to accommodate wheelchairs metro corridors and is spending about Car - Driver Motor Car (DMC‐TC‐MC‐ for people with reduced mobility. The `2,243cr. The depots will have options MC‐TC‐DMC) if needed. The trains air-conditioned coaches have humidity for building large facilities & campus style developments while there will be convenience retail space at the metro stations. The depots and stations will become hubs of economic, social and educational activity in their own right. The generation of revenue by making metro stations hubs of a range of activities will make off-peak transit profitable for HMR. “I am building a symbiotic relationship between the property developers and the ridership,” says Reddy. “The stations and surroundings become destinations. Malls, multiplexes, theatres, restaurants and food courts, social spaces – everything people want should be available near a Model coach interior metro station.”

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Metro Rail Mother Depot

assets. Prominent among these facilities Uppal depot which will monitor trains The emphasis of are covered & open stabling lines, an running on all the three corridors. The automatic train wash plant, inspection current locations of all trains running on HMR is to make and workshop bays, wheel profiling the three corridors will be displayed and Hyderabad an lathe, infrastructure maintenance indicated at an overview display panel. facilities, electrical & mechanical The OCC will also have a backup control eco-friendly city workshops and electronic repair shops. centre to take over operations in the The main depot cum workshop is being event of any unforeseen emergency at and at the same time built at Uppal where the overhaul and the OCC. To further ensure fool-proof make the project corrective maintenance facilities for operations, should there be a highly whole fleet will be done. The other unlikely failure of the CBTC system, a financially viable. two depots have basic facilities for secondary detection system in the form scheduled preventive maintenance of an Axle Counter based Fall-Back and minor corrective maintenance. control and LCD TVs which display the system is also being implemented. Every night when trains return route positions dynamically, besides from revenue services, they will be The normal mode of operation being a source of entertainment and thoroughly washed at the train wash of trains will be in Automatic Train other relevant information. The spring plant before being stabled on stabling Operation (ATO) mode. In this mode, applied air‐release parking brake system lines. The maintenance includes a daily the Automatic Train Protection (ATP) allows energy regeneration during internal cleaning schedule to provide system continuously monitors safe electro dynamic braking, resulting in a clean environment and ambience to train operation, and will stop the train substantial saving of energy required passengers. in case of any emergency and initiates to run trains. Each coach also has an other action as needed. Besides this, electro‐pneumatic friction emergency Before a train is inducted into service, Passenger Emergency Stop Plungers brake system and a brake‐pipe controlled it is inspected and checked thoroughly. are provided on each platform and back‐up security brake system. The process involves visual inspection in the Station Control Room (SCR) to by team of engineers & technicians, Train Depots stop a train immediately in case of successful completion of on-board emergency. In necessary situations, the There will be three maintenance test of vital safety systems and other trains can also run in degraded or lower depots for stabling and maintenance comfort functions of trains and performance modes such as RM mode of trains, engineering maintenance thorough analysis of data downloaded and Cut out mode. vehicles and other associated rail from the train. systems. The three depots will be All important signalling equipment Train Control and Signalling located at Miyapur for Corridor 1, on the stations, on the trains and the Falaknuma for Corridor 2 and Uppal for HMR uses Communication Based wayside such as the Computer Based Corridor 3. They will be manned round Train Control (CBTC) to control trains, Interlocking (CBI), wayside ATP have a the clock and will be equipped with the first Metro in the country to do high degree of redundancy built into all facilities needed for efficient and this. The heart of the system is the them to avoid unnecessary disruption effective maintenance of rail system Operation Control Centre (OCC) at the of services.

