Date:12/02/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/02/12/stories/2008021259480400.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

Metro rail project to cost 8,482 crore

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Governor N. D. Tiwari in his address to the joint session of the Assembly and the Council said the government proposed to make Hyderabad a world class city.

He said the Metro Rail Project had been taken up in the State capital at an estimated cost of Rs. 8,482 crore. It would span over 66 km on three high density traffic corridors to ease traffic congestion.

Mr. Tiwari said the government was spending Rs. 4,000 crore on the Outer Ring Road project, apart from Rs. 600 crore on the Elevated Expressway taken up to connect the international airport at Shamshabad to the city.

Krishna waters

He said the Krishna Water Supply Scheme Phase II, taken up at a cost of Rs. 1,082 crore, would augment water supply to the extent of 90 million gallons a day in Greater Hyderabad.