HMRL to build parking complexes in Nampally
The State government has constituted Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) as the nodal agency for taking up the construction of multilevel parking complexes in the city. It has also released GO 187 in this regard.
The government has constituted a five-member committee in which HMRL Managing Director will be the convener and GHMC commissioner, HMDA commissioner, TSIIC MD and TSRTC MD will be the members.
The GO stated that HMRL MD N.V.S. Reddy has prepared a scheme for developing multi-level parking in public private partnership (PPP) mode on build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis at Nampally. It further stated that the multi-level parking will have a concession period of 50 years and the bidder will be allowed to construct commercial space (floor area) equivalent to parking space created in accordance with the parking policy and building rules.
The government has asked HMRL to manage the bid process for development of multi-level parking and asked GHMC, HMDA, TSRTC, TSIIC and other departments to provide suitable vacant lands at metro, MMTS, railway and bus stations in the city.
The government has asked the committee to study successful MLCP models such as DLF, under the Public-PrivatePartnership module. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) had developed automated multi-level car parking facility at Sarojini Nagar called South Square. It had asked the committee members to send a detail project report within three months. The fraudulent Indiramma Housing Scheme probe will never come to its logical end it seems with the investigation agencies having no clue on how to proceed further.
The probe initiated about four years ago has slowed down with the Crime Investigation Department seeking the opinion of the Vigilance and Enforcement Department (V&E) on how to proceed with it. The V&E department had earlier initiated a probe after the fraud was detected by the administration. The fraud took place for a period of ten years between 2004 and 2014.
A senior official on condition of anonymity said that they are unable to move forward with the investigation as they do not have any support from the civil engineers nor are they able to ascertain the date of construction of the houses.
About 33.4 lakh houses were sanctioned between 2006-07 and 2013-2014. Of them, 20.49 lakh houses were completed by spending 7,168 crore. During the initial investigation, it was found that in 593 villages, irregularities pertaining to 26,100 houses were noticed.
The CID had formed special teams to probe the case reported in the two Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. “Scientific investigation is needed. With no expertise in the field of engineering, it is proving to be too difficult. The investigators can’t just do basic investigation and wind up. Some alternative will have to be worked out soon,” the official said.