Hyderabad Airport Metro and the pending metro line into the Old City from MGBS (Imlibun) to Falaknuma, the two major projects which the citizens of twin cities have been eagerly waiting, will have to wait for the new government to be formed in December to take off. This is following the Model Code of Conduct coming into force after the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced schedule of Telangana Assembly Polls 2023. The elections will be held on November 30, 2023 and counting of votes will be taken up on December 3, 2023.
Considering that the foundation stone for the Airport Metro was laid in December last year by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, there were high expectations among the people that work on these two key public transport infrastructure projects will begin before the election dates are announced
Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML), the special purpose vehicle of the Government, had even completed the process of tendering, narrowing it down to L&T and NCC firms. One among them was to be chosen as the EPC – Engineering, Procurement and Construction contractor for the 31 km ₹6,250 crore work after bids were opened in mid-July.
