Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed the officials to take up the expansion of the Hyderabad Metro Rail project to ensure Airport connectivity in view of the increased traffic congestion and to meet the demand for public transportation in the future.
The Chief Minister ordered the scrapping of the metro rail routes which were proposed by the previous government. The CM said that the proposed routes by the previous government were not useful for the majority of sections.
On the instructions of the Chief Minister, the Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) prepared a new route map. The route map has been prepared for the expansion of the metro rail network in the identified areas.
The new proposed metro rail routes will connect the airport from the four corners of the city to ensure the metro rail services are available to the majority of the commuters in Hyderabad city. The proposed metro rail network will allow everyone from the common man to the rich to access the hassle-free transportation facility in the city.
The main objective of the newly designed metro rail connectivity is to provide public transportation to a greater number of people at a low cost. The earlier metro rail network proposed by the previous government will incur huge expenditure but provide the facility to fewer people. The government will fulfill its goal of providing metro rail services to a huge number of Poor and Middle Classes by taking up the expansion of metro rail connectivity to all areas in the city.
Currently, the Hyderabad Metro Rail is providing services on a stretch of 69 km in three corridors between Miyapur and LB Nagar, JBS station to MGBS and Nagole to Rayadurg.
In the Phase 2 expansion, the metro rail network between Secunderabad Jubilee Bus Station to MGBS will be extended up to Chandrayangutta Cross Road. In addition to this, the metro rail network will be constructed in four new corridors.These proposals have been finalized to construct new Metro rail lines on a total stretch of 70 km under Phase -2. MD, HMRL Mr NVS Reddy stated that the preparation of DPRs for the new metro corridors is in full swing and in about three months the DPRs will be ready. (INN)