Outer Ring Road Developments, Hyderabad

Nehru Outer Ring Road or ORR is a 158 kilometer, 8-lane ring road expressway encircling the City of Hyderabad, AP, India. It is built by HMDA at a cost of Rs.6696 crores.with an assistance of Rs 3,123 crores from Japan International Cooperation Agency.The expressway is designed for speeds up to 120 km/h.A large part, 124 km (covering urban nodes viz., Hi- Tech city, Nanakramguda Financial District, Hyderabad International Airport, IKP Knowledge park, Hardware Park, State Police Academy, Singapore Financial District, and Games village) of the 158-km was opened by December 2012.

It gives an easy connectivity between NH 9, NH 7, NH 202 and state highways leading to Vikarabad, Srisailam, Nagarjunasagarand Karimnagar/Mancherial. The expressway is fenced and 33 radial roads connect it with the Inner Ring Road, and the upcoming Regional Ring Road.

Objective

The road aims to improve connectivity and decongest the traffic flow on the existing major arterials between the outer suburbs of Greater Hyderabad. The state-run APSRTC is planning to build 22 terminals-cum-depots (TCD) along the Outer Ring Road.

The objectives are:

• De-congest metropolitan area and inner ring road and to meet future demand
• Provide orbital linkage to radial arterial roads
• Development of further satellite townships
• Provide linkage to the proposed MRTS and Bus system
• Provide faster access to the International Airport
• Connect urban nodes.

Completed segments

• Gachibowli - Shamshabad (22 Kilometers) - 14 November 2008
• Shamshabad to Pedda Amberpet (38 kilometers) 2010
• Narsingi to Patancheru (23.7 kilometers) - June 2011
• Patancheru to Shamirpet (38 kilometers) - December 2012

Under Construction

• Shamirpet to Pedda Amberpet (33 kilometers) - July 2014

Exit & Entry Junctions

There are 14 junctions on the Outer Ring Road, they are:

Shamshabad Junction Shamirpet Junction Andhra Pradesh Police Academy Junction (APPA Junction) Cherial Junction Nanakramguda Junction Annojiguda Junction, Ghatkesar Gachibowli Junction Pedda Amberpet Junction Bongloor Junction Pantancheru Junction Kandlakoya Junction Dommarapochampalli Junction

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT REGION (ITIR) DEVELOPMENTS IN HYDERABAD

The project likely to position Hyderabad as a premier IT Investment destination globally.

Highlights of ITIR

Three clusters in One ITIR - CDA, HADA(including  Maheshwaram) and Uppal Pocharam -Connected by the Growth Corridors along the Outer Ring Road

Growth Projections

IT/ITES Sector Growth from Rs.54,000 Crores to Rs..... by 2035

EHM- Electronic Hardware Manufacturing growth from Current level of Rs.6000 Crores  to Rs.80,000

Employment

IT/ITES Sector growth from 3 Lakhs employees to 17Lakhs employees (additional 14 Lakhs employment).

EHM- Electronic Hardware Manufacturing employee growth from 40,000 to 1.5 Lakhs ( additional employment of 1.1Lakhs )

·    ITIRs Includes Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Industrial Parks, Free Trade Zones, warehousing zones, Export Oriented Units, growth centers, existing settlements  industries and estates/services.

·         The ITIR is required to be developed in two phases over a period of 25 years.

·        Government of Andhra Pradesh submitted a proposal on 08.10.2010 to DEIT, Govt of India for establishing ITIR in an area of 202 sq.kms (50,000 acres), comprising certain areas such as Cyberabad Development Authority (CDA), including Gachibowli and Madhapur; Hyderabad Airport Development Authority (HADA) including Mamidipalli, Raviryal, Adibatla and Maheswaram; Uppal and Pocharam.

·        Benefits of ITIR :

·              Direct Revenues – Rs.310,849 crores

·              IT Investment potential – Rs.219,440 crores

·              IT Exports – Rs.235,000 crores

·              Direct employment – nearly 15 lakhs

·              Indirect employment – nearly 53 lakhs

·              Increase in tax revenue to State – Rs.30,170 crores