Hyderabad Metro expansion: DPRs for Future City, Shamirpet and Medchal corridors to be completed by March end

CM Revanth Reddy reviews Elevated Corridors, Radial Roads and Metro Rail

Hyderabad: The Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy ordered the officials to complete the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for the proposed Metro Rail projects in the Future City, Shamirpet and Medchal areas by March-end.

He asked the authorities to get the approval of DPRs from the Union Government for three metros rail networks and call tenders by April-end.

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During a review on the progress of metro expansion, development of the radial roads and elevated corridors in the city on Tuesday, the Chief Minister asked officials to complete the land acquisition for the metro rail projects on the stretch of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport-Future City Metro (40 km), JBS-Shamirpet Metro (22 km) and Paradise-Medchal Metro rail (23 km) immediately.

It was emphasized that the elevated corridors should be developed to meet the future needs and a comprehensive study should be done at the field level while designing the alignment. The Chief Minister suggested the metro line works on Medchal stretch be taken up keeping in mind the already existing the flyovers on the National Highway on the route and instructed them to start the construction of elevated corridors at the earliest.

The Shamirpet and Medchal metros rail network will start at the same place and a big junction will be established with modern facilities to meet the future needs, Revanth Reddy said, suggesting the junction should ensure all facilities are available there. He also ordered that the construction of radial roads should be developed by the Hyderabad Growth Corridor Limited (HGCL).

The Chief Minister’s Advisor Vem Narender Reddy, State Government Advisor (Infrastructure) Srinivasa Raju, Special Secretary to the Chief Minister Ajith Reddy, Municipal Commissioner and Urban Development Department Principal Secretary Dana Kishore, Hyderabad Metro Rail MD NVS Reddy, HMDA Commissioner Sarfaraz Ahmed, Flagship Programmes Commissioner Shashanka and others participated in the review.