Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who also holds the finance portfolio, allocated adequate funds for expansion of Hyderabad Metro Rail and for construction of Regional Ring Road (RRR) in the budget presented in the Assembly here on Thursday. Presenting the budget, he said one of the major problems the city is facing is the traffic and one of the ways to tackle the problem is to strengthen the public transport network and metro rail is one of the most important parts of public transport. Presently, Hyderabad has metro facilities in three corridors.
Having become wiser with the experience of first phase metro, the State government has re-examined the second phase proposals and modified them accordingly. Apart from catering to the needs of various sections of the society, the metro would enable equitable development of various parts of the city. With these aims, the government is proposing to develop 78.
4 kms of five extended corridors with an outlay of Rs.24042 crore. As part of this project, the metro will be extended to the old city and will be further connected to Shamshabad Airport.
Similarly, the government will extend the present corridors from Nagole to LB Nagar. “We also propose to develop Nagole, LB Nagar and Chandrayanagutta stations as interchange stations. We are also planning to extend the metro facility from Miyapur to Patancheru, LB Nagar to Hayathnagar,” he said.
Referring to Regional Ring Road (RRR), Bhatti said the RRR will be constructed with.