Hyderabad Metro Rail Works Pick-up Momentum

In spite of protests from the affected traders, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is going ahead with its own plans to implement Hyderabad Metro Rail works. At a review meeting with Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration, B Sam Bob, GHMC Commissioner MT Krishna Babu said road widening had almost been completed on the MJ Market-Putlibowli stretch of corridor-I and that the GHMC would now focus on Putlibowli-Ranga Mahal stretch.

The Putlibowli-Ranga Mahal stretch has a number of kirana shops, bakeries and textiles and all of them are set to be removed or at least a part of them. The GHMC Commissioner said road widening from Musheerabad to RTC X roads was also picking up speed and that land acquisition notices will soon be issued to the affected properties on the Ameerpet-Yousufguda-Madhura Nagar-Krishna Nagar-Road No 5 of Jubilee Hills stretch of corridor-III. Regarding payment of compensation to the displaced, he said funds were being regularly released by the government to the GHMC.

He also mentioned that all the advertisement boards in the central median will be removed in Nagole-Mettuguda and Miyapur-Ameerpet stretches. He indicated that the newly-erected poles will be charged in the next few days and central lighting poles will be removed so as to let L&T barricade eight meters of central median portion of the road for laying foundation and constructing metro rail piers. Sam Bob advised the GHMC Commissioner to expedite road widening as per the priorities indicated by the HMR and also advised Hyderabad District Collector N Gulzar to speed up acquisition of properties for which compensation amount was deposited in the City Civil Court. 

HMR Managing Director NVS Reddy briefed him on the progress of works on priority stretches between Nagole-Mettuguda (8 km) of corridor-III and Miyapur-Ameerpet stretch (12 km) of corridor-I. He informed that the GHMC has erected side street light poles between Nagole and Mettuguda. For the power requirement of Uppal metro rail depot, a new 220 kv sub-station will have to be set up by APTransco. A 5-acre plot at Uppal depot was handed over to the APTransco free of cost for this purpose. Sam Bob advised the APCPDCL authorities to expedite replacement of three 11 kv and five 33 kv overhead electrical lines with underground cabling in Nagole-Mettuguda and Miyapur-Punjagutta stretches.

Sam Bob also directed the Metro Water Board to expeditiously re-route the water supply line which is going through Uppal metro rail depot land to the new road being laid by HMR along the Hyderabad nala to facilitate the metro rail depot works.
 

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.