Hospitable Hyderabad is truly hot-V V S Laxman

Renowned cricketer V V S Laxman, in an exclusive talk with Ashok Kumar, argues that Bangalore still retains its sheen but nobody can write off Hyderabad and it has a great IT future ahead.
Bangalore still retains its sheen but being from Hyderabad I would say that I have seen the city growing in terms of IT sector in the past few years like never before.

I feel the policies of the Government sets the trend of development in the country or state. Yes the present government of Andhra Pradesh government is coming true on the promise of working for the poor but the fact is that no government can survive by neglecting any one sector at the cost of another.

The way the government is working it shows that it is trying its best to maintain the fine balance between the development of the villages and the urban areas including the IT sector in Hyderabad. Moreover most of the works in the field of Information Technology has already been initiated by the former governments long back.

So, it is not like that everything has to be started from scratch. The present government and the future ones have just to carry on the good work forward in the right perspectives with same zeal and enthusiasm. Most of the infrastructural and path laying works have already been done by the state so far.
Hyderabad is a very beautiful city with proper infrastructure and is not congested at all. Unlike Bangalore, Hyderabad has excellent roads and commuting system. Not only that the city is also improving on the existing infrastructure by working on it in many ways like widening roads, providing ample electricity and many other facilities.

Look, nowadays, commuting in Hyderabad has become very comfortable with the state of transport system and many other viable projects already in the offing. This I feel is one such thing, which makes the city more attractive to those who decide to make Hyderabad their home. Certainly, very exciting projects are too catching up and will very soon see the light of the day making things even easier and brighter for the Hyderabadis

Of these, let me make the special mention of the metro project which is catching up rapidly and an international aerodrome boasting of world class facilities would be ready by June 2008. These are some of the things which will add that extra grades...
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First phase of Hyderabad Outer Ring Road thrown open

Hyderabad, Nov 14 (IANS) The first phase of the new Outer Ring Road (ORR), which is aimed at decongesting the city, was thrown open to traffic Friday.The 23.48 km long first phase connects Gacchibowli to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad. This will ensure better connectivity to the airport from Hitech City and Gacchibowli, the information technology hubs.

Named after former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the eight-lane 158 km long ORR is being built at an estimated cost of Rs.67.87 billion and is expected to be completed by 2011.

The first phase built at a cost of nearly Rs.7 billion, however, was thrown open only with four lanes and the remaining lanes are likely to be completed by August next year.

Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy reviewed the progress of the ORR works on the occasion.

Since this stretch is only for traffic going towards the airport, the authorities have banned the entry of trucks, three-wheelers and two-wheelers on it. The speed limit has been fixed at 60 km per hour.

The ORR project is being built in three phases and companies from Russia, Japan and Thailand are undertaking the work.

The officials said tenders were already finalised for the second phase, that would stretch 60 km and is estimated to cost Rs.22 billion and be under public private partnership model and build, operate and transfer basis.

The third phase covering 71 km is being taken up with assistance of Japan International Cooperation Agency.

One km area on both sides of ORR will come under the ORR Growth corridor with special regulations for the development of commercial, residential and institutional activity there.

The 500 feet wide ORR is supported by service roads on both sides.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had in 2004 laid the foundation stone for the project, which has given an impetus to the development activity around the city.

Several world-class townships, IT parks, and institutes of excellence are likely to come up along the ORR.

There was delay in launching the work on the project due to hurdles in land acquisition and the controversies over the changes in original ORR plans. The opposition parties alleged that the Congress government changed the alignment to suit its interests.

Meanwhile, in another development, the city authorities Friday launched daily drinking water supply in some areas of the city.

It is after a gap of nearly 25 years that the city will be getting a daily water supply. This became possible after the completion of the works to bring Krishna river water to the city.

The daily water supply was discontinued and a system of alternate day supply was introduced in the mid 1980s by the then NTR government in view of the severe water scarcity and insufficient capacity of the reservoirs.

Launching the daily water supply project, the chief minister said that the situation will improve further once the project to bring water from Godavari river is completed. The Godavari water project is estimated to cost of Rs. 23 billion.

Officials said with the city growing by leaps and bounds, water from Krishna river is not sufficient to meet the needs of growing population.

The city and the surrounding areas have a population of over eight million.

FACTS ABOUT CYBERABAD-HYDERABAD -SECUNDERABAD

FACTS ABOUT CYBERABAD-HYDERABAD -SECUNDERABAD:

1) The IMAX Theatre with Worlds Largest screen and the only true 3D screen in India.

2) Asia 's biggest and one of the Worlds' biggest and best Convention centers 'HICC'

3) World's biggest Film Studio complex ' Ramoji Film City '

4) Country's best Animation and art work studios

5) Country's best and biggest Exhibition centre so far 'HITEX'

6) Country's biggest single real estate venture at the cost of US $2.2Billion by ICICI Ventures and Tishman of New York !

7) Hyderabad is leading in Hospital Tourism, now trying to lead also in Echo Tourism

8)Hyderabad is the best place to start any new retail business or Mall:This was from a study on how Malls are fuelling sales in India and themax amount of Sales happened in the Malls in Hyderabad despite the hugenumber of very big malls in Delhi and Mumbai.. Many biggest of thekind malls are being constructed here. You can also see, Reliancegroup, Tata's, Heritage group and many more venturing their firstretail units starting from Hyderabad!

