Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao has instructed the municipal administration to take forward the metro project in Old City, alleviating concerns regarding the project that has been in limbo for some time.
State IT minister K T Rama Rao shared the news in a tweet informing that CM KCR directed the chairman of L&T, the agency executing the metro rail project, to expedite the long pending work.
Extending the Hyderabad Metro rail to the area has been a long-pending demand of Old City residents. Leaders of various political parties have taken up the issue in the recent past, with All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi bringing it up in numerous public speeches.
Owaisi also took to Twitter to welcome the decision, saying that the people of Old City have been waiting long for transport connectivity.
“This will definitely help people of Old City & also bring in more tourism,” he said.
In two separate speeches last month, KCR had promised the extension of the metro towards Patancheru and Kandakur.
In the 2023-24 state budget, the state government announced the allocation of Rs 500 crore for the extension of metro rail services to the Old City.
Despite being the flagbearer of the issue, leaders of various parties have also alleged that the AIMIM party was responsible for the delay in the metro line being extended to Old City.
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