HMR to issue notices to 1,000 properties for completing MGBS-Falaknuma metro line
1 year, 5 months ago

HMR to issue notices to 1,000 properties for completing MGBS-Falaknuma metro line

The Hindu  

Hyderabad Metro Rail has announced that the remaining 5.5-km balance work from MGBS to Falaknuma in the Old City under the first phase of metro rail will be taken up by issuing land acquisition notices to about 1,000 properties within a month. Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao had directed the HMR authorities to start preparatory works for undertaking the remaining part of the metro rail work in the Old City a few days ago. Four religious/ sensitive structures continue to be a challenge for taking up the work but Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development K.T.Rama Rao had called for further “engineering refinement to the metro alignment to protect them”, he added. L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad had built the ₹14,132-crore first phase of metro rail in three corridors — Red Line, Blue Line and Green Line — or a total of 69.2 km under the unique public-private partnership mode with the State government taking care of road widening, land acquisition and utilities shift while the Centre had pitched in 10% viability gap funding of about ₹1,458 crore.

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Works for Hyderabad Old City Metro expedited
1 week, 1 day ago

Works for Hyderabad Old City Metro expedited

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The land acquisition process for the construction of the Metro in the Old City has been expedited following the orders of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, covering nearly seven-and-a-half-kilometers between MGBS and Chandrayangutta, announced Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited Managing Director NVS Reddy on Sunday. He revealed that requisitions for 900 properties have already been submitted to the district collector …

10 years on, Hyderabad metro rail phase 2 rolls into action
2 weeks, 4 days ago

10 years on, Hyderabad metro rail phase 2 rolls into action

The Hindu  

Later this month, the bustling streets of Hyderabad’s Old City will witness the rumble of excavators – not for routine roadworks, but to mark a transformative step in the city’s urban transit story. The much-anticipated second phase of the Hyderabad Metro Rail project is set to commence, starting with the demolition of approximately 400 properties along the 3.5 km stretch …

HMRL Celebrates Seven ‘Glorious Years’ as Catalyst for Hyd’s Economic Growth
3 weeks, 4 days ago

HMRL Celebrates Seven ‘Glorious Years’ as Catalyst for Hyd’s Economic Growth

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:Hyderabad Metro Rail celebrated its seventh anniversary, claiming a ridership of 63.4 crore commuters, daily average footfall of 4.75 lakh passengers with 2024 clocking a peak of 5.63 lakh passengers. This is the world’s largest metro rail project implemented under the public-private partnership mode. Sai Nikhil, a digital marketing executive, who was felicitated as a ‘loyal rider’, said, “Metro Rail …

Hyderabad’s Airport Metro works to start after JV pact with Centre
5 months ago

Hyderabad’s Airport Metro works to start after JV pact with Centre

The Hindu  

Construction of the new metro rail route to the international airport in Shamshabad, in the outskirts of Hyderabad, is likely to begin soon after the formation of a joint venture between the Telangana government and the Centre. Hyderabad Airport Metro Rail Limited is finalising, with the support of general consultant Systra, the detailed project reports for extension of phase 1 …

Hyderabad: Engineers Take Stock of Challenges Ahead of Metro Corridors
5 months, 1 week ago

Hyderabad: Engineers Take Stock of Challenges Ahead of Metro Corridors

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A team of Hyderabad Airport Metro Ltd engineers and GC engineering experts on Wednesday continued their inspection of the Miyapur-Patancheru, LB nagar-Hayathnagar metro phase-II corridors, and the Mailardevpally-Aramghar-New High Court spur line which are on the National Highways. HAML officials said that the seven-km LB nagar-Hayathnagar Metro phase-II corridor will be an extension of the existing viaduct at LB …

Hyderabad old city metro works to progress after Lok Sabha polls 2024
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Hyderabad old city metro works to progress after Lok Sabha polls 2024

The Hindu  

March 25, 2024 11:20 pm | Updated March 26, 2024 09:27 am IST - HYDERABAD The remaining 5.5-km Hyderabad Old City metro route of ₹2,000 crore from MGBS to Falaknuma, for which Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy had laid the foundation stone a few days ago, is likely to see some forward movement only after the Lok Sabha polls conclude. …

