‘8 logistics parks along ORR soon’

Hyderabad: Eight logistics parks will be developed along Outer Ring Road (ORR) as part of the plans to make Hyderabad a global city by focusing on development of the suburbs, Industry Minister K T Rama Rao said on Friday.
In his address after inaugurating a logistics park developed by Ancon Group in partnership with Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) at Mangalapalle in Ranga Reddy district on the outskirts of Hyderabad, he said this was the first-of-its-kind integrated logistics park developed in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
KTR also announced that the second logistics park will be inaugurated in 3-4 months at Batasingaram. Spread over 22 acres, the logistics park at Mangalpalle has 2.5 lakh square feet of grade A ware-house space.
It has facilities such as parking for 250 trucks, warehousing, automobile service centres, fuel stations, provision for cold storage, a primary health centre, dormitories and restaurants. The logistics park will provide direct employment to 800-1,000 people and indirect employment to 2,000 people. KTR, who is also the Minister for Information Technology, Urban Development and Municipal Administration, said eight more logistics parks will come up along 162-km long ORR, which has 19 interjunctions.
Stating that logistics is one of the 14 thrust areas identified in the state’s industrial policy, the minister said these parks would facilitate industrialisation in all four directions around the city and through decongestion ensure there is not much pressure on the city infrastructure. He hoped that this would help overcome problems associated with urbanisation.
He said three inter-state bus terminals were proposed on the city outskirts – one in south and two in north. KTR, who is son of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, said two major railway terminals were also coming at Cherlapally and Nagulapalle. They will be interconnected with bus terminals to provide multi-modal transport system.