Radiance News
Hyderabad, Jan. 3:
In a move which is expected to pave the way for rapid development of the Old City, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has asked Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) to plan Metro Rail connectivity to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport via the old city.
The previous government of BRS had laid the foundation stone for Metro Rail connectivity from Raidurg in HITEC City to the Airport. The cost for the 31 km long line was Rs.6,250 crore.
After the Congress party came to power, Revanth Reddy asked officials to put this project on hold as HITEC City and Airport already have good connectivity through Outer Ring Road.
The Chief Minister has mooted two routes to Airport from MGBS via the Old City and also from L.B. Nagar which will also pass through some parts of the Old City.
The alternate routes will place the old city on the Metro Rail map. Though one of the three Metro corridors was planned from Jubilee Bus Station in Secunderabad to Falaknuma in the Old City, the work was completed only up to Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS).
The work on 5.5 kms stretch from MGBS to Falaknuma via Darulshifa, Purani Haveli, Mandi Mir Alam, and other densely populated areas in Old City was kept pending for five years.
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