Now, reach Taj Mahal by Metro. PM to launch Agra ‘priority corridor’ today
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Now, reach Taj Mahal by Metro. PM to launch Agra ‘priority corridor’ today

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the ‘priority corridor’ of the Agra Metro via video conference on Wednesday, along with Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Agra. The inauguration signifies the commencement of metro train operations on a 6 km ‘priority corridor’, completed in record time, as per Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited officials. Agra Metro …

Now, reach Taj Mahal by Metro. PM to launch Agra ‘priority corridor’ today
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Now, reach Taj Mahal by Metro. PM to launch Agra ‘priority corridor’ today

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the ‘priority corridor’ of the Agra Metro via video conference on Wednesday, along with Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Agra. The inauguration signifies the commencement of metro train operations on a 6 km ‘priority corridor’, completed in record time, as per Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited officials. Agra Metro …

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy to lay stone for ₹2,000 crore 5.5 km Old City Metro up to Falaknuma on Friday
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy to lay stone for ₹2,000 crore 5.5 km Old City Metro up to Falaknuma on Friday

The Hindu  

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy will lay the foundation stone for the much delayed and awaited Old City metro rail project at Falaknuma to complete the pending 5.5 km stretch from MGBS in Corridor Two or Green Line of the first phase of the Hyderabad Metro Rail on Friday. The extended Green Line will pass through Darulshifa – Puranihaveli …

Work on longest metro rail from Virar to Alibaug kicks off
10 months, 1 week ago

Work on longest metro rail from Virar to Alibaug kicks off

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has started a feasibility study for the 136km long metro rail from Virar to Alibaug which is said to be the Mumbai Metropolitan Region ’s longest metro line project. According to sources, the metro line from Navghar near Virar to Alibaug that is expected to have at least 40 stations along the route …

New trains, depot land on the anvil for Metro 6, 9
10 months, 3 weeks ago

New trains, depot land on the anvil for Metro 6, 9

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority will pump in over ₹2,600 crore towards developing a carshed and procuring new rakes for metro lines six and nine. For metro line six, it has already floated a tender worth over ₹2,000 crore for procuring new rolling stock and machinery. HT Image In late 2022, the MMRDA proposed to extend line nine …

CM Revanth Approves New Metro Rail Routes under Phase-2 Expansion
11 months ago

CM Revanth Approves New Metro Rail Routes under Phase-2 Expansion

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy soon after his return from his five-day foreign visit, on Monday approved the route map for the second phase of the Hyderabad Metro Rail project, connecting the Shamshabad airport from the four corners of the city. Revanth Reddy had already ordered the scrapping of the airport Metro Rail routes from Raidurg which were proposed …

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy seeks quick work on Airport Metro via Old City
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy seeks quick work on Airport Metro via Old City

The Hindu  

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, on Tuesday, has directed Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited officials to quickly get traffic studies and DPRs for the proposed revised Airport Metro alignment via the Old City and from LB Nagar, duly connecting the 5 km Nagole and LB Nagar Metro stations in the process. The Chief Minister asked HMDA Commissioner and Municipal Administration & …

Telangana CM puts Airport Metro tender on hold, wants line into Old City
1 year ago

Telangana CM puts Airport Metro tender on hold, wants line into Old City

The Hindu  

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has put the Airport Metro line from Raidurg to Shamshabad alignment plan and the tender on hold and has directed the Hyderabad Metro Rail officials to quickly prepare alternative alignments from MGBS-Falaknuma and from LB Nagar via Chandrayangutta, on Wednesday night. Mr. Revanth Reddy expressed his dissatisfaction over the “several benefits” handed out to the …

Wait for next phase of Hyderabad Metro rail gets longer
1 year, 2 months ago

Wait for next phase of Hyderabad Metro rail gets longer

The Hindu  

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 …

HMRTC proposes to shift Gurgaon Metro depot to Sector 33
1 year, 2 months ago

HMRTC proposes to shift Gurgaon Metro depot to Sector 33

Hindustan Times  

The Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation Limited has floated a proposal to shift the depot of the upcoming Gurugram Metro from the existing location earmarked for the facility in Sector 101 near Basai, to Sector 33 near Subash Chowk, officials aware of the matter said on Monday. The minutes of the meeting said, “It is proposed that the proposed depot …

