నిజంగా అయితే "మాట తప్పిన మెట్రో" అని కాప్షన్ వుండాలి. 
Hyd Metro Rail wants to default now. HMR entered into an MoU with Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MORTH), GoI to build 11 flyovers parallel to the elevated metro on the 29-km corridor-1 (Miyapur-LB Nagar) on National Highway-9. It was signed on 18th October 2011. Timeline was to complete those flyovers in 4 years i.e., by October 2015. Works have not even been started. We argued then that construction of these flyovers will cause more damage the city. We even addressed a press meet. When the metro is brought in as a solution to traffic, why flyovers again? Can the existing roads provide sufficient space to build those flyovers parallel to the elevated metro corridor? Now, MORTH asked HMR to deposit Rs.300 cr to build those flyovers. HMR doesn't want to do it. The news item given below in Eenadu Telugu daily (24 July 2015) says that the HMR has changed its mind. If so, why did it sign the agreement with MORTH?

L&T's letter to Govt for Project Takeover

This can’t be a routine letter. The 8-page letter is provided below with each page an image. I managed to get from a friend in the media.

Subject: Hyderabad Metro Rail: Project Takeover Proposal

The letter by L&T Metro’s MD, Mr. Gadgil, to the MD of HMR is dated 10^th September 2014. It runs into 8 pages. In the letter, Gadgil cites 7 letters of correspondence between L&T, HMR and Chief Minister of erstwhile AP between 6 February to 15 July 2014. He raises two main issues in the letter. 1. Delay in providing Right of Way (ROW) for faster execution of works as per the Concession Agreement. Providing ROW is the obligation of the Govt of AP/T. 2. He raises the changed circumstances in the status of Hyderabad due to division of AP and its adverse impact on the financial viability of the metro.

In point 16, it is argued that “Prior to bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad was the capital city of a state which was well developed, espousing various eminent districts and port towns. However, now it is the capital city of a smaller state with lesser resources than the undivided Andhra Pradesh……Further, there is reduction in the strength of representation of the State in the Parliament. Thus, the position of Hyderabad in drawing investments, both the Central Government and private sector has altered. Consequently, the potential returns from its real estate will get reduced…The change in the status of Hyderabad has resulted in a significant change in the economic and political outlook of Hyderabad, thereby causing material adverse impact on the financial viability of the Project”.

L&T did not think that AP will be divided. In point 22, he mentions that various agitations have been made, without any success, for creation of Telangana. So, we could not anticipate the bifurcation of AP till the AP Reorganisation Bill was introduced.

L&T seems to have hoped that the GHMC will be made a UT. In point 23(iii) he mentions that the creation of Greater Hyderabad in 2007 was viewed “as a precursor to converting the city into a Union Territory, if the state was split”.

In point 24, he states …”it would be most appropriate that the GoT should take over the Project and the underlying contract from the Concessionaire. The GoT should do so by restituting the Concessionaire in a manner whereby the Concessionaire’s property and entitlements are returned to it”.

If the L&T continues with this project it has to explain how it will become financially viable hereafter.

L&T wants the Metro to be taken by the Govt of Telangana

L&T giving up on Hyderabad Metro? It will be sensation. This came too sooner than expected. L&T is known to have written to the Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd (which represents govt of Telangana) that they can't proceed with this project, and asked the govt to take over it. Today's top headline in Andhra Jyothy paper. L&T seems to have repeatedly mentioned about non-provision of Right of Way due to which there is significant cost escalation, and bifurcation of the state. It feels that there is reduced prospects for financial viability of the metro in Hyderabad. It looks like that L&T believed that the state will not be divided, or Hyderabad will be an UT or a joint capital in a proper sense. My comment is quoted in the second picture given below.

Secunderabad Clock Tower getting dwarfed by Metro pillars

The famous Clock Tower in Secunderabad getting dwarfed by the pillars of the metro. It is a heritage structure. You can see the Clock Tower in the distance (Click on the photos for a better view). Tall pillars (more or less equal in height to the Tower) will be constructed close to the Tower which poses threat to the stability of the structure itself. Sultan Bazaar also lies in this corridor. Better to scrap this corridor-2 as the MMTS local train runs from Secunderabad to Falaknuma which can be strengthened easily.

KCR talks tough - Metro must change alignments

We are very glad that the Telangana Chief Minister, Shri KCR, has talked tough to the metro officials that the corridor cannot go overhead in front of the Assembly, and also thru Sultan Bazaar. We demand scrapping of the corridor-2 which goes thru Sultan Bazaar. We have given sufficient reasons to scrap this one. How L&T feels is no indication of the investor confidence in the TRS government which is a false bogey raised by some sections. Show L&T its place if it doesn't follow the govt's directive. (In the photo: Front page news item today in Andhrajyothy: 2 July, 2014).

KCR for Metro to go Underground at Assembly and Realignment at Sultan Bazaar

K Chandrashekhar Rao for realignment of metro rail

TNN | Jun 14, 2014.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/K-Chandrashekhar-Rao-for-realignment-of-metro-rail/articleshow/36509872.cms

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.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.

Scrap Corridor-2; Sack Metro MD - Press Release

Scrap Corridor-2; Sack Metro MD - Press Release