Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and Chairman, GST Empowered Committee Sushil Kumar Modi visited various facilities of Hyderabad Metro Rail project.
Travelling with him by Metro train from NGRI station to Nagole station and to Uppal Metro depot on Sunday, HMRL MD NVS Reddy explained to him the unique features of the project and how such a world class project was built against many odds. The land pooling method used to acquire 850 acres at Uppal out of which 100 acres was used for the Metro depot and how it has become a win-win model for the Metro project, other government agencies and the landowners who are small farmers was explained to him by Chief Secretary SP Singh.
Impressed by the work of Telangana government, HMRL MD and L&T group in building the world’s largest Metro Rail project in PPP mode and the vision of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in using this project as an urban rejuvenation opportunity to convert Hyderabad into a people friendly green city with a host of facilities for travelling public, Modi stated that Government of Bihar would take the help of Telangana in building a similar Metro project in Patna. He further mentioned that Metro Rail projects are the need of the hour and that it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision that all cities in India shall build Metro Rail systems to reduce traffic congestion and pollution levels and to make Indian cities globally competitive.
Commercial Taxes Principal Secretary Somesh Kumar; L&TMRHL Managing Director Shivanand Nimbargi and senior officers from HMRL, Revenue, Commercial Taxes and Traffic accompanied him in the visit.