Telangana Government has allocated Rs 1,100 crore in all for the construction of the next phase of the Hyderabad Metro Rail in the twin cities for the year.

It includes Rs100 crore for extension of metro to the international airport at Shamshabad and Rs 500 crore for extension of metro line into Old City from MGBS to Falaknuma and onward to Chandrayanagutta.

Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikaramarka informed the Legislative Assembly during the budget speech that one of the major problems of the twin cities was the growing traffic and one of the ways to tackle the problem was to strengthen the public transport network and metro rail was one of the “most important” part of public transport.

The first phase of operations was in three corridors of close to 70 km and “having become wiser with the experience of first phase metro, our government has re-examined the second phase proposals and modified them accordingly”, he said.

Hence, the Government was proposing to develop 78.4 km of five extended corridors with an outlay of Rs 24,042 crore.

As part of this project, the metro rail will be extended to the Old City and will be further connected to the Shamshabad Airport. Similarly, the present corridors from Nagole to LB Nagar would also be extended.

The Deputy Chief Minister said the government proposed to develop Nagole, LB Nagar and Chandrayanagutta stations as interchange stations.