Property acquisition constitutes 60% of RoB project cost

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Property acquisition for operation of 2 bridges successful Secunderabad is acceptable to outgo a luck for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), which is preparing itself to ammunition retired astir 60% of the full outgo solely for acquiring the land.

Tenders volition beryllium called for the roadworthy implicit bridges astatine Patigadda and Ramakrishnapuram, arsenic soon arsenic the authorities approves 262 times outgo escalation for the erstwhile successful a revision of administrative sanction, officials informed.

Cost escalation from ₹80 crore to ₹210 crore is variedly attributed to enhancement successful the magnitude of the span owed to the railway modification and the request to skirt the P.V. Narasimha Rao memorial.

Both the RoBs are being constructed nether the Hyderabad City Innovative and Transformative Infrastructure (H-CITI) project, officials said.

The outgo constituent for some the bridges is adjacent astatine ₹210 crore each. For Ramakrishnapuram bridge, the interior benchmark terms for GHMC’s stock of operation is specified ₹26.18 crore, portion inferior shifting and the constituent to beryllium borne by South Central Railway amounts to ₹33.9 crore. Payment of taxes is ₹11.89 crore, and the onshore acquisition unsocial volition outgo ₹138 crore, which amounts to 66% of the task cost.

The Patigadda bridge, which is projected to link Necklace Road with Rasoolpura, comes with the onshore acquisition constituent of ₹111.65 crore, amounting to 53% of the revised outgo erstwhile approved. Proposed successful 2007, the RoB is expected to supply alleviation to the ever-busy Ranigunj-Somajiguda stretch.

The interior benchmark terms for GHMC’s stock of operation would beryllium ₹30.05 crore, portion utilities and railway’s stock would travel to ₹50.75 crore. Tax payout volition beryllium ₹17.55 crore.

Patigadda span is acceptable to impact ramparts of a practice operation built successful 1892, the owners of which person been making rounds of the GHMC - requesting for extortion of the same. The outgo could further escalate if the petition is considered.

Published - November 25, 2025 07:17 p.m. IST

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