Unhappy over the ‘political statements’ of an L&T official on the free bus scheme, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy sent a strong message to the L&T, the operators of the Hyderabad Metro Rail, that they can choose to exit if they wish to, and the government can take care of the Metro Rail operations.
Mr. Reddy was reacting to reports that L&T was contemplating exiting the Metro Rail operations due to women opting to travel in RTC buses instead of the Metro Rail after the State government introduced the free bus ride scheme for women. L&T operates the Hyderabad Metro Rail, which it built in a public-private partnership mode.
Mr. Reddy said he was not concerned with the business of the L&T and how they operate and if they prefer to opt out, the government will look for another player who would be interested in operating it. There is nothing much to worry about it was his argument as the government works for the people and not for the corporates.