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Track alignment works on the viaduct Energy saving, low loss, high efficiency fluorescent lamps with high power factor will be used at all stations. The lighting system will have three illumination levels: Emergency level (33%), Off-peak hour(66%) and Peak hour (100%). Passenger Elevators suitable for physically challenged with Electric Traction and gearless motor having VVVF Control are being provided in all stations from Street level to concourse level and concourse level Ticketing - Automatic Fare presence of fire and initiates Fire to platform level. Escalators suitable Collection System Suppression through Gas Flooding for semi-outdoor installation are also Systems, fire hydrants and Automatic An Automatic Fare Collection being provided in all stations. Each Sprinkler System, protecting critical System based on Contactless Fare station will have a steel escalator from railway equipment from fire. In the Media Technology will be used for street level to concourse Level and event a fire cannot be suppressed dispensing tickets to commuters. The glass escalator from concourse level to early, portable fire extinguishers of AFC System will have Automatic Gates, platform level. Ticket Vending Machines, Add Value different types – Carbon dioxide, ABC Machines, Ticket Office Machines, & DCP are used to extinguish fires in Telecommunication System the early stage to avoid major losses. Ticket Readers and Portable Ticket HMR has a state-of-the-art To extinguish fires inside the critical Analysers. The system divides the Telecommunication System which power supply panels located in the stations into paid and unpaid areas, ensures continuous communication sub-stations a carbon dioxide Fire Trace which will be separated by automatic between the OCC, Train Operators and System will be used. entry / exit gates and fencing. The Station Controllers. The modular nature system accepts banknotes, coins, Photo luminescent safety signage of the system and high redundancy credit/debit cards and smart cards has been installed to guide commuters built into it due to the distributed for payment. Tickets are of two for safe escape in cases of fire and architecture ensures that in event of types: Contactless Smart Card (CSC) power failure. This will also be useful in failure of the link between the OCC and and Contactless Smart Token (CST). locating fire-fighting appliances in case a station, all station communication Contactless Tokens are available for of emergencies even in darkness. equipment continue to operate travel between fixed stations and could independently in local mode. All train be purchased for single or return trips, Power and Lighting Systems related information will be displayed more for non-frequent users. Electrification for overhead and broadcast in different languages Contactless Smart Cards are stored pantographs of trains / locomotives is like Telugu, English and Hindi. There is value cards and are available in the being done through 25 kV, Single phase, an Emergency Call Point / Help-point form of either monetary (e-Purse) or 50 Hz AC power. The 132KV power phone system at stations to assist non-monetary (Pass) or a combination received from the power stations by passenger in case of any help required. of both; more suited for regular receiving stations will be stepped down commuters. Some of the passes to 3-phase 33KV for lighting and other HMR, which began in 2012, is planned are Tourist Pass, Trip Pass, Daily general purposes and to single phase expected to be fully operational in Pass, Weekly Pass, Monthly Pass and 25KV for traction. The OCC at Uppal 2017, with the first stage of 8km Holiday Pass. Depot will monitor and control the (Stage-I) scheduled to be inaugurated entire power supply system and traction by March 2015. Safety, Fire Detection and system equipment through Supervisory Suppression However, some challenges need to Control and Data Acquisition System be still overcome, such as the recent As part of a strategy of fire (SCADA). To minimise interference proposal to change some parts of the prevention and early detection, HMR with communication lines, booster alignment of the metro and to shift has provided an Analogue Addressable transformers are being provided some portions underground. type Fire Detection & Alarm System throughout the corridors at specified at all stations. This system detects locations. Rajmohan Kurup

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“We are not building a metro: We are redefining Hyderabad”

s is known, Hyderabd Metro once Out of the top two hundred mass completed will be one of the best transport systems in the world, only the ones Amass rapid transport projects in the in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Taipei world, especially built on the PPP model. are making money; the rest are all heavily There are two hundred mass transit systems funded and subsidised by the government. in the world and out of these, less than half Originally even our project was also termed a dozen are built on this model. Mostly, as a government project by the . these are government funded and managed So after studying all these and looking at a few successful financial models, we adopted projects for the survival of the city. Beyond a similar model here. Ground floor & the a certain point, railways cannot handle stations will be used for metro rail, and the mass transport and roads also have their NVS Reddy remaining for the commercial utilization. So limitations. In transportation engineering, it Managing Director in our revenue model, 50-55% of revenue is typically said that one rail line is equal to Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited is coming from passenger fares, 45% from seven bus lanes or twenty four car lanes. No property development that we have allowed city can afford twenty four car lanes; and in the concessionaire today and 5% from terms of energy efficiency, metros are five advertisements and other miscellaneous times energy efficient, but are highly capital features like parking etc. Whatever is intensive with long periods of construction. constructed by the concessionaire cannot

