K Chandrashekhar Rao for realignment of metro rail
TNN | Jun 14, 2014.
HYDERABAD: Telangana chief
minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has all but stopped the Hyderabad Metro Rail
project in its tracks. KCR made it clear in the Assembly on Friday that the
metro rail would have to go underground near the Assembly and other heritage
structures as well as near Sultan Bazaar. "There is no question of allowing the Hyderabad
Metro Rail alignment going overhead in front of the Assembly building. It must
go underground as in the case of the Bangalore metro project near the Vidhan
Soudha," the CM told the House while replying to the debate on the motion
of thanks to the governor's address to the joint session of Assembly and
council.
If the CM has his way, the Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited and Larsen & Toubro, the builder and operator of the project, will have to change the alignment, a move that could not only delay the project but also escalate the cost. The heritage buildings and Sultan Bazaar come in the way of corridor 2 of the project than runs from Falaknuma to Jubilee Bus Station. While works on the other corridors are progressing fast, the authorities have not been able to take up construction on corridor 2 owing to protests from the traders of Sultan Bazaar, who would have to give up space in the existing alignment.
Even as the chief minister's stand came as a breather for the traders, KCR was not clear about how his government would make the L&T change the alignment. The concessioner agreement for the project imposes a force majeure clause, according to which the government has to pay monetary compensation to L&T if it seeks any change in the project.
If the CM has his way, the Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited and Larsen & Toubro, the builder and operator of the project, will have to change the alignment, a move that could not only delay the project but also escalate the cost. The heritage buildings and Sultan Bazaar come in the way of corridor 2 of the project than runs from Falaknuma to Jubilee Bus Station. While works on the other corridors are progressing fast, the authorities have not been able to take up construction on corridor 2 owing to protests from the traders of Sultan Bazaar, who would have to give up space in the existing alignment.
Even as the chief minister's stand came as a breather for the traders, KCR was not clear about how his government would make the L&T change the alignment. The concessioner agreement for the project imposes a force majeure clause, according to which the government has to pay monetary compensation to L&T if it seeks any change in the project.
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