9) Hyderabad is the only place where complete restructuring is happening by even demolishing lot of buildings within the city! Delhi is the other only City, which followed this model.

10) In fact Infosys has planned its world's Largest Campus near to Shamshabad Airport in an area of 500acres of land! However its pending... it may take of soon. Else some other campus would come up there.

11) Fab City would be the Ultimate answer for the Electronic and chip making industry from India!


12) How many know about ISB

13) IIT is being setup now in Hyderabad.

14) Birla has already setup Bits in Hyderabad

15) Country's largest number of Colleges for Engineering

Medicines and largest number of Universities are in AP!
16) Just the colleges in and around Hyderabad produce much more Engineering graduates than any other city in INDIA!

17) Country's most expensive Residential Only venture has started in Hyderabad, with 250 villas where each Villa will be in 1 Acre of land and at the cost of Rs.14crores each! Why only in Hyderabad? Because people are ready to buy and live there :-)

18) The most connected city in INDIA with highest Teledensity
.....and lot more like this!
Canyou expect Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, The 2 Google Champions, CSC, GEand all these people pour huge investments and expand their campusesjust based on Hype?

Hyderabad is now a tri-city: CYBERABAD-HYDERABAD -SECUNDERABA D!

You must know the Fact: US has chosen Hyderabad over Bangalore for setting up its New Consulate and it is already in service! This is because there are moreVISA applicants from AP hitting Chennai Consulate! For that matter,always the biggest number of Travelers to US is from AP .

19) The Biggest and the beautiful airport in Hyderabad.

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Hyderabad's new airport gets ready for takeoff

Hyderabad: The new international airport in the city is almost ready and the first trial run will take place on Tuesday. The first flight is scheduled to land at 4 pm, at the airport that is being touted as a traveler's paradise.


The Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad which has been open since the days of Nizam's rule will soon be consigned to history. The city is getting a new, modern replacement — the 2500 crore Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.


The airport will be equipped with the following.



A 70 meter high Air Traffic Control tower.



4,260-metre-long runway— India's longest, and capable of handling the world's largest aircraft—the Airbus A380.

4,260-metre taxiway for emergency takeoffs.



A seven-storey passenger terminal.



42 parking bays.



60 check-in counters.



An airport village.



A business hotel with 308 rooms.



And many shopping outlets.


In its initial phase, the airport will be capable of handling over one crore passengers and more than one lakh tonnes of cargo a year. And once the airport is completed, it will handle over four crore passengers and ten lakh tonnes of cargo a year.


The new airport will be commercially operational from March 16, and the first trial run of a passenger aircraft will take place on Tuesday.

TCS launches Synergy Park in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: The slowdown in the U.S. economy has to be watched while concentrating on core competencies. This was revealed by S. Ramadorai, CEO, TCS, during a press conference in connection with the launch of the company’s Synergy Park here on Monday, the second Global Delivery Centre (GDC) and the largest facility of TCS in the city.

S. Mahalingam, CFO, however, maintained that there was no slowdown in decision-making. Mr. Ramadorai said there was definitely a problem in the U.S. in terms of its economy and one had to wait and see while concentrating on core competencies.

Stating that TCS was on a growth mode, the CEO said the company made recruitment offers for about 22,000 people for 2008-09 and had not made any reduction in campus recruitments. He described as “untrue” the reports that 500 employees were asked to leave. Media “bunched it up” with regard to what had happened over a period of 11 months based on their performance. When compared with the employees base of 1.08 lakh the figure was “insignificant”.

Stressing the need to focus on organic growth, he said the acquisition of an asset would not be based on rupee-dollar parity but on the value it can create for the company. He said the salaries in the IT sector would stabilise in future, depending on the capabilities of the employees and how much of that would translate into real growth.

He said TCS was in favour of continuing the Software Technology Parks of India scheme.

Built over an area of 50 acres, the Rs. 750-crore Synergy Park has a potential for 8,000 people. While the first phase, established at a cost of Rs. 250-crore, became operational on Monday, construction of the next phase would begin in April this year. The Park is an approved special economic zone (SEZ) and will serve global TCS customers in various segments with focus on technology areas such as enterprise solutions and IT services.

Mr. Ramadorai described Andhra Pradesh as one of the preferred destinations with Nasscom rating Hyderabad as number one among super nine IT destinations.

Wine and dance bash in Hyderabad

Srikala Reddy (TOI Photo)

The couple's bash, at an upmarket lounge was packed with Tollywood stars and well heeled party hoppers. Gunny Raju and Amit Sanghi were among the first to arrive.

The party that went on till four in the morning saw actors Ravi Teja, Ali, Allari Naresh and popular director VV Vinayak sharing a drink. Friends Massi Khan and Krishna Bhupal hung out together.

The Jetwanis Kunal and Nitin and Shivali (hard to miss in that electric blue top she sported) were all here. Hear the pretty gal that Srikala Reddy walked in with is Amulya. And seen engrossed in conversation with the bride-to-be was Priyanka Saincher. Others here were Laila, Anith Reddy and Revant, Venkat Rao and Sunil Reddy.

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