Hyderabad Metro to be
the Ugliest in India
As it is, an elevated corridor itself makes the streets ugly in the
thickly built core areas with the corridors at heights of 40-70 feet. Now,
imagine if the corridors at such heights have overhead electric cables to run
the metro rails (like the normal Indian Railways). What happened to the tall
claims of the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) and L&T officials that this metro
will be the most advanced in India? The story of HMR getting more bizarre as the time passes!
The latest in the metro
rail technology is to supply electricity through a Third Rail that runs between
the two tracks. The moving train derives power from this Third Rail. The Delhi metro rail has opted for it
between Delhi and Gurgaon. The Bangalore metro rail too is operating on the Third
Rail technology. Further, this system
costs over 25 % less than the traditional AC traction system. Then what prevents
them from adopting it in Hyderabad? How can they claim this metro to be eco-friendly?
If not adopted, then what is the latest about this metro when they are adopting
outdated technology? Strangely, they are citing the lack of engineers and safety of passengers as reasons. Both reasons appear
false.
Imagine the streets of
Hyderabad and the three corridors criss-crossing the city over the flyovers and
railway lines. At three places, the metro corridors themselves have to cross
over each other (Ameerpet, Patny and Kothi). Elevated corridors passing over the electric
lines above another corridor! At four places over the flyovers (Greenlands, Punjagutta, Nalgonda cross roads, HiTec city).
At eight places or so, they have to cross railway bridges, the prominent one
being at Malakpet.
Imagine at what heights
will the electric lines be? And in the thickly built streets, is it not
dangerous for the residences abutting the corridors (at 30 ft away) from those
electric cables? Doesn’t this indicate
that Hyd metro will be the ugliest metro in India? Isn’t it also true that the
concerned officials have been hoodwinking the public about its socalled ‘state of the
art’ technology?
We have been arguing
from the beginning that this metro is being built on lies and false
claims. We assure you again that we will prove right in the coming period also.
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