Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has approved the Hyderabad Metro Rail’s phase II corridors, which will connect Hyderabad to the airport and the Old City ¹. The expansion will cover 116.2 kilometers of new corridors, including Corridor IV (Nagole to RGIA Airport), Corridor V (Raidurg to Kokapet Neopolis), Corridor VI (MGBS to Chandrayangutta), Corridor VII (Miyapur to Patancheru), Corridor VIII (LB Nagar to Hayat Nagar), and Corridor IX (RGIA to Fourth City) ¹.
The new corridors will have a mix of elevated and underground sections, with 103 religious, heritage, and sensitive structures being preserved through engineering solutions and adjustments to metro pillar locations ¹. The Hyderabad Metro Rail currently has three lines – green, red, and blue – and the expansion will connect the airport line to existing lines at Nagole, L.B Nagar, and Chandrayangutta ¹.
[news_related_post]The project is expected to affect around 1100 properties, with notifications already issued for 400 properties and the rest in progress ¹. The Hyderabad Metro Rail is one of the largest elevated metro rail systems in the world, with a daily ridership of around 450,000 passengers ¹.
