L&T officials to see progress
Telangana Government Chief Secretary Rajeev Sharma on Monday met Central Government representatives and apprised them of the progress the L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad project has made so far. Accompanied by BV Papa Rao, Advisor to Telangana Government, the CS met with Union Cabinet Secretary and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister and briefed them about the Telangana Government’s support to the project and said there were no serious issues pending with the State Government in implantation of the project.
The CS also informed the Centre that this project was being implemented faster than any other project in the country by L&T, and all fiscal and financial milestones of implementation of this project are on target. The meeting assumes importance in the backdrop of the recent spat between Telangana Government and the L&T Metro Head here over the hardship caused to the latter due to delays in securing the right of way, which has a major bearing on the project implementation pace and also on the potential cost overrun.
Papa Rao apprised the Cabinet Secretary that the recent letter of L&T on the metro rail project and its leakage to some newspapers is the handiwork of the Andhra lobby, supported by their media to tarnish the brand image of Hyderabad.
Source: The Hindu Business Line
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