38 TrafficInfraTech August - September ’14 www.trafficinfratech.com January 7, 8, 9 - 2015 New Delhi, India MASS TRANSPORT Smart & Safe Mobility be sold; the company can only lease it out during the concession period. At the end of the concession period, the whole facility will come back to the government. The concession period is for on initial period of 35 years which can be further extended to 25 years (i.e.; 35+25). Within five years of the concession period, one will see a sea change happening. The main challenge is how can you make the entire project financially viable? There are going to be initial losses in the first six to seven years, but it has to be financially viable in the long term. in the remaining 3m space, directly better connectivity through skywalks to When we studied the system, we connected to malls, schools etc. In all buildings, schools, colleges, hospitals, found that in mass transit system, our metro stations, we have escalators workplaces and residential buildings. you have to design the system for and elevators and four entry points. These places are now accessible, which peak hour traffic but during non-peak The design of the stations are different means we are increasing the efficiency hours your assets remain idle. This is a from one another and there are stations of the city. So when you get down challenge, and to solve this problem, at every one and half kilometer on an from the metro station, you have to we adopted a strategy: Firstly, increase average. just walk a bit. We are using this as an the peak period. For some people, opportunity to rejuvenate the city as eco money is important, and for others At one point of time, the shopping and people friendly. time is important. So we have given malls were slowly crumbling because a special provision in our concession there was no accessibility and there We will be providing facilities like agreement, where up to four hours a were traffic congestions. Initially people bicycle stations to help with last mile day is declared as peak hours with 25% were opposing the metro train because connectivity. We are going to have hike in fares. If you declare four hours they believed that the metro would street furniture as well as open spaces, as peak hours, than you will have to bring in additional congestion. And on so if you provide all these day-to-day double the non-peak hours i.e. eight top of all, we are barricading the roads. requirements, it will help decongest the hours. And thus during this period, you It is now understood by the citizens system and increase the productivity of will have to give 25% discount. that the metro stations will provide the City. Hyderabd Metro has given us an opportunity to redesign the City as people-friendly, green and an attractive destination. So, if we are able to provide all required amenities for people at the metro stations itself, it will reduce the congestion on roads. Many concepts are taken from different metro stations around the world. Initially, even Bangkok had an elevated metro like ours. They realized later that there was a lot of unused space underneath. As per IRC (Indian Road Congress) standard, 5.5m height is required for the track. However, the height in Hyderabd Metro is 8.5m. There would be skywalks

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“The challenges are many, but we will keep the timeline”

had to be constantly revised and changed, a mass transit system. And you can not so technically it was quite challenging. have unaffordable fares because it is for the common man. And these projects are The third challenge was the very capital-intensive, and you have to use underground utilities. We discovered that all the capital upfront. Fares cannot be too during the Nizam’s time there were no high because it has to match other fare records regarding water lines, drainage rates like buses, rickshaws etc. system etc. So when we did our survey, we had to take a lot of precautions and Revenue from the developed commercial take into account these factors so that we facilities depend on the growth of the V B Gadgil were not damaging the utilities. We had real estate in general in the city. Further, Chief Executive and MD, only two options, either to divert them even though, our capacity is to build 18.5 L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited when they come our way or change our million sqft, the city may not be able to engineering to suit the situation where absorb all that at once. There is a 30 year there is no possibility of diversion. And the concession period but we have to match he major challenge in this project last option that we had was concurrent the demand and supply of real estate. If has been the availability of land in engineering which is very time-consuming we have to complete the metro project Tthe urban area. Hyderabad, which and causes delays. Unlike in road projects, in five years, development of commercial is a 400 year old city is one of the oldest here you cannot change the alignment space will take 15 years. So, the balance cities with heavy . Hence as you wish. The horizontal and vertical concession period available for us to there were people who were skeptical alignments are technologically driven recover the rents is reduced. about the project taking off. There were which cannot be changed. In spite of all odds, we have managed concerns regarding safety and traffic Financially, it was a very big challenge to achieve a lot within the 25 month issues, which was a big challenge for us. because it is based on PPP model. timeframe. And we are quite sure no We chose construction methods that were Cost automatically becomes extremely other project in India has managed to quite unique in certain places; 70-80% of important for private enterprise, and going get completed so fast like the Hyderabad the work was done in pre-cast yards. These back to last three years, the economical Metro. Of course, safety of the commuters yards are at two locations near Hyderabad. parameters have not been very stable. and our staff/workers has been of utmost Major technological challenges were Bank interest rates continued to go up; importance for us and so far our track the congested roads as well as their there was double-digit inflation rate and record has been good. Construction alignment (both vertical and horizontal). unprecedented devaluation of rupee. related accidents have been very few, in Even the DPR (Detailed Project Plan) was Another complication was the difficulties fact we have received international awards also not updated. Most of the projects in in getting the right of way and the as well. Technologically we have not left demolition of buildings. India face this issue: there is a long gap any stone unturned to get the latest and between the DPR and the time taken for Moreover, we are investing `15,000- best technology in the world. We also aim execution. Cities don’t stop growing, so 16,000cr and to make this project viable, for making an iconic project because even even the city drawings were old. We had 18.5 million sqft of real estate has to be our brand value is attached to that. Today, to revalidate our position going back and developed. Nowhere in the world has a the average traffic speed has gone down forth because new buildings, flyovers etc standalone metro been viable; it needs to almost to 5-6km per hour which used had come up. Many working assumptions to have additional resources because it is to be around 18-21km per hour before.

