Metro Rail alignment
A bid to rein in the TRS government that had threatened to create many hurdles for the Hyderabad Metro Rail project, the Centre summoned the Telengana chief secretary Rajiv Sharma for a special meeting in Delhi this Friday. In the meeting the representatives of the concession partner Larson & Toubro and other authorities of Hyderabad [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore’s bigwig IT hub, Whitefield, is apparently on the verge of a sea change, as the second phase of the Metro project extends the Metro rail line right up to the area in which the IT hub is located. Whitefield is one of Karnataka’s fastest-growing tech hubs and industrial areas. The IT hub has more [...] Continue Reading »
Right in front of the Chennai Railway station, the metro railway has recently started to re-jig the city’s sky line. Poonamallee High Road is located just opposite the Central railway station and this is exactly where the Metro rail has started to acquire and clean land. In order to make more space for the railway [...] Continue Reading »
The government order issued last week lacks clarity on the procedures to be adopted while purchasing land. Also there is confusion whether the registration fee and stamp duty will be waived off. Due to this, the revenue officials are unable to start procedures to acquire the remaining land required for the Metro project. Amid criticism [...] Continue Reading »
Residents staged hunger strike to protest against the new Metro Rail alignment that would lead to the demolition of their residential buildings. Residents of Thillai Ganga Nagar and Jeevan Nagar in Nanganallur Chennai staged a hunger strike to protest against the new Metro Rail alignment. About 70 families living in 40 buildings would be affected [...] Continue Reading »
