Hosur Elevated Road - after completion

When is expected date/month/quarter of completion?

SB,

From discussions with BMRC, it is more or less certain that there will be no metro route along Hosur road.

Sudhir Chandra had mentioned that he was not keen (at least for now) to run a Metro route along Hosur road with all those big structures there, & he is studying an option of providing a route to EC via Bannerghatta rd - NICE rd, instead, which will also do away with the need for monorail on bannerghatta rd (one of the planned monorail routes).

SB... Lets just say we stick to the same plan you suggested - but instead of catching a Metro from Madivala to EC you took a Vajra? There is enought money to create Magix Boxes, through advertising. So this magic Box for busses only is a great idea. Have a BRTS from ORR/SB junction to Marathalli. A Magic box for busses only (single file) at all intersections. This should be built before the construction flyovers at Agara and the next ORR Sarjapur Junction. This way during construction busses can move freely, and hopefully people will prefer this to riding through a construction site!

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Why can't the builders of the BETL can run trams which are lighter than the Metros and has more carrying capacity than buses. Also they are slimmer.

Trams could be run on the Kerbs of the BETL with stations beneath at important junctions providing staircase and elevator access. 4 car tram should easily carry around 200 people. Another advantage is that trams are guided and we do not need buffer space on either sides like buses (if BRT is considered). This reduces the road width needed.

 

Vasanth,

I dont think it will be possible to run trams on BETL, even if they wanted to because the viaduct may not be designed for it with respect to strength & width. It's a 4-lane road, & if trams have to be run, two lanes would be lost. This leaves only one lane each way, so overtaking may not be possible. Also, in case of vehicle breakdowns, all traffic in one direction will be halted, unless they make it a common 2-lane carriageway both ways, but then, safety will be an issue since vehicles will be moving at high speeds.

Further, additional width would be required at stations, also additional strengthening for the same & access arrangements might interfere with the road down below.

The solution is to run thro' buses to EC (non-stop) overhead, without needing any separate lanes since it is direct, without any interruptions inbetween, but this should be acceptable to BETL, who may demand high toll fee for such buses since it will cut down the no. of other vehicles that use their elevated expressway.

At the bottom, bus lanes need to be arranged due to available width, & to provide right of way since local traffic will interfere, especially at intermediate stops, but the way things are going, I doubt they will do anything at all & this will again favor car & 2-wheeler users, slowing down buses. Also, there is the question of the the terms under BETL's agreement - it may state that no mass transport is permitted on the route, in which case, common citizens have lost out to car users again, as usual.

I agree.

The first option should always be to provide proper public mass transport - buses are the easiest & least expensive. Instead of building infrastructure to facilitate faster movement of buses, we are building gigantic structures for movement of cars, completing ignoring the fact that this monstrous structure will not be enough within a few years & turn into an elevated parking lot, given that exit options at Silkboard Jn & also at EC are weak, & cannot cope with large increases in traffic.

Metro rail would have been the ideal choice, but it seems too late now. The best option is to run a Metro on Bannerghatta rd & connect EC via NICE rd.

ssheragu I would like to comment but before that I would like to know the total length of the elevated road can anyone tell me correctly & exactly the places or points which it is supposed to connect and its total length then we can suggest ways of how to realize at least one road as signal free and serving the purpose it is meant to serve also what is the state and stage of construction of this road thanks in advance Srinath Heragu

BETL is nearing completion. Thank god it was NHAI who was the client and it was not promoted per se by Maytas. In any case, this is a complete failure of Hyderabad Inc. I earlier thought that Hyderabad was good competition to Bengaluru. But now that is not the case. 

Atleast 'The Economist' differntiated between Infy and Satyam:

http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12903424&source=features_box3 

Right. But the distinction between Infy and Satyam does not extend to Bangalore and Hyderabad, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, India and the West and so on ... Satyam is pipsqueak when compared to what the NYC and London and even Finland has done. Raju is a fraud just like Madoff, Telgi and scores others in history from all over the world. And that is the sum total of all that is there to it, beyond that is all in the gaaLi gopura hypothesis territory – stuff that gets the sociology types excited.

Only thing that matters now is how efficiently, transparently and comprehensively is this prosecuted now. Already AP sarkara is seen to be going soft on Raju. Obviously Raju is not alone and obviously the management is not alone. How did they come to acquire so much land in HYD? How many neta-gaaLLu go down with IT-vaaLLu is the real test.

 

I think this whole episode is a shocker to all. Like many of you have already posted here there are so many fraudulent companies world wide who have set examples in the past and the most important aspect as TS says is how will they bring them to justice. The most interesting part will be to see how many Netas and IT personnel will have to come out honestly here. In reply to Cadambi sirs comments - There may be truth to some of it but not every one is fake. On a lighter note Carnatic music is an amalgamation of all the southern states so AP in particular has no stake in it. Hope I read this right when you quoted sir. On another note - you are right many in the state of AP are more IT oriented because of family pressure or status symbol.