Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has put the Airport Metro line from Raidurg to Shamshabad alignment plan and the tender on hold and has directed the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) officials to quickly prepare alternative alignments from MGBS-Falaknuma and from LB Nagar via Chandrayangutta, on Wednesday night.
The HMR has been directed to prepare cost effective alternatives of taking the alignment via Mailardevpally, Jalpally and P7 Road or via Barkas-Pahadishareef and the Srisailam Road. If a straight line alignment can save costs, it can cut across the open areas of the airport premises as the entire land belongs to the government, pointed out the Chief Minister, said an official release.
Mr. Revanth Reddy expressed his dissatisfaction over the “several benefits” handed out to the metro rail concessionaire L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad (L&TMRH) despite “non-completion of the 5.5 km stretch in the Old city”, and directed the senior officers present in the meeting to get the whole matter investigated.
