KTR inaugurates Shilpa Layout flyover at Hyderabad’s Gachibowli

Hyderabad: To meet the increasing demands of a rapidly expanding Hyderabad, the State government is taking steps to expand and augment existing public transport facilities, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao said here on Friday.

After inaugurating the Shilpa Layout flyover built with Rs 466 crore, the Minister said the government was working on a comprehensive strategy to extend the reach of the MMTS, Metro Rail and RTC services.

Chief Minister K.Chandrashekhar Rao had already instructed the finance wing to release Rs.200 crore for the MMTS and at the same time, the second phase of Metro Rail would be taken up for a length of 63 km.

The Metro Rail second phase would encompass 26 km from BHEL to Lakdi-ka-pul, another 5 km from Nagole to LB Nagar apart from a 32 km-line from Mind Space to Shamshabad Airport.

Consultations were on with the union government on Metro Rail expansion and irrespective of support from the Centre, the State government would move ahead on expanding the public transportation, the Minister said, adding that an underpass would be built towards T-Hub while the Kothaguda flyover would be inaugurated by December or January.