Telangana CM directs HAML to prepare DPRs to extend metro line to Medchal & Shamirpet too
The Hindu
Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) to extend metro lines towards Medchal and Shamirpet, totaling 45 km more.
Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML), the special purpose vehicle of the Telangana Government to take up the second phase of the Hyderabad Metro Rail project, will soon take up Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) preparation to extend metro lines towards Medchal and Shamirpet totalling to 45 km more.
This follows the direction from Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to the HAML managing director N.V.S. Reddy on Wednesday (January 1, 2024) when he met him to extend the New Year greetings.
The second phase of HMR project was proposed to be built over 76.4 km across five corridors costing ₹24,269 crore under a joint venture proposed with the Central government,
The proposed two new metro lines (to Medchal and Shamirpet) were discussed by the MD along with the Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) secretary M. Dana Kishore with the Chief Minister before the latter gave them to go ahead with the DPRs, as per an official release.
The Chief Minister informed about the demands from the citizens for extending to these two suburbs too and called for preparing the reports to extend the proposed Paradise-Medchal for 23 km and another one of 22 km from JBS to Shamirpet. HAML was asked to immediately start the work as part of phase 2 ‘B’ to sent to the Central Government for the necessary approvals.
The 23 km Paradise-Medchal metro line will be built through Tadbun, Bowenpally, Suchitra Circle, Gundlapochampally, Kandlakoya and ORR - Outer Ring Road exit.
The 22 km JBS-Shamirpet metro line will be built through Vikrampuri, Karkhana, Tirumalagiri, Lothukunta, Alwal, Bollarum, Hakimpet, Tumukunta and ORR exit, it was stated
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