Shabbir pounds TRS govt for hold-up in Old City city rail

Hyderabad: Telangana PCC political events board convener Mohammed Ali Shabbir charged the TRS government of purposely overlooking the Old City area by denying it of city rail connection.

“We welcome the State government’s proposal for the establishment of a 31-km long Airport Express Corridor, although we suspect its completion as Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao only believes in laying foundation stones and not actual completion of projects. KCR government holds a record for the highest number of incomplete projects. However, before laying the foundation stone for this project, the Chief Minister must clarify why the metro rail works in the old city of Hyderabad have not started?”, he asked.

Shabbir Ali, on Monday, claimed that the previous Congress government presented the city imprisonHyderabad “I was part of the foundation stone laying ceremony for HMRL in October 2005. The project would’ve been completed on time, but the KCR government delayed it by raising unnecessary objections on the route. Originally, it was proposed to connect the Old City with the metro rail from Jubilee Bus Station in Secunderabad to Falaknuma. As TRS and MIM never wanted the old city to develop, they ensured that the proposal remained on paper,” he affirmed. He claimed there were records of the State government alloting Rs 500 crore to the HMRL to occupy deal with the long-pending 5.5 kilometres stretch attaching MGBS-Imlibun to Falaknuma on Corridor- II in the monetary year 2022-23. However, absolutely nothing has actually been done so much to obtain the job off the ground.

“TRS government could not bring metro rail on a small stretch of 5.5 km in the Old City for Rs 500 crore. But now it is promising to establish a 31-km Airport Express Corridor in the Hitech City for Rs 6,250 crore. This clearly shows the discriminatory approach of TRS government towards the old city and its people,” he claimed.

He required the Chief Minister to apologise to individuals of Old City for the hold-up in city rail connection and also provide a due date for the conclusion of the 5.5 kilometres stretch attaching MGBS-Imlibun toFalaknuma “Further, the connectivity should be extended from Falaknuma to Shamshabad Airport,” he required. Shabbir Ali affirmed that the TRS government in connivance with the MIM has actually been overlooking the old city. “Not a solitary establishment that offers the individuals of old city was offered funds or personnel. No funds or jobs have actually been assigned to Quli Qutub Shah Urban Development Authority after TRS involved power in 2014.