Hyd metro:Bandaru for more employment opportunities for locals

Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya today said he wished for more employment opportunities for the local youth in the Hyderabad Metro project.
He also asked the Telangana government to speed up the completion of metro works by clearing hurdles for the land acquisition.
The Minister for Labour and Employment (independent charge) also inspected Nagole Metro station and Metro Depot and expressed happiness over the progress of the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) works.
"I wish the Metro project would be launched as early as possible and the local youth get more employment opportunities here," he said.
L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad (L&TMRH), the concessionaire, is developing the 72-km elevated metro rail project here with three corridors and 66 stations. The project cost was originally estimated at Rs 14,132 crore.

Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) is a first project built under the public-private partnership model in the country and world-class technology is also being used here by the L&T Company, the Minister said.

"The metro mode is essential to reduce air pollution and is affordable for the urban people. The eco-friendly transport mode will be a boost for the ambitious Swachh Bharat mission," he said.
To get the 'Universal City' tag, Hyderabad needs such types of projects, Bandaru said.
Malkajgiri MP Malla Reddy, Uppal MLA Sri NVSS Prabhakar and HMR MD N V S Reddy and other metro officials were among those who took part in the inspection.