Govt gives green signal for Logistic Parks at Batasingaram & Mangalapally

The long pending proposal for Logistic Parks at Batasingaram and Mangalapally on the city outskirts will see the light of day as the state government finally gives green signal to the projects.The state government has permitted Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) to take up these projects (truck terminals) for development of Logistic Parks as an integrated one-stop facility for freight operators, third party logistic (3PL) service providers, cargo handling companies, truck drivers, warehousing and with spacious parking facilities.

These two parks will be developed on Public Private partnership (PPP) mode and HMDA will be issuing work orders next week to Credence Logistics Limited, Navi Mumbai for developing  the Batasingaram unit and Ancon Design Group-KCP Project Private Limited, Hyderabad (joint-venture) for developing the Mangalapally Logistic Park.The firms should complete the projects in three years from the date of signing of the concession agreement.

The Logistic Park in Batasingaram will come up in 40 acres land located in survey number 10, Batasingaram village of Hayathnagar mandal at an estimated cost of `35 crore, and another one in 22 acres land in survey number 124, Mangalapally in Ibrahimpatnam mandal of Rangareddy district at a cost of `20 crore. The HMDA has asked the two firms to get ready



for grounding of works from first week of next month. These jinxed projects were pending since last six years due to indifference attitude of successive state governments. HMDA invited request for proposal in August 2010 and bidders were also shortlisted during the same year.       

The parks will facilitate in creation of infrastructure for transportation and logistic hubs. They will meet the increasing infrastructure demand for freight logistics.

Estimates suggest more than 35,000 to 40,000 freight vehicles carry around one lakh tonne cargo in and out of the city. These parks will offer integrated facilities for truck parking, warehousing and replete with dhabas, cafeterias and restaurants, truck workshops, petrol pumps and weigh bridges etc.

These parks would have truck parking for about 500 trucks, warehousing in 1 lakh sq.ft, cold-storage facilities for storing 4,000 MT of goods, office complex for operators, automobile service centres and accessories, vehicle testing centre, fire safety services, driver amenities, dormitories and accommodation for up to 200-300 persons.

The proposed logistic park at Batasingaram is adjacent to the NH-9 and about 7 kms from the Outer Ring road (ORR) towards Vijayawada while the park at Mangalapally is located near ORR towards Nagarjunasagar.