Old City residents renew hopes over Metro link
1 year, 5 months ago

Old City residents renew hopes over Metro link

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Following Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao’s announcement to allot funds for a Metro link from the MGBS to Falaknuma, residents and shopowners in the Old City of Hyderabad were excited over the fulfilment of their long-pending demand. Traders were elated as the Metro would bring in more customers, saying that many people refrained from visiting the Old City areas …

Shabbir Ali has doubts on metro rail connectivity in Old City
1 year, 5 months ago

Shabbir Ali has doubts on metro rail connectivity in Old City

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: TPCC political affairs committee convener Mohammed Ali Shabbir questioned the sincerity of the state government in providing metro rail connectivity to the Old City. The senior Congress leader said in a statement here on Monday that although allocations of Rs 500 crore were twice made in the annual budget for the metro rail connectivity in the Old City, till …

Hyderabad Metro Train Makes 5 Lakh Mark
1 year, 5 months ago

Hyderabad Metro Train Makes 5 Lakh Mark

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Five lakh and ten thousand people took the Hyderabad Metro Rail on Monday, the ridership boosted by IT staff returning to work, congestion on the roads and the shutdown of 22 MMTS services. Reddy, MD, Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited, told this newspaper that the Miyapur-LB Nagar Corridor 1 recorded 2.6 lakh passengers; 25,000 on Corridor 2 between JBS and …

Global tenders invited for Airport Metro project
1 year, 7 months ago

Global tenders invited for Airport Metro project

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited on Tuesday called for global tenders for the selection of EPC contractor for the 31-km Hyderabad Airport Metro project. As per the updated survey and alignment fixation, now the 31-km corridor between Raidurg metro station and GMR International Airport terminal station will have an elevated portion of 29.3 km and underground portion of 1.7 …

Global tenders invited for Airport Metro project
1 year, 7 months ago

Global tenders invited for Airport Metro project

The Hindu  

Global tenders have been invited for selection of EPC contractor for the 31-km ₹6,250 crore Hyderabad Airport Metro project, on Tuesday. The government’s special purpose vehicle Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited managing director N.V.S. It will have nine stations including one underground metro station adjacent to the airport terminal and a provision has also been incorporated into the project to have …

Old City Metro project in limbo, while Hyderabad Airport line moves ahead
1 year, 7 months ago

Old City Metro project in limbo, while Hyderabad Airport line moves ahead

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Hyderabad is developing in all directions, with swanky malls, gated communities and high-rise buildings, and a Metro Rail link that stretches 69 km, serving a large number of IT and BPO employees, but the Old City is cut off, at least as far as the Metro Rail project is concerned. Rapid progress has been made on the Hyderabad Airport …

PMC serves notices to properties to acquire land for PMRDA metro line 3
1 year, 8 months ago

PMC serves notices to properties to acquire land for PMRDA metro line 3

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation has served notices to various establishments on Ganeshkhind Road to acquire land for the Shivajinagar to Hinjewadi metro line 3 being developed by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority. The PMRDA had written to the PMC to acquire extra land on Ganeshkhind Road and handover the same for work on metro line 3. Vikram Kumar, municipal …

HMRL, HMAL get lion\'s share in state budget
1 year, 10 months ago

HMRL, HMAL get lion\'s share in state budget

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited and Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited received the lion's share in the State Budget 2023-24, Rs 2,000 crore and Rs 500 crore respectively, among civic bodies servicing the city. Presenting the State Budget, finance minister T. Harish Rao pointed to the sharp rise in the number of travellers using the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad, …

Airport metro progressing at a brisk pace
1 year, 11 months ago

Airport metro progressing at a brisk pace

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: To expedite grounding of airport metro works, several pre-construction activities have been taken up simultaneously, said N.V.S. While the last date for submission of bids for general consultant is January 20, survey work to fine tune Metro Rail track alignment and station locations is in full swing. Use of satellite-based differential global positioning system and electronic total station with …

