Old Hyderabad gets Rs 500 crore for Metro rail connectivity

The Telangana government on Monday allocated Rs 500 crore for extending Metro rail services to the Old City. The government also allocated Rs 1500 crore for Hyderabad Metrol Rail (HMR) and another Rs 500 crore for metro connectivity to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad.

While presenting the budget 2022-23, state finance minister T. Harish Rao elaborated on the allocation made for metro connectivity to airport.

The expansion facilities at the airport at a cost of Rs 7,500 crore have been taken up to meet the requirements even if the air traffic goes up to 4 crore passengers per year.

He said the expansion facilities will be completed by June. The minister said with the objective of facilitating the passengers to reach the airport in the shortest possible time from different areas, it has been envisaged to extend metro rail services to the airport.

This metro lane will commence from Raidurg and terminate at Shamshabad Airport covering a distance of 31 km. Recently, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has laid the foundation for metro connectivity to the airport.