Extend Metro to Old City of Hyderabad too, demand residents

HYDERABAD: Old City residents on Sunday said that the Metro rail works must be taken up in Old City and demanded that a multi-parking space in place of Charminar bus terminal be constructed.
“Protection of historical places, Falaknuma Bridge works and other pending works need attention. Old City needs to grow and authorities must look into these issues seriously,” said Mohammed Abid Alam, a trader in Charminar.
Moreover, the Congress has decided to resume protests demanding Metro rail in Old City.
Osman bin Mohammed Al-Hajri, a Congress and Metro JAC member, told TOI that they would push the government and officials to take up the Metro rail project in Old City and alleged that the state government is ignoring the Old City.
“Whenever polls are around the corner some engineers appear to carry out surveys as if they are certainly going to begin the Metro rail works here but disappear soon after the polls are over,” said the Congress member.
Meanwhile, Old City residents said that the Metro rail will give huge respite to those who travel to faraway places every day.