Chief Secretary reviews progress of Metro Rail works
Hyderabad, Nov 3 (INN): Chief Secretary Dr. Rajiv Sharma conducted Special Task Force (STF) meeting on the progress of the Hyderabad Metro Rail project on Tuesday.
HMR Managing Director NVS Reddy made a detailed presentation on Action Taken Report (ATR) on the decisions of previous STF meeting and informed the CS that most of the Right of Way issues have been sorted out and that other than Transtroy building on Road No.5, Jubilee Hills, the remaining critical properties have either been acquired or in the final stage of being acquired. The front portion of Rak Ceramics and Meenakshi Jewellery building have been demolished and Padmahamsa apartments in Marredpally, Secunderabad is at award stage.
He has further mentioned that while 81 properties are in different stage of acquisition, they are mostly meant for road widening to facilitate better traffic movement in Metro corridors. He has also informed the Chief Secretary that making use of continuous holidays during the recent festival period, five critical foundations between the Mosque property, Punjagutta and NIMS have been completed.
The Chief Secretary observed that a large number of work fronts are available for the Concessionaire and that LTMRHL should make full use of this working season and complete most of the foundations during this season. He commented that L&T MRHL is taking permissions from Police Department to carry out works for a specific period but works are being carried out beyond the permitted period there by prolonging the traffic hurdles. CS desired that this should be avoided and L&TMRHL shall strictly adhere to the time schedule.
Dr. Rajiv Sharma instructed TSSPDCL to expedite the required clearances on priority for enabling HMR to get the obstructing electrical poles/ transformers shifted to allow smooth flow of traffic in Metro Rail corridors.
Spl. Chief Secretary (MA&UD) MG Gopal, GHMC Commissioner B. Janardhan Reddy, Minority Welfare Secretary Syed Omer Jaleel, Law Secretary A. Santosh Reddy; Cyberabad Police Commissioner C. V. Anand, TSSPDCL CMD G Raghuma Reddy, Hyderabad Collector Rahul Bojja, Ranga Reddy Collector Raghunanda Rao and other senior officials and engineers of the utility organizations of Government of Telangana, HMR and L&TMRHL have participated in the meeting.
News Posted: 3 November, 2015
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