Hyderabad: Pre-construction activities of Airport Metro in full swing

The survey has so far covered 21 km to the Fort Grand Tunnel near the town of Shamshabad and is expected to be completed by the end of the month.

Hyderabad: To expedite the grounding of the airport metro project, many pre-construction activities are being carried out in parallel processing mode and running at a fast pace, said Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML), Managing Director of NVS Reddy. says. , here on Saturday.

The final date for General Consultant (GC) bid submissions is January 20, and these expert engineering consultants are expected to be in place by early next month, while fine-tuning subway placement and station locations. Parallel research work was in full swing.

Survey work is being done using both a satellite-based differential global positioning system (DGPS) and an electronic total station with built-in programs to improve accuracy and obtain precise coordinates, he said. said. The investigation has so far covered 21 km he has covered 21 km to the Fort Grand Underpass near the town of Shamshabad and is expected to be completed by the end of the month. After that, alignment peg marking begins, Reddy said.

DPR has followed typical rail engineering practices in locating stations, but in recognition of the large scale commercial and residential developments that have taken place in the last few years in Nanakulamguda, the financial district of Kokapet, an innovative approach is now in place. Adopted. Narsingi, Rajendranagar, Shamshabad area, HMDA’s master plan for the development of this part of the city and suburbs to determine the station location.

This is in line with Prime Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s vision of decentralizing the city’s growth to the suburbs and providing affordable housing within 30-minute commute distance to work, he added.