HYDERABAD, NOVEMBER 18:
L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Limited has informed that they have not received any official communication with regard to change in alignment suggested by the Telangana Government.
Speaking on the sidelines of an event hosted on infrastructure at Fapcci, VB Gadgil, Chief Executive of L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Limited, said so far they have not received any letter from the State Government on the alignment change.
This statement is significant in the backdrop of an announcement made by the Telangana Government that L&T has agreed to alignment change. A statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office on Saturday after a meeting with AM Naik, Chairman, L&T, Shankar Raman, CFO, L&T and VBGadgil, with the State Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, mentioned the Government’s keenness to bring about changes in the alignment and also the Government’s resolve to increase the length of the metro project from the present proposed 72-km stretch across three corridors to 200 km.
Responding to queries, Gadgil said, “It is not impossible to make changes and everything would depend upon the technical feasibility. In any case, if there are changes that need to be taken up, the State would have to bear additional costs involved on the changes in alignment.”
According to sources, a meeting of the Prime Minister’s Monitoring Group, which closely tracks the progress of large projects, is slated for November 30.
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