BRS Threatens Stir If Metro Not Extended To Medchal

BRS MLA K P Vivekanand today warned the State government that his party would launch a massive agitation if the Hyderabad Metro was not extended to Medchal.

He was the chief guest at a Maha Dharna program organized by the Metro Sadhana Samiti at Gandhi statue in Jeedimetla village.

Speaking on the occasion, Vivekanand said that former CM K Chandrashekar Rao had taken up infrastructure development activities like Metro expansion, flyovers and construction of underpasses in all four corners of the city, and had selected survey agencies for the Metro expansion to the Kompally and Medchal areas as well as to the Tummukunta and Shamirpet areas to the north of the city.

He said that it was an insult to the people of his Qutbullapur Assembly constituency for the Metro expansion to be taken up in the so-called fourth city by setting aside KCR's plans just a few days after the formation of the Congress government.

"The Chief Minister is indulging in insider trading by opening up the real estate business in the name of a fourth city. The real estate business idea behind proposing a Rs 8,000 crore Metro expansion to a part of the city that has not even been created so far will not do any good to the people, and will only help real estate sharks," he said.

He said that the decisions of the government should be for the welfare of the people and not for selfish politics. "They are acquiring lands in the name of a fourth city and ignoring the people of Qutbullapur and Medchal for their selfish politics. The Chief Minister is constantly at loggerheads with the courts due to his inexperience and inconsistent decisions. The people are suffering due to the decisions taken by him in the name of conservation of tanks, demolition of the houses of the poor in the name of Musi beautification, and allocation of funds to the City of Imagination in the name of Fourth City. The CM's inexperience and lack of understanding behind these decisions is clearly visible. The courts have been cracking down on the government's decisions on a daily basis. We will approach the court against the setting aside the proposal of the Metro to Medchal by the previous BRS government. We will achieve the Medchal Metro which is legally due to us," he said.

He said that on National Highway 44, which is the connectivity from the city to north Telangana, the State's ministers regularly travelled through the Medchal region to Nizamabad, Karimnagar and other areas, and warned that if the Metro was not extended to Medchal, not a single minister would be allowed to move on this route.

Medchal Metro Sadhana Samiti Executive Committee members, corporator Mantri Satyanarayana, Kompally Municipal Chairman Sanna Srisailam Yadav, former corporator Suresh Reddy, division presidents, ward members, senior leaders, women leaders, activists and others participated in the program.