HYDERABAD: For implementation of cable ducting project in different parts of Greater Hyderabad, Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL), a consultancy company functioning under the administrative control of the Union ministry of communications and information technology,is going to undertake a survey shortly.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation had, a few days ago, handed over a letter to the TCIL for undertaking the survey for ducting project for about 225 km of road length in the city, GHMC engineer-in-chief R Dhan Singh told Express.
The GHMC proposes to provide a common duct for cables and other utility services along the 72-km metro rail corridors and 150-km of road stretches where comprehensive road development is planned to be taken up on a priority basis. The survey will be completed in six months.
The corporation has prepared a comprehensive action plan for development of 150 km roads to maintain them in a perfect shape and avoid frequent road cuttings, maintain footpaths, medians, greenery, storm water drains and laying of common cable ducts, etc on either side of the roads.
Singh said the consultant would study and work out the financial and techno-economic viability of the project and submit a detailed report. They will be asked to suggest whether the project should be undertaken by GHMC itself or in public-private partnership.
The consultant will review the existing system, analyse the existing utility service provision and network along the project corridor, and conceive and develop the implementation plan for establishing common ducts for cables and other utilities in an organised manner and assess the demand for provision of the ducts in line with the objective of the project.
The consultant would assess the existing and potential use of availability of space under the surface of the project corridors, preparing detail design and drawings, providing detailed specifications of the project components such as course and depth of ducts to be laid, spacing of the manholes, underground infrastructure, equipment, machinery and any other physical infrastructure required to lay the ducts.
The consultant has to assess the capital expenditure and operational expenditure per year for the project and also develop draft modalities for service provision, its pricing, demand and supply considerations, and carry out analysis on charges to estimate the revenue from the project.
The consultants would have to assess the financial feasibility of the project assessed by developing a financial model that will take into consideration the revenue forecasts and the cost estimates related to the project.