Hyderabad IT companies

Hyderabad in recent times is growing at enormous rate leaving behind other cities like Delhi ,Mumbai , Bangalore. Many giants like Microsoft , Google , Oracle , Dell , Cognizant , Wipro have presence in Hyderabad and are further expanding to larger extend. Well this snap is of buildings of various IT companies one must wonder which foreign location is it but it is indeed our Hyderabad . This buildings are located at Hi Tech city , Madhapur , Hyderabad .

Latest happening news is the starting of operations of new Hyderabad airport . Recent visit to this new airport at Shamshabad , part of Hyderabad , was simply superb . The facilities at this new airport are of superior quality when compared to any other airport across INDIA . The only issue is related to traffic conditions and distance. Unless traffic is streamlined we need to face difficulties and this cannot be resolved all alone by government authorities , we as an individual should take up initiatives . We must try and motivate people to follow traffic rules as they are meant for their own good.

Hyderabad's New Airport Updates

The new hyderabad airport situated at shamshabad is all set to begin its operations from 16th march 2008 . The new hot issue that's making headlines is whether to shut down the begumpet airport or continue its operations along with the new airport at shamshabad , while legally having other airport operational airport other than one at shamshabad is not possible as government has already committed with GMR group that begumpet airport will be closed .

But to counter this PIL is filled in high court of andhra pradesh and the judgment is expected soon . The other problem is related to the employees of this old airports , they along with the employees of all airports across India are going on an indefinite strike from 12 th march 2008 . This tussle between the employees of the Airport Authority of India and the Civil Aviation Ministry on the closure of the Hyderabad and Bangalore airports is now threatening to impact air operations across the country. So if your are taking flight out from any airport across India , be prepared for significant delays.

Well government should not back off due to this strikes as city of Hyderabad has reached the maximum permissible traffic limits . This airport will help in clearing off the traffic menace to a great extend as the traffic gets diverted out of the city towards shamshabad .

Visit us again for more updates from the city of Hyderabad , feel free to share your comments too .

Hyderabad roads : Banjara Hills

Isn't this picture portrays HYDERABAD roads image as clean , Green and traffic friendly .....lolz....... well don't ask about the rest of the city . Well I have taken this snap when i was waiting for a friend ( GUY ) at Banjara Hills locality , huh waiting is a really pain . I wish all the roads of Hyderabad were so user friendly , hopefully we will get to see some improvement in traffic conditions when outer ring road (ORR ) leading to the new Hyderabad airport at shamshabad is completely functional which is expected from 16 March 2008.

Hyderabad International Airport

The Greenfield airport at Shamshabad - Hyderabad, India , which will be commissioned (operational) on March 16 2008 , will be named as Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. This airport will have a world class cargo handling facility. Besides being the first airport under private-public partnership, the airport also has South Asia's longest runway. The runway has a length of 4260 metres and is located at Shamshabad, 30 km from the city.

The cargo handling and courier services have been planned and executed after studying similar facilities at leading international airports around the world, in Japan, the UK, the US and Malaysia.Hyderabad is likely to emerge as the cargo hub of Southeast Asia with the new international airport at Shamshabad, 30 km from here, handling a bulk of express cargo and courier services from the region. Fortunately even after separation of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh , it will be an integral part of Telangana.

Even the top Courier service DHL Express, who were planning to go to Sri Lanka have been offered to come to Hyderabad with land and reports from newspapers suggest that they have accepted Hyderabad as the centre of the their Southeast Asia operations. This new Hyderbad airport's cargo terminal is at an advanced stage of completion and would be ready in time for commercial operations at the airport next month. This airport would incorporate the novel ‘aerotropolis’ concept, housing hotels, commercial centres, hospitals, and residential quarters. The concept is has been implemented at the Seoul, Munich and Hong Kong international airports.In the next phase it is proposed to have an international convention centre. There will be 4 star hotels in addition to the Novotel hotel in the first phase.

Hyderabad International Airport Ltd., is a public-private joint venture between GMR Group, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad and both the State Government of Andhra Pradesh and Airports Authority of India (AAI). GMR Group holds 63% of the equity, MAHB 11%, while the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Airports Authority of India each hold 13%.However,the 30 km expressway to the airport also know Outer Ring Road ,is not yet ready and it is going to make the driving time of 90 minutes from the existing 120 driving minutes from Hyderabad.

Initial Phase
A 105,300 sq.m. terminal, Having the capacity to handle 12 million passengers per annum is being constructed. The terminal building will have 12 contact and 30 remote stands for aircraft parking. Other buildings, including the ATC Tower , Technical Building, Cargo (100,000 metric tones capacity), MRO (Maintenance and Repair Overhaul), CFR Station (Crash, Fire and Rescue Station) and Utilities having a combined area of 35,000 sq.m. will also be constructed.This phase is set to be completed by march 16 2008.

Final Phase
The airport will reach its full maturity in this Phase. An additional floor area of 430,000 sq.m. will be constructed bringing the total built up area to 900,000 sq.m.The ultimate master plan is to cater over 40 million passengers per annum. To achieve this, the present master plan allows freedom of expansion to both airside and landside facilities within the Airport site. Further acquisition of land to the north and south will allow expansion of a third and fourth runway system.

Do post your comments , regarding the advantages and disadvantages to city of Hyderabad with the construction of New International Hyderabad Airport.