CM KCR to lay foundation for Airport Express Metro Corridor on Dec 9
The project, which will be 31 km long, will connect Mindspace junction and Shamshabad airport. It will be taken up at an expenditure of Rs.6,250 crore.
Hyderabad: Placing Hyderabad among global cities with Metro connectivity to the airport and promising a major boost to the city’s infrastructure development, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will lay foundation for the Hyderabad Airport Express Metro Corridor on December 9. The project, which will be 31 km long, will connect the IT hub at Mindspace Junction and the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad. It will be taken up at an expenditure of Rs.6,250 crore as a totally State government-owned project.
The Airport Express Metro Corridor will take off from Raidurg Metro terminal station at Mindspace Junction, pass through Biodiversity Junction, Khajaguda road and touch Nanakramguda junction on the Outer Ring Road (ORR). There is a dedicated Metro Rail Right of Way (RoW) in the ORR and the Airport Express Metro Corridor will be taken to RGIA through this dedicated RoW of ORR.
Chief Minister Chandrashekhar Rao said the project would be a major boost to public infrastructure and development of Hyderabad into a global city. With state-of-the-art technologies, passenger facilities and conveniences, the project would play an important role in the emergence of Hyderabad as an attractive global destination for investments. Thus, Hyderabad would find its place among the global cities having metro connectivity to their airports, he said.
The Airport Express Metro project gains significance as it was designed to decongest the traffic to a large extent. The State government has already taken up several other works including flyovers and link roads, to strengthen the city road network and improve the road infrastructure to meet the future needs.
“Hyderabad is Forging Ahead. Happy to announce that Hon’ble CM KCR Garu will be laying the foundation for Airport Express Metro on 9th December, (sic)” tweeted Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Sunday. The Minister also said the Airport Express Metro project was a State government-funded project that would be completed in three years i.e. by December 2025.
‘”We have submitted detailed project report (DPR) and are in discussions with the Government of India for additional 31 KM city Metro expansion; BHEL to Lakdikapul – 26 km and Nagole to LB Nagar – 5 km,'” he said.
Hyderabad is Forging Ahead
Happy to announce that Hon’ble CM KCR Garu will be laying the foundation for Airport Express Metro 🚇 on 9th December
This project starting at Mindspace junction to Shamshabad Airport will be 31 KM long & will be costing approximately ₹6,250 Cr
— KTR (@KTRTRS) November 27, 2022
The proposed high-speed Hyderabad Metro Rail line will contain both elevated and underground sections, where around 2.5 km of the total stretch will be underground. The State government has already floated a Special Purpose Vehicle – Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) which will take up the development, construction, operations and the overall management of the Metro line.
Upon completion, the Metro will take just 20 minutes to commute between the airport and the main city, after traversing along the Outer Ring Road (ORR) of the city. Bio-Diversity Junction, Nanakramguda, Narsingi, TS Police Academy, Rajendranagar, Shamshabad, Airport Cargo station and terminal are expected to be a few of the stations. Several big global and national companies have either set up or are setting up huge campuses along this stretch. A large number of commercial and residential high rise buildings with world class facilities are also coming up within the vicinity of this Corridor.
The State government had allocated Rs.377.35 crore for the project in the 2022-23 budget. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has already prepared a detailed project report. Currently, the Hyderabad Metro Rail has been made fully operational over a stretch of 69 km, spread across three corridors.
The State government had also recently urged the Centre to accord in-principle approval for the Hyderabad Metro Rail Phase -II Project from BHEL to Lakdikapul, expected to cost Rs.8,453 crore, as a jointly owned project of the union government and the Telangana government with external financial assistance. Minister KT Rama Rao wrote to the Centre to make allocations for the purpose in the union Budget 2023-24.
