Greater Vizag Transport Authority

statesman · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject:

vizag beurocrats should immediately change the entrance of bus complex and start from south instead north , this will ease conjestion and trafficon dwarakanagar road. All buses bound to anakapalli must(except city services) should go via harbour junction, sheelanagar bye passing NH5 in city as these are creating a big traffic problem particular in evening prime and peak time creating traffic chaos at NAD, Gajuwaka.
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RealityRider · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:58 am Post subject:

Sir · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:23 pm Post subject: Vizag ahead!

Bus shelters to go modern

With Vizag turning into a global destination, the authorities of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) are taking every care to give an international look to the city.

After the proposal to introduce Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS), hi-tech prepaid parking system, it is now the turn to modernise bus shelters across the city. There are around 176 bus stops across the city and the GVMC brought in a new proposal to modernise them. Until now the GVMC was getting handsome revenue on the advertisements displayed on the bus stops.

According to the new proposal ultra modern lighting system with digital displays will be fixed to these bus shelters. Besides, good seating arrangement will be available for the regular passengers to sit and also for the APSRTC staff to rest for a while. The corporation also decided to handover the maintenance of these modern bus stops to private players. The GVMC would finalise the maintenance contractors through tenders. The revenue on the advertisements will go to the maintenance contractors who would pay to the corporation an amount annually that was quoted during tender process.

"The bus stops number may increase to 200 after the demand survey which would be launched very soon. These modern bus shelters would definitely add to the beauty of the city, which is growing in leaps and bounds. Already city has been placed on the global map due to various tourist attractions, industries and many other aspects," said a senior official of the GVMC. Though recently a firm requested the corporation to handover all the bus stops to them, the authorities said that they would call for open tenders.

A Hyderabad-based firm had made a power point presentation on the modern bus shelters concept and how would they be maintained by the corporation officials. The GVMC staff are now busy preparing "Requisition for proposals" to call tenders.
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Tenders for BRTS project to be called soon

B. Madhu Gopal

Pendurthy Transit Corridor to be taken up at a cost of Rs. 100 crores

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State government to form a committee

Simhachalam Transit Corridor to be taken up in second phase

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VISAKHAPATNAM: Tenders are likely to be called for the first phase of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project in a couple of weeks from now.

The Pendurthy Transit Corridor (PTC), to be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs.100 crores, will start at Pendurthy and pass through Vepagunta, Gopalapatnam, NAD Kotha Road, Kancharapalem, Convent Junction and Railway Station before culminating at the RTC Complex.

The tenders would be called in the Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) mode. The State government would form a committee with the Engineer-in-Chief, Hyderabad, Director Technical of Hyderabad Metro Water Supply Board, and the Chief Engineer/Superintending Engineer of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC). “The committee will study the EPC document before giving its nod to the tender process,” Superintending Engineer (Projects), GVMC, T. Moses Kumar told The Hindu on Monday. The Simhachalam Transit Corridor (STC), planned to be taken up in the second phase, would originate at Vepagunta and pass through Gosala, Simhachalam, Adavivaram junction, Pineapple Colony, Hanumanthawaka, National Highway (NH-5), Maddilapalem and Rama Talkies before culminating at the RTC Complex. A tunnel would also be laid across the hill from Narasimha Nagar to the Mudasorlova Reservoir side. A total amount of Rs.453 crores had already been sanctioned under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for these three projects.

The road should be at least 100 feet wide along the route (Pendurthy – RTC Complex) and 120 feet at the bus stops. Around 1,000 properties would be affected as part of the road widening work for the PTC. Though a final decision was yet to be taken regarding rehabilitation of the affected, it was planned to allow for vertical expansion of the building irrespective of the size or allow the affected owner to sell his right of deviation to another person at any other area in the city. The deviation to be allowed would be calculated on the extent of land lost in road-widening for the project and on the value of land in the area where the displaced person seeks rehabilitation.

Viable alternative

“BRTS is seen as a viable alternative to the growing transportation needs of the city. In the absence of reliable public transport, more and more commuters are going for personal vehicles like cars and two-wheelers that are literally choking the roads and causing traffic jams,” Mr. Moses Kumar said. The BRTS buses would ply at greater speed, as they would have a dedicated corridor. The air-conditioned buses would have built-in facilities like stop displays and have been designed to take the fatigue out of commuting on the congested city roads.

source : http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/29/stories/2008042959810300.htm

The Hindu - 29/04/2008 - Visakhapatnam news