"Already carrying about 4 lakh passengers per day, this 1.5km stretch will add another 40,000 commuters," Minister KT Rama Rao tweeted.
The stretch of the Hyderabad Metro Rail between Hitec City and Raidurg is all set to be thrown open to commuters on Friday, as Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) Minister K T Rama Rao will flag off services at 10.15 am.
Authorities said that they had been granted permission from the Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety, Janak Kumar Garg."CMRS conducted the mandatory checks and safety tests over the last two days (Tuesday & Wednesday) and issued Safety Certificate for opening of Hitec city-Raidurg stretch of Corridor 3(blue line) for passenger operations," Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) Managing Director NVS Reddy tweeted.
KTR and Transport Minister P Ajay Kumar will flag off the first train at 10.15 am, following which it will be opened to passengers within a few hours. The inauguration of the stretch is taking place exactly two years after the HMRL started operations in the city, after it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017."Already carrying about 4 lakh passengers per day, this 1.5km stretch will add another 40,000 commuters initially and cover many more Information Technology (IT) and Information Technology Enable Services (ITES) establishments in this part of the city," KTR tweeted.
The stretch covers a crucial part in the heart of the city's IT corridor, where several multinational corporations (MNCs) are located."Over the last two years, the world’s largest metro in PPP mode and India’s second largest metro network, the Hyderabad metro carried 12.5 crore (125 million) passengers," KTR added.
Over the last 2 yrs, the world’s largest metro in PPP mode @hmrgov @ltmhyd & India’s 2nd largest metro network, the Hyderabad metro carried 12.5 crore (125 million) passengers 3/4 pic.twitter.com/hHrjmmfVsa
— KTR (@KTRTRS) November 28, 2019
In March this year, the much-awaited metro service on the Ameerpet-Hitec City route was inaugurated, to cater to thousands of techies who travel to the IT cluster.
The inauguration also completed the 27 km Nagole-Hitec City corridor, one of three in the project. The 16-km Ameerpet-LB Nagar line was inaugurated in September last year, while the 30-km stretch between Uppal and Miyapur has been operational since November 2017.
Meanwhile, metro authorities said that they would soon begin trial runs on Corridor II on the 10-km stretch between Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) to Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) via Parade Grounds. Once completed, the entire metro project would be thrown open to the public.
IANS inputs
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