Hyderabad: The line has been cleared for the second phase of the Metro Rail project. The State Govt. has decided to expand the Metro to other routes. The State Cabinet has approved the DPR for that. Rs. The government has launched the second phase of Metro with an estimate of 24,269 crores. Once the central government approves, the second phase of the metro will start. The government has set a target to complete it in the next four years. Metro Rail Hyderabad is serving 69 kms in three corridors in the first phase. The first phase of the project is a public private partnership with a budget of Rs. 22,000 crore complete. became At present around 5 lakh people are traveling in metro every day. If the second phase of metro rail becomes available, another 8 lakh people are likely to travel in the city every day. With the implementation of the first phase of Metro Rail, Hyderabad is at the second position in the country, while Delhi is at the first position.
The Congress government has criticized the previous government for ignoring the metro expansion for seven years. Other cities in the country have also completed the second and third phase constructions. With this, Hyderabad has fallen from 2nd position to 9th position in metro services. Hyderabad has been overtaken by Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Calcutta, Pune, Nagpur and Ahmedabad. While Revanth Reddy’s government has focused exclusively on metro expansion. It has been decided to expand the metro. In the second phase, DPR has prepared 76.4 km metro expansion in five corridors. With this, the cabinet approved the detailed project report of the second phase of the metro.