Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR), the Telangana government’s special purpose vehicle to oversee the metro rail construction, has started a fresh survey of the Old City route from MGBS, Imlibun to Falaknuma of Corridor II (Green Line) of 5.5 km.
“We are going to map the area for underground utilities like water, stormwater and sewerage lines, telephone or internet cables and overground for the power lines, electricity poles, sensitive religious structures and even trees. It will take a month’s time to complete the mapping,” said HMR Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy on Wednesday.
The survey is through the ‘Lidar’ — Light detection and ranging, where the laser ranging system, Global Positioning System (GPS) and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) is used with the help of machine put on ground. The plan is to build the elevated line alongside Musi river and centre of the road but it would also weave to the left or right depending on the study as cement-concrete structure of 2.5 metres X 2.5 metres will be built and foundation of 8 metres X 8 metres will be laid to support the super-structure on top, he explained.
