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Dec 14, 2017, 02:51 IST

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘టీ–సవారీ’తో క్యాబ్‌లు బుక్‌ చేసుకునే అవకాశం

ఓలా మనీ, మొబైల్‌ వాలెట్‌లను వినియోగించుకోవచ్చు 

ఓలా మనీ యాప్‌తో మెట్రో కార్డుల రీచార్జి

నగరవాసులకు మెట్రో జర్నీతోపాటు చివరి గమ్యం చేర్చేందుకు ప్రముఖ క్యాబ్‌ సంస్థ ఓలా ముందుకొచ్చింది. ఎల్‌అండ్‌టీ మెట్రోరైల్‌ హైదరాబాద్‌ లిమిటెడ్, ఓలా సంస్థల మధ్య బుధవారం వ్యూహాత్మక భాగస్వామ్య ఒప్పందం కుదిరింది. దీంతో మెట్రో ప్రయాణికులు హైదరాబాద్‌ మెట్రో రైల్‌ అధికారిక యాప్‌ ‘టీ–సవారీ’ ద్వారా ఓలా క్యాబ్‌లు, ఆటో లు బుక్‌ చేసుకోవచ్చు. మొబైల్‌ వాలెట్, ఓలా మనీ సేవలనూ వినియోగించుకోవచ్చు. ఇక మియాపూర్, అమీర్‌పేట్, నాగోల్, కేపీహెచ్‌బీ కాలనీ మెట్రో స్టేషన్ల వద్ద ఓలా ప్రత్యేక కియోస్క్‌లను ఏర్పాటు చేయనున్న ట్లు నిర్వాహకులు తెలిపారు. ఇతర స్టేషన్లలోనూ త్వర లో ఈ కియోస్క్‌లు ఏర్పాటు చేస్తామన్నారు. మెట్రో స్టేషన్ల సమీపంలో ప్రయాణికుల సౌకర్యార్థం ఓలా జోన్లు ఏర్పాటు చేయనుండటంతో క్యాబ్‌ల కోసం మెట్రో ప్రయాణికులు నిరీక్షించే అవసరం ఉండదని పేర్కొన్నారు. ఈ ఒప్పందంతో మెట్రో స్మార్ట్‌కార్డులను నేరుగా ఓలా మనీ యాప్‌ ద్వారా రీచార్జ్‌ చేసుకునే అవకాశం కల్పిస్తున్నారు.

ఇక యాప్‌ సౌకర్యం లేని మెట్రో ప్రయాణికులు స్టేషన్ల వద్దనున్న ఓలా కియోస్క్‌లను సంప్రదించి అక్కడ ఉండే ప్రతినిధుల సహకారంతో క్యాబ్‌ బుక్‌ చేసుకునే అవకాశం ఇస్తున్నారు. ఇక ఓలా జోన్స్‌ మెట్రో స్టేషన్ల వద్ద పార్కింగ్‌ సమస్యకూ పరిష్కారం చూపుతాయన్నారు. ప్రయాణికుల జర్నీ సమయం కూడా గణనీయంగా తగ్గుందన్నారు. మెట్రో తో నగర రవాణా రంగ చరిత్రలో కొత్త శకం ప్రారంభమైందని ఓలా డైరెక్టర్‌ సౌరభ్‌ మిశ్రా తెలిపారు. ఓలా సేవలను ఆన్‌లైన్, ఆన్‌గ్రౌండ్‌ విధానంలో మెట్రో స్టేషన్ల సమీపంలో అందించడం ఆనందంగా ఉందన్నారు.

