Centre floats RRTS alternative for Hyderabad Metro Phase II amid L&TMRH takeover

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Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Chairman and MD S. N. Subrahmanyan greeting Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy astatine  Telangana Integrated Command and Control Centre (TGICCC), successful  Hyderabad, connected  Wednesday.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Chairman and MD S. N. Subrahmanyan greeting Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy astatine Telangana Integrated Command and Control Centre (TGICCC), successful Hyderabad, connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI

Just arsenic the Telangana authorities was preparing to motion an statement with Larsen & Toubro to instrumentality implicit L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad (L&TMRH) and run the archetypal signifier of the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) arsenic a authorities entity, the Centre has thrown a curveball by proposing an alternate exemplary for Phase II done the Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) astatine a importantly little cost, apical sources said connected Wednesday.

The RRTS - being a high-speed obstruction strategy - would beryllium much suitable for the projected HMR Phase II (76.4 km) and Phase 2B (86.1 km) corridors. If adopted, the exemplary would destruct the request for the State authorities to get L&T’s stake, allowing L&T to proceed operating the existing 69.2 km Phase I web crossed 3 corridors successful its existent form, according to the proposal.

Published - April 30, 2026 12:44 americium IST

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