Hyderabad Metro: Project gets green signal, check new routes for easy airport connectivity

Chief Minister A returned from a five-day foreign trip. Revanth Reddy has given the green signal to the blueprint of the second phase of Hyderabad. Metro Railway project.

The new plan is to connect Shamshabad airport to different corners of the city covering a distance of 70 km.

In a bold decision, Revanth Reddy scrapped the previous government’s proposed airport metro rail routes from Rayadurga, considering them impractical. The new route map prepared by the Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) under his guidance will expand the metro rail network to new areas, while giving priority to the goal of providing cost-effective transportation to a larger section of the population, reports Deccan Chronicle. Expands.

Sources say that the previous government’s plan from Raidurg to the airport mainly catered to real estate interests. In contrast, the new routes under the Congress government are aimed at fulfilling its commitment to provide metro rail services to benefit a wider demographic, especially the poor and middle classes.

The current Hyderabad Metro Rail extends for 69 km in three corridors, connecting Miyapur to LB Nagar, JBS to MGBS and Nagole to Rayadurgam. With Phase 2, the network will extend from Secunderabad Jubilee Bus Station to MGBS and further to Chandrayangutta intersection. Additionally, four new corridors have been established to redefine the city’s transportation landscape.