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Traffic is very chaotic but it doesn’t mean traffic speed will increase but the reliability on traffic will increase after the Metro L&T Metro Rail’s Inclusive Social Approach comes in. TMRHL’s flagship campaign, the HMR Brand The alignment has been done very well; it has also got huge LAmbassador Campaign aim to make celebrities possibilities of extension on the same lines. Hyderabad is a radial out of the common man who would be the Brand city. For example Miyapur can go up to , one Ambassador(s) of the project. This unique campaign will can go from Shilparamam all the way to or financial culminate by the selection of the Brand Ambassador(s) district. That way, it has got good expansion plan on the existing from Hyderabad (Greater Hyderabad) – a metamorphosis system to serve the population. Transit-oriented development is a of the ordinary to the extraordinary. The campaign ‘My new international concept where you densify the corridors rather City, My Metro, My Pride’ is aimed at creating awareness than spreading the people and going away. Now people will be among the public that this Hyderabad Metro Rail is theirs closer to the transit area. and they own it. This campaign serves several purposes. It encourages the public to give their views about HMR, Even the concept of parking is changing the world over. If you brings about awareness of the project, how the project have an efficient transport system, it should discourage people will change their lives, lends an ear to commuting from getting their car to city center. There is no point in creating problems and helps in better transport planning. metro if people start getting their cars to the station. Then you Another good initiative has been a panel discussion “Metro are not serving the purpose. Now in many places, people do not Rail – The Game Changer for Employee Transportation”, want the car to ply in the city or business centre. People travel by involving top industry leaders. LTMRHL organized an and park their car outside the city. But people Exhibition of Rolling Stock in October 2013. The rolling stock still have a mindset as to whether we are going to provide them was branded to look like the original train once the project is with parking facilities in the stations. This cannot be achieved commissioned. The exhibition aimed to create and develop unless there is a good last mile connectivity. The public transport a sense of ownership among the citizens of Hyderabad system in a radius of three-four kilometers should pick-up and regarding the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project. drop off people at regular intervals. Take for example Mumbai city. The Mumbai suburban train service has been running for An Impact Assessment & Awareness Study is several years. One of the success factors has been that when you also being conducted which will review and analyse get down in any station, you opt for a public transport which secondary information regarding pre and post impact is affordable, clean and reliable. Having said that, we have also assessment studies related to LTMRHL construction witnessed failures in this model. Take for example the MMTS of and performance. The study will also document specific Chennai (local suburban trains). There are many stations where shortcomings or disadvantages perceived by the affected you cannot go because there are no transport facilities available. population. Also, insights into the perceptions of the people about the relocation and rehabilitation works, Even today, people are not familiar with modern facilities. impact of the construction processes in particular and There are people who are still afraid of travelling by escalators; the metro rail in general will also be documented. they are hesitant which can lead to accidents. People still stand LTMRHL is encouraging the citizens of Hyderabad to on the door and hang outside trains. But the metro system is capture snapshots of the ongoing project work and send it designed for that. You cannot run the metro unless the doors to them. A Photo Exhibition and Gallery, is being planned are totally closed. We are also planning to run campaigns which will showcase these pictures in an art gallery once on ‘Dos’ and ‘Don’ts’, otherwise the whole timetable will go in three months for the next four years and more. These haywire. pictures will later form part of the Hyderabad Metro Rail India is still status-conscious, not waiting to make the change Museum. from private transport to public. But Delhi has proved that An important social initiative was the Hyderabad wrong. And we believe if you provide a reliable, safe and clean Metro Connects the objective of which was to create atmosphere, people will change. awareness about HMR project and its symbiotic The timelines are very sharp and we have to finish the project relationship with cycling and help fund create awareness within 60 months. In spite of delays during the initial 18 months towards the education of the underprivileged kids in the and the many challenges, being faced continuously we are quite schools adopted by the Atlanta Foundation. confident to complete the project within the set deadline.

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