Work starts for Old City Metro Rail project. Telangana CM KCR announced that Old City Metro Rail Project will soon be completed for the residents of the locality. He even directed the authorities to look into the project as a top priority. His son, Minister KTR also said the project will be completed soon.
In the midst of all this, it is coming out that the officials started the preparatory work for the Old City Metro Rail Project. HMRL MD NVS Reddy speaking to scribes shared “As per the instruction by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, preparatory works for undertaking metro rail works in the Old City have begun. The 5.5km balance Metro alignment in the Old City is from MGBS to Falaknuma via Darulshifa junction - Purani Haveli - Ettebar Chowk - Alijakotla - Mir Momin Daira - Haribowli - Shalibanda - Shamsheergunj and Aliabad. There will be 5 stations tentatively the names include Salarjung Museum, Charminar, Shalibanda, Shamsheergunj and Falaknuma. Though the metro station locations are about 500 meters away from Salarjung Museum and Charminar, these two stations are being named after them in view of their importance and pride of place in the city,”
A senior officer shared "Learning lessons from the Phase 1 project in the rest of the city, the road will be widened at the station locations to 120 feet. Preparation of individual sketches of the 1000-odd affected properties has started and land acquisition notices will be issued in about a month,"
