Hyderabad Airport Metro Rail (HAML) has invited tenders for the selection of consultants for preparing Preliminary Project Reports (PPRs) and Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for Phase-III metro rail expansion corridors recently approved by the Telangana government.
HAML managing director N.V.S. Reddy informed that a total of 12 corridors covering 278 km (eight extension corridors and four corridors all along the ORR – Outer Ring Road) are divided into four packages and not more than two packages will be awarded to each successful consultancy firm.
The last date for submission of tenders is August 28 and consultancy agencies will be selected early next month. The selected consultants have to first submit PPRs within two months and carry out traffic surveys, travel demand forecasting, ridership estimates, socio-environmental assessment, alternatives analysis etc., and suggest suitable modes of public transport in the PPRs, he explained.
