HMDA In Bangaru Telangana

Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA)
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority was formed by an Act (GO Ms. No. 570 MA dt: 25-08-2008) of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature in the year 2008, with an area of 7,100 sq km under its purview. It is the 2nd largest urban development area in India after the Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority (8,005 sq km).

HMDA was formed by the merging of the following erstwhile entities - Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA), Hyderabad Airport Development Authority (HADA), Cyberabad Development Authority (CDA) and Buddha Poornima Project Authority (BPPA).

HMDA was set up for the purposes of planning, co-ordination, supervising, promoting and securing the planned development of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region. It coordinates the development activities of the municipal corporations, municipalities and other local authorities, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board, the Andhra Pradesh Transmission Corporation, the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation, the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, and other such bodies.

The HMDA also maintains and manages the Hyderabad Management Development Fund, allocating finances based on the plans and programs of local bodies to undertake development of amenities and infrastructure facilities.

HMDA has 4 zonal offices, located in Medchal, Shankerpally, Ghatkesar and Shamshabad.

HMDA Projects

• Development Department
• Outer Ring Road
• Hussainsagar Lake & Catchment Area Improvement Project (HCIP)
• Lake Greening Programme
• Buddha Purnima Project

Outer Ring Road
The Govt. of AP has proposed some major infrastructure facilities in the city of Hyderabad, and one of them is the construction of an orbital linkage to decongest the traffic flow on the existing major arterials. The Outer Ring Road (ORR) is an initiative in this direction.

The Outer Ring Road is a road-cum-area development project, since its aim is the development of well-planned and and well-connected urban settlements around the Hyderabad Metropolitan area.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh formed a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the development of the Outer Ring Road, called the “Hyderabad Growth Corridor Limited", under the Companies Act 1956 on 26th December 2005, with equity participation from INCAP(40%) and HUDA(60%). Currently, INCAP holds 26% and HMDA holds 74% of equity in HGCL.

The 159 km ring road connects Patancheru-Shamshabad-Hayathnagar-Medchal¬Patancheru, providing connectivity to various State Highways and National Highways, to by-pass the city of Hyderabad. The proposed corridor is aimed at
• Relieving congestion on the metropolitan area and the inner ring road and meeting future demand.
• Providing orbital linkage to radial arterial roads.
• Creating options for the development of future satellite townships.
• Providing linkage to the proposed MRTS and bus system.
• Providing quick access to the international airport from strategic parts of the city.
• Connecting various new urban nodes outside the city, including HiTech city, the Games village, IIIT, ISB, Hardware Park, and Singapore Township Financial district.

Intelligent Transport System

An Intelligent Transport System is proposed to be developed for the Outer Ring Road. Its key components are as follows:

• Highway Traffic Management System (HTMS)
• Emergency Communication System
• Variable Message Signs (VMS)
• Meteorological Data System
• Automatic Traffic Counter-cum-classifier (ATCC)
• Traffic Control Centre (TCC)
• Toll Management System (TMS)
• Manual
• Touch-and-go (or Smart Card)

Hussain Sagar Lake and Catchment Area Improvement Project (ID-P174) funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Hussain Sagar, the picturesque lake in the heart of Hyderabad was built during 1562 by Hazarath Hussain Sha Wali of the Qutub Shahi dynasty with a basin area of 240 Sq.Km to fulfil the drinking water requirements of the people.

The water in the lake was reasonably good till 1976.Over the years, Hussain Sagar Lake has become polluted through entry of untreated sewage and industrial effluents through the nalas that flow into the lake. As a result, nutrient rich sediments accumulated in the lake bed which in turn acted as an internal source for supply of nutrients to the Lake water. Other sources of pollution included cattle washing, vehicle washing, dumping of domestic solid waste along the shore line as well as the immersion of large numbers of Ganesh and Durga Idols during festivals containing paints, clay, gypsum and plaster of Paris, flowers and garlands.

Issues affecting the Hussain Sagar Lake:
There are four major Nalas through which domestic sewage, industrial effluents and other debris enter the lake.
These four nalas are
1) Balkapur Nala
2) Banjara Nala
3) Kukatpally Nala &
4) Picket Nala
• Domestic sewage entering the lake contains levels of Nitrates and Phosphates beyond permissible limits, which promote the growth of algae/water hyacinth in the lake.
• As the algae/water hyacinth decompose, it uses lot of available oxygen in the water thereby making it deficient for other aquatic fauna like fish etc. causing the death of these organisms
• The lack of oxygen ultimately affects the decomposition of algae also and which simply falls to the bottom of the lake adding to the high levels of organic matter in the lake bed.
• Non-decomposition of organic matter, non availability of oxygen, result in emanation of various gases from the lake bed causing lot of foul smell from the lake
• Direct dumping of litter, garbage, plastic waste, and other debris in the lake besides creating pollution are an eyesore too
HMDA’s initiative to clean Hussain Sagar:
Our first and foremost objective is to ensure that no untreated water enters the lake and the sewage entering through the four Nalas is prevented.
• The sewage and effluents coming from four Nalas have been diverted through Interception & Diversion (I&D) structures to the sewer lines. Capacities of I&D structures are as follows:

S.No	Name Location of I&D	Design Capacity of New I&Ds in MLD
1	Interception works pick up weir at confluence point of Jeedimetla and Kukatpally	190
2	I&D at Fathenagar	165
3	I&D at Prakash Nagar	44
4	I&D at Picket Nala, Minister Road	186
5	I&D at Necklace Road	100
6	I&D at Divyashakti Apts on Yousufguda Nala	97
7	I&D at Yashoda Hospital on Banjara Nala	38
8	I&D at Balkapur Nala	74
9	I&D at Rangadhamini	20
10	I&D at Bridge No. 2 on Necklace Road (Banjara Nala)	20
11	I&D at Bridge No. 3 on Necklace Road (B.S.Maktha/Kundanbagh)	15
	Total	949

Two Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs)
• 30 MLD at Picket Nala &
• 20 MLD at Balkapur Nala
These have been constructed with the objective that only treated water with permissible limits of Nitrates & Phosphates and other nutrients enter the Lake.This is resulting slowly in enhanced water quality of the lake

By.G.Rajendra Kumar