The previous Chief Minister, KCR, had a forward-looking approach towards expanding the Hyderabad Metro. He had entrusted the Hyderabad Metro Rail Corporation with the task of planning the second and third phases of the Metro, aiming to expand the initial 69 km of completed corridors across the city. He envisioned a...
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414 km Metro network for Hyderabad within a decade. However, the current Congress government under Revant Reddy has been criticized for neglecting the Metro project. Their plan includes only 78.4 km of Metro construction, completely discarding the plans laid out by the previous government. They are proposing new limited routes, even though urban planning experts and Metro officials have flagged concerns about their insufficiency for future needs. The proposed expansion plans are moving ahead without addressing these concerns.