Ray of hope metro connectivity to Old city in Hyderabad

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo and Telangana chief minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao directed the Municipal Administration department to take forward the long-pending project, the metro rail connectivity to Old city.

Municipal Administration minister K T Rama Rao said that KCR had told the Chairman of L&T, the agency executing the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project to expeditiously take up the works and promised all needed support.

Whether it is an election ploy or political strategy, but KCR gave the direction during a meeting with a delegation of Muslim leaders including AIMIM President and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, giving a ray of hope for the long pending project.

The meeting took place primarily to urge BRS to oppose Uniform Civil Code.

The Muslim leaders also raised the issue of reconstruction of mosques and other religious structures in the state Secretariat. These structures were demolished when the old buildings were pulled down to construct a new complex.

Last year, the state government had allocated Rs 500 crore for the Metro line from Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) to Falaknuama under Corridor-II of 5.5 km.

L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad (L&TMRH) has completed the first phase of the Metro Rail project across three corridors to a total length of 69.2 km. While L. B. Nagar to Miyapur and Nagole to Raidurg corridors have been completed, the Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) to Falaknuma stretch is yet to be completed. On the third corridor, connectivity has been provided from JBS to MGBS. The 73-km elevated metro is the biggest metro project in the world in public private partnership (PPP) model built at a total cost of Rs 20,000 crore.