HYDERABAD: After several years of delays, the foundation stone for the old city metro works will now be laid on March 8 by
Telangana
chief minister A
Revanth Reddy
. The announcement was made by HMRL Managing Director NVS Reddy, who stated that the Phase I metro rail work on a 5.5 km stretch from MGBS to Falaknuma will commence. A total of 1100 properties are likely to be affected in this Rs 2000 crore project.
According to officials, the alignment of the old city stretch of the green line will pass through Darulshifa – Puranihaveli – Etebarchowk – Alijakotla – Mir Momin Daira – Haribowli – Shalibanda – Shamsheergunj – Aliabad and will eventually end at the Falaknuma metro rail station as originally planned.
There will be only four stations, namely Salarjung Museum, Charminar, Shalibanda, and Falaknuma, compared to the previous plans of six stations. "Though the alignment of the stations is such that they are about 500 meters away from the monuments, the names Salarjung Museum and Charminar will be given due to their historical importance," said Reddy.
For the project, road widening up to 100 feet will be done as per the master plan and up to 120 feet at the locations where stations will be constructed.
The MD indicated that the metro officials are developing various engineering solutions to ensure that no religious or heritage structure is affected in this stretch, either in road widening or in metro rail construction.
The line will be further extended by another 1.5 km from Falaknuma to Chandrayangutta, which will be developed as an interchange station on the newly planned Airport line of Nagole - LB Nagar - Chandrayangutta - Mailardevpally - P7 Road - Shamshabad Airport.
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