TRS Govt Plans Tram Or BRTS For Hyderabad

The government of Telangana is examining the possibility of developing an elevated Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) or a tramway between JNTU junction and HITEC City to ease traffic on the stretch.

Municipal Administration Minister KTR said the State government would give priority to improving the public transport system as part of the recently announced Hyderabad Urban Agglomeration project.

Stating this during Question Hour, KTR said that the state government was committed to providing better transport facilities to citizens. For this purpose, the government has proposed to allocate a massive budget of Rs 10,000 crores.

Rama Rao also added that the proposals have been already sent to L&T for introducing passes for Hyderabad Metro Rail for convenience of regular commuters as well as plans are afoot to extend the Metro Rail operations for extended hours.

The Minister said HMR was one of the world’s largest metro rail projects in public-private partnerships. About 4 lakh passengers were traveling in the Metro Rail every day. To provide last-mile connectivity, the HMR is collaborating with TSRTC and also setting up last-mile feeders as well as bicycle stations. The Centre’s contribution to the HMR project was only 10 %, he added.

Replying to another question, Rama Rao said the 5 km stretch of Corridor-II of Metro Rail project between MGBS and Falaknuma in the Old City was under progress. He stated that 93 religious and sensitive structures existed on this stretch and eighteen of them were to be affected due to road widening and Metro Rail alignment.

“However, we saved all these structures through engineering solutions. We will soon take up land acquisition for the projects and seek the cooperation of the local MLAs in resolving issues arising out of it for the smooth progress of the project,” he told the legislators.