ఓలా స్మార్ట్‌ మొబిలిటీ సేవలను రైల్వేస్టేషన్లు, ఎయిర్‌పోర్టులు, మెట్రో స్టేషన్లతో అనుసంధానిస్తున్నామని తెలిపారు. సులభమైన, సౌకర్యవంతమైన, క్లిష్టతలేని ప్రయాణాన్ని మెట్రో ప్రయాణికులకు అందించేందుకే ఈ భాగస్వామ్యం చేసుకున్నామన్నా రు. నాగోల్‌–మియాపూర్‌(30 కి.మీ.) మెట్రో మార్గం 2.4 లక్షల ప్రయాణికుల మార్కును అధిగమించడం ద్వారా విజయవంతమైనట్లు ఎల్‌అండ్‌టీ హెచ్‌ఎంఆర్‌ఎల్‌ చీఫ్‌ ఆపరేటింగ్‌ ఆఫీసర్‌ అనిల్‌కుమార్‌ సైనీ తెలిపారు. ఓలాతో ఒప్పందం ద్వారా ప్రయాణికులకు లాస్ట్‌మైల్‌ కనెక్టివిటీ తేలికవుతుందన్నారు. ఓలా భద్రతా ఫీచర్లు ప్రయాణికులకు సురక్షితమైన, సౌకర్యవంతమైన మొబిలిటీ అనుభవాలను అందిస్తుందన్నారు. ఓలా సంస్థ ఇటీవలే గుర్‌గావ్, బెంగళూరు మెట్రో రైలు కార్పొరేషన్‌ లిమిటెడ్‌తో భాగస్వామ్య ఒప్పందం కుదుర్చుకోవడంతోపాటు మెట్రోస్టేషన్లలో ఓలా కియోస్క్‌లు ఏర్పాటు చేసిందన్నారు.  

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Hyderabad MetroRail artwork: turn left when you see the parrot



Paintings on local themes, birds, animals and festivals by poster painters brighten up the dull pillars of Metro rail in Begumpet
Shakib is busy with his colours and brushes. He is perched atop a makeshift bamboo ladder attached to the side of a pillar that faces Vivanta by Taj, opposite Hyderabad Public School. Neither is the busy traffic his concern, nor is the height. His eyes and hands are engaged in giving the right shape to Komaram Bheem’s turban.

Shakib will be working on 10 such L&T Metro rail pillars along with 15 other artists from two different agencies specialising in poster paintings. Each one has different themes to paint. The row of pillars in the Begumpet stretch which had a dull look so far will be painted in a bid to beautify them.



More pillars and better are the chance of sticking random posters, painting self ads, slapping ‘wanted’ ‘lost’ leaflets and not to forget those bizarre birthday wishes through posters. However, L&T Metro rail has other plans. Instead of letting the pillars be used for vandalism and made ugly with layers of papers with political agenda being stuck to them, they have decided to give local poster painters a chance to show their creativity.

After taking two sides of the pillar by L&T Metro rail themselves to use as billboards, the sides that face the two sides of the road are being measured and whitewashed. After Metro started its operation a few days ago the bare pillars bore a dull look. Once the white wash is done, pillars are being painted with figurines that range from Telangana Talli to Nirmal paintings, Komaram Bheem to the Nizam, and it is brightening the Begumpet stretch.

Hyderabad MetroRail artwork: turn left when you see the parrot
Thankfully these paintings measuring 14 feet in height are not so jarring and have a decent colour palette as opposed to the choice of the rainbow palette used in flyovers in Madhapur. Trees with pink and blue barks with black dots don’t just look out of place but make the entire area look silly and tacky. These artists working in Begumpet, however, are trying to make the paintings look real. One of them says, “Our work is to create drama with larger-than-life paintings. The theme is local so we have chosen Gond dance, the famous Nirmal art, birds like parrot and festivals like Bathukamma and Bonalu.”

Surprisingly Surya creative and SK Arts, the two companies that have been commissioned to paint the pillars in Begumpet have stuck to real colours that match the subject. The choice of shade of the colours might be bright like they use for outdoor posters but they are not a mismatch.

So now, instead of pillar numbers it will be easier for people to identify landmarks with themes painted on each pillar.

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Hyderabad Metro Rail, new preferred location for film shootings
Allari Naresh's 'Bandipotu' to Akhil Akkineni’s 'Hello', have been shot at metro stations premises.