70% work completed on Metro Line 5
1 year, 11 months ago

70% work completed on Metro Line 5

Hindustan Times  

Thane: About 70% work of phase one of Metro Line 5 has been completed and phase two work will begin in the first quarter of the next year, according to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority. Thane, India - December, 24, 2022: the on going work for phase one of metro 5 line between thane-Bhiwandi at balkum in Thane, India, …

Airport Express Metro to be elevated with 2.5-km underground stretch near RGIA
2 years ago

Airport Express Metro to be elevated with 2.5-km underground stretch near RGIA

The Hindu  

The 31-km Hyderabad Airport Metro Express project connecting Mindspace Junction/Raidurg to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Shamshabad, is likely to be totally elevated section, barring 2.5 km of underground section inside the airport. The government has decided to provide funds, since there are no takers from corporates to offer better public-private partnership concessions than what was given to L&T Metro …

Airport Metro line to be reworked to cut costs
2 years ago

Airport Metro line to be reworked to cut costs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited has decided to change the alignment of the Airport Express Metro line, as it is expected to cost the government Rs 1,250 crore more. The official told Deccan Chronicle that the Metro stations specified in the previous Detailed Project Report would be changed, and the locations of stations were yet to be finalised. According …

Asad asks KTR to start MGBS-Falaknuma Metro work
2 years ago

Asad asks KTR to start MGBS-Falaknuma Metro work

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi urged K.T. Rama Rao, municipal administration and urban development minister, to begin construction of the MGBS-Falaknuma Metro Rail under the second phase of the project, to aid those travelling towards Hitec City from the Old City. The appeal came after Rama Rao announced that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao would be laying the foundation for …

Telangana HC notice to HMRL, GHMC for construction of commercial complex
2 years, 1 month ago

Telangana HC notice to HMRL, GHMC for construction of commercial complex

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court directed Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd and GHMC to submit their replies to a PIL complaining that Metro Rail Ltd had come up on an illegal commercial complex near the Jubilee Hills checkpost, which was causing public nuisance. A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Bhaskar Reddy, was dealing with a PIL filed …

Plans for metro connectivity to Hyderabad’s Old City revived
2 years, 9 months ago

Plans for metro connectivity to Hyderabad’s Old City revived

The Hindu  

The Hyderabad Metro Rail has received allocations to the tune of ₹2,377.35 crore in this year’s budget with pending connectivity to the Old City from MGBS, Imlibun to Falaknuma of Corridor II of 5.5 km suddenly receiving a filip. New proposed rapid metro rail to the Shamshabad airport has been allotted ₹377.35 crore for which the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation …

‘Prioritise pedestrian needs along metro line’
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Prioritise pedestrian needs along metro line’

The Hindu  

After missing several deadlines in the past, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. is gearing up to start commercial operations of the extended metro line on Mysuru Road to Kengeri. If BMRCL takes measures to provide good access, the general public will benefit.” Need for an FoB The newly built Kengeri Bus Terminal metro station is located close to the …

Hardships to continue for metro riders in Telangana\'s twin cities
3 years, 4 months ago

Hardships to continue for metro riders in Telangana\'s twin cities

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Citing losses, Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited has been “under-operating” with fewer trains, not all entry points being kept open at its stations and some escalators and turnstiles not operating. "HMRL has shuttered entrances and closed automated turnstiles at almost all entrances on Nagole-Miyapur line," said regular commuter Kamal Prasad. Though there are signboards saying 'Please take the next entrance', …

GHMC, HMRL tussle over pavements at Metro stations
4 years ago

GHMC, HMRL tussle over pavements at Metro stations

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited have got into a tussle over pavements near Metro Rail stations. While HMRL is maintaining pavements at Metro stations along two corridors from Nagole to Miyapur and LB Nagar to Raidurg, it has not shown similar interest when it comes to the Metro line between JBS and MGBS. Metro authorities …

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