HAML finalizes alignment for Rs 6,250-cr metro airport line
In order to start construction work on the airport metro line, Managing Director, HAML, N.V.S. Reddy, has finalized alignment by inspecting the entire 10 km stretch for the airport metro line involving an investment of Rs 6,250 crore. He also examined options for ideal station locations along the stretch between Narsingi underpass (My Home Avatar junction) and Rajendranagar hillock. Walking the entire length of 10 km along with senior engineers and examining every aspect of the alignment, he directed the officials to finalise the Airport Metro alignment in such a way that acquisition of private properties is either avoided or minimised to the extent technically feasible. The road underpasses of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) will be made use of by locating the Airport Metro stations nearer to them for giving easy access to the passengers coming from different colonies and roads where large scale development has taken or is taking place. He also asked the engineers to plan the Metro viaduct without curves and gradients at some identified places to facilitate future construction of a few additional stations to cater to the high rise commercial and residential buildings under construction in the vicinity. Skywalks and other pedestrian facilities will be made an integral part of station planning to make Airport Metro a success from day one of its operations. The foundation stone for the Airport Metro, which will connect the information technology district Hitech City to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad, has already been laid as the 31-km long project is being built by the state government itself.
