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WHO’s WHO of T Contracts

Hyderabad: Amidst the ongoing demand for and against the bifurcation of the state, several arguments from both sides have been put forward. It is not only the politicians who have vested interests but also the contractors of major infrastructure projects in the region.

In the backdrop of this situation, The Hans India probed into the contractors who were executing various works. Here’s the list of the contractors who have been awarded major projects.

Gayatri Constructions

Gayatri Constructions is owned by Congress MP T Subbarami Reddy. The total cost of the ongoing projects in Telangana (including Hyderabad) is over Rs 2800 crore.

It has taken up contract works (awarded by the government) for the development of Nagarjuna Sagar Tail Pond link Canal in Khammam district with a cost of Rs 1,088.21 crore.

It has also taken up four laning of the state highway number one Hyderabad- Karimnagar-Ramagundam at Rs 1358 crore. They were also awarded the Outer Ring Road - phase -II project from Mallampet to Dundigal.

The cost of the project is Rs 323.97 crore.It also includes developing express highways on another stretch between Sagar road to Vijayawada highway at a cost of Rs 200 crore

Transstroy India Ltd

Transstroy India jointly owned by Eluru MP Kavuri sambasiva Rao and the Guntur MP Rayapati sambasiva Rao (both Congress) is executing notable projects like the eight lane expressway between Gachibowli and Shamshabad at a cost of Rs 699 crore on Outer Ring Road, the Komaram Bheem irrigation project at a cost of Rs 48.69 crore in Adilabad district and Dr BR Ambedkar Pranahita Lift irrigation canal at Nizamabad.

The cost of the last project is Rs 1,189.6 crore.

Progressive Constructions

Progressive Constructions belongs to Eluru MP K Sambasiva Rao(Congress). The ongoing works are Sriram Sagar Project works ( SRSP - J4 - 02A. SRSP - C5 - 03B. SRSP - L6 - 15B) in Nizamabad district. The cost of the works is estimated at around Rs 300 crore.

Ramky Group 

Ramky Group, a leading infrastructre company in the state, is owned and maintained by TDP MP Modugula Venugopala Reddy and his family members from Guntur district. It has been awarded to take up ORR works between Shamshabad and Tukkuguda at a cost of Rs 400 crore.

It has also bagged the contract to construct solid waste management project at a cost of Rs 900 crore by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. The project is in progress at Jawaharnagar dump yard.
 
Besides taking up construction of residential towers in the city, it plans to establish the Multi Product Park and the Discovery City at a cost of Rs 3000 crore in Rangareddy district.

GMR Group

GMR group which had constructed and maintains the Rajiv Gandhi International airport at Shamshabad is owned by G Mallikarjuna Rao (No political affliation) from Sirkakulam district.

The new Hyderabad International Airport Limited (HIAL) was a public-private partnership joint venture of GMR Group, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad, the State Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Airports Authority of India (AAI). GMR Group holds 63 per cent of the equity in the airport which was constructed at a cost of Rs 2300 crore.

Lanco Group

The Lanco Group belongs to Vijaywada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal (Congress).

He had taken up Lanco Hills- housing project at a cost of Rs 5,500 crore in 108 acres. However, the wakf board had filed a petition in the Wakf Tribunal claiming that Lanco had occupied the wakf land and that it belongs to Hussain Shah Wali darga at Manikonda village near the Hitech city in Hyderabad.

KMC Constructions.

KMC Constructions Company Limited, belongs to Nellore MP Mekapati Rajmohan Reddy,( now YSR Congress party) It has taken up the eight-lane expressway from Tukkuguda to Sagar Road under Outer Ring Road (ORR) project. The cost of the project is around Rs 370 crore. Mekapati Goutam Reddy is the Managing Director of the company.

Nagarjuna Construction Company


Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited owned by AV Satya Narayana Raju of East Godavari (No political affliation). His Son R Ranga Raju is the Managing Director of the company. It has taken up express highway works on the stretch of Ghatkesard-Vijayawada highway and Ghatkesar-Kesara in the city. The total cost of the project is around Rs 400 crore.

The other works taken up by them include the Krishna drinking water project phase-2 at a cost of Rs 1200 crore including manufacturing, supplying, laying, jointing, testing and commissioning the pipelines under package 3 and 4. It has also developed an indoor stadium at Saroor Nagar. The other project taken up by the company was the Singapur township in Hyderabad.

Madhucon Projects.

The only notable company from Telangana region which was executing some infrastructure projects is Madhucon projects, owned by Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party leader Nama Nageswara Rao from Khammam.

The company has taken up projects like the main canal and structures of Sri Ram Sagar right branch canal, SRSP flood flow canal from 103.00 km to 122.00 km in Karimnagar district on EPC turnkey system, high-level submersible bridge across the river Sabari at 36/4 km of Nallipaka – Pocharam road in Khammam district.

It constructed flyovers at the CTO junction and the airport junction in Hyderabad and the Flyover at Taranaka over a length of 801 metres. The total cost of the projects taken up in Hyderbad and in Telangana districts was estimated at Rs 500 to Rs 700 crore.

Indu Group

Indu Group owned by I Shamprasad Reddy (close to YSR but not member of Congress) from Kurnool district. He was closely associated with YS Rajasekhara Reddy. The infrstructure construction and development company bagged the contract of Pranahita- Chevella Lift Irrigation scheme. It won the Rs 1447 crore contract in a joint venture with Srinivasa Construction Limited , Kirloskar Brothers Limited and WEG Electric ( India) Limited for link 7, package 22 in the project.

The company also established " Indu Techzone", a notified 150 acre IT and ITES SEZ being developed by Indu Projects Limited and Sun Apollo at Shamshabad in Hyderabad. The total development in the 150-acre campus is to the tune of 7.8 million square feet of processing and non-processing zones.

The location comes under the Shamshabad growth corridor, which is one among the top 17 growth corridors in India, with respect to the envisaged pace and potential of growth, and return on investments. It will offer complete end-to-end solutions, from concept planning to property management.

IVRCL Company

IVRCL company owned by E Sudheer Reddy (close to YSR but not a member of the Congress party) of Nellore district has taken up Koil Sagar Life Irrigation scheme to irrigate an ayacut of 12000 cares in Mahabubnagar district. Indirasagar lift irrigaiton project ( Polavaram) package -31 to lift 51.5 cusecs of Godavari water in stages from Rudrammakota village in Khammam district to irrigate 2 lakh acres at a cost of Rs 152.20 crore.

The other irrigation project it is executing is Flood flow canal project from 57km to 70 km of SRSP main canal to irrigate an ayacut of 2.20 lakh acres in Karimnagar, Warangal and Nalgonda districts in two stages. The cost of the project is Rs 195 crore.

It has also taken up works in the Krishna Drinking Water Supply scheme-phase 2 under package one with the collaboration of Nagarjuna Constructions Company Limited.

GVR Infra Projects

GVR Infra Projects owned by G Venkataeswara Rao (close to TDP but not a party member) was awarded contract to develop outer Ring Road on the stretch from Dundigal to Shamirpet. It has taken up irrigation projects in Telangana under the Jalayagnam scheme.

Curtesy: The Hans India