Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi urged Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to keep his promise of completing the Old City Metro Rail by 2028.
He credited the GHMC and his own party MLAs for completing over 90 per cent of land acquisition as part of the Old City’s metro project and lauded Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd. (HMRL) for taking over acquired land.
“CM had promised while laying the foundation stone for the Old City metro that before the 2028 Assembly elections, work should be completed, and I assured all the cooperation, expecting that this phase of metro work will be operational before the 2028 Assembly elections, inshallah,” he stated in his post on X.
“Credit must be given to the GHMC commissioner and AIMIM MLAs for ensuring that compensation is given immediately for land acquisition and then the subsequent takeover of the acquired land by HMRL,” he noted.
The Telangana state government has accelerated the Old City Metro project, a key component of the second phase of metro construction. Significant progress has been made in land acquisition for the project, with 93 per cent of the required 888 properties already secured. The government has also disbursed over ₹820 crore as compensation to the affected property owners as well.
Despite nearly completing land acquisition, legal disputes over 10 properties and a few more sites are pending in the courts.
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