By AuthorS. Sandeep Kumar | Published: 26th Dec 2017 12:16 am Updated: 26th Dec 2017 12:21 am

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All precautionary measures have been taken to avoid any damage to property while filming a scene

Hyderabad: Gleaming platforms, colourful ambience and well maintained stations apart from a newly introduced mass transportation system is fast catching the fancy of Tollywood filmmakers in using Hyderabad Metro Rail and its stations as a location for their projects.

Right from the Allari Naresh starrer ‘Bandipotu’, Nitin’s ‘Lie ‘ to the latest Akhil Akkineni’s ‘Hello’, quite a few films have already been shot at the metro stations premises.

Some of these films were shot before commencement of commercial operations of the Metro Rail with authorities saying that quite a few other directors had evinced interest in shooting their films, including feature films and short films as well.

Catching up with contemporary look, filmmakers the choice of locations for shooting films too has been evolving over the years. There was a time when Jubilee Bus Station was the preferred destination for many directors to picturise different situations including action scenes.

A few years later, Kacheguda Railway station emerged as a prime locations for Telugu film shootings. With the advent of Multi Modal Transit System (MMTS) trains, several films were shot in the trains and at different MMTS stations.

A few scenes, including a couple of action sequences of Tollywood star Mahesh Babu’s blockbuster ‘Pokiri’ were filmed at Khairatabad MMTS station.

Now, with the Hyderabad Metro Rail winning hearts in the city, Tollywood directors too have started looking at it and also the plus Metro Rail premises for filming different sequences.

Among the stations, Nagole and Miyapur are said to be more preferred by the directors. It is for the film team to select the station and premises, including the platform level, concourse level or even in a train, said a senior official.

Film technicians and directors conduct a recce before finalising a location and nearly six hours are utilised in a day for a film shoot. All precautionary measures are taken to avoid any damage to the property or any untoward incident while filming a scene, he said.

Refusing to disclose the amount charged for permitting film shootings, the official said it was charged on hourly basis. It depends on the location as well, platform level and concourse level had different rates and if a train was used the charges were different, he added.

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Hyderabad Metro to get faster, more trains, from April

 

Come April, the travel time on the Hyderabad Metro Rail along the 30 km stretch from Nagole to Miyapur, could be reduced significantly, while the number of trains could also go up from the existing 18 to 22 trains.

To make this possible, the L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad (L&TMRHL) is making efforts to stabilize operations and increase the frequency of trains from the existing one train every 7 minutes to one train every 6.5 minutes. The travel time, for the 30 km distance, is about 1 hour 20 minutes presently, with the target being to cover the stretch in one hour.

The Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety needs to give permission and once that is done, the number of trains will also be increased from the existing 18 to 22 hopefully from April, L&TMRHL Chief Operating Officer Anil Kumar Saini said here on Wednesday.

“At present, 400 trips are being operated on the 30 km stretch. There is a demand from commuters to extend the timings of operations late into the night as well. Accordingly, possibilities are being explored to extend services till 11.30 pm instead of the existing 11 pm, at least on weekends to start off. Morning train services could start 30 minutes late against the existing time of 6 am once the changes are in place,” Saini said.

Regarding the sale of Smart Cards, he said over 1.60 lakh cards were sold to date with about 1,000 smart cards being sold every day. About 50 percent of passengers were using smart cards and plans were being made to offer monthly passes shortly, he said.

“For bulk smart cards users like Calvary Temple, who are using already 5,000 cards, we are fixing their logo on the rear side of the card. They have requested for 10,000 more cards,” Saini said.

On the security front, he said plans were afoot to introduce video analytics and facial recognition system at Metro stations. 

Focusing on making good use of space available at Metro stations, L&TMRHL has permitted mobile network companies to establish their towers atop the stations. Already, 50 such towers have been established, while there is scope to install at least three towers at each Metro station. This will facilitate installation of 180 towers, he said.