L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Limited today said 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, V.B.Gadgil, Chief Executive of L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Limited, the concessionaire awarded the task to develop the elevated metro rail project, said thus far they have not received any letter from the State Government on the alignment change.
This statement is significant in the backdrop of 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 late after a meeting with AM Naik, Chairman of L&T, Shankar Raman, CFO of L&T and V.B. Gadgil, with the State Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, mentioned about the Government keenness to bring about changes in the alignment and also the Government 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.”
The Telangana Chief Minister had announced his keenness to change the alignment at least three places keeping in view the demand from local people, leaders and also in his efforts to protect heritage structures.
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.