KCR yielded to Modi’s pressure on Metro!

The Central government has finally successfully reined the Telangana government’s decision on changing the Hyderabad Metro Rail project. It is said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself sent a message to the state government that the project should go on with out any hindrances and the pressure seemed to have worked on KCR. In a recent private event, KCR’s son and the IT Minister of the state confirmed that his government is keen on completing the project on time.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has suggested the metro project should go underground at two places where historical sites are located at Assembly and Sultan Bazaar. The construction company, L&T had confirmed that it is extremely difficult both economically and technically to change the project alignment at this stage. Telangana Government owns the ₹14,132-crore Hyderabad Metro Rail project, which is supported by a viability gap funding of ₹1,458 crore from the Central Government, working out to about 10 per cent of the project cost.