Wait for next phase of Hyderabad Metro rail gets longer

Hyderabad Airport Metro and the pending metro line into the Old City from MGBS to Falaknuma, the two major projects which the citizens of twin cities have been eagerly waiting, will have to wait for the new government to be formed in December to take off. Considering that the foundation stone for the Airport Metro was laid in December last year by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, there were high expectations among the people that work on these two key public transport infrastructure projects will begin before the election dates are announced Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited, the special purpose vehicle of the Government, had even completed the process of tendering, narrowing it down to L&T and NCC firms. Airport Metro starting from the Mindspace junction, where the proposed new Raidurg station is to be built, will have a predominantly overhead viaduct with small portions on ground and another portion underground as it reaches the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport passenger terminal at Shamshabad. Final alignment drawings of the stretch was nearing completion for land acquisition notices to be send to the affected 1,000 property owners though there was no clarity on funding – L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad or the Government, for the work.