Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) has covered 21 km of the survey work to fine-tune the metro alignment and station locations up to Fort Grant underpass near the Shamshabad town, with the entire work slated to be completed by the month-end, informed managing director N.V.S.Reddy on Saturday.
The survey is being carried out by using a satellite-based Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) and the Electronic Total Station with built-in programs for more accuracy and capturing of accurate coordinates. It is part of the pre-construction activities taken up in parallel processing mode to expedite the grounding of airport metro works even as expert engineering consultants as part of the ‘General Consultant’ will be in position by early next month with the last date for submission of bids being January 20, he said, in an official release.
While the detailed project report has followed a typical railway engineering method to identify the station locations, an innovative…