First Metro Rail Pillar to be up Next Week

The first pillar (pier) of the elevated metro rail project for the twin cities will be up by next weekend near Kendriya Vidyalaya, Uppal. L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail (L&THMR) has begun the base reinforcement for constructing the pier, one among the 305 piers to be built between Nagole and Mettuguda.

The eight kilometre section is part of the third metro line from Nagole to Shilparamam (27.51 km) and is scheduled to be the first stage to be completed. The elevated metro rail is being built across 71.16 km spread across three dense traffic corridors of the capital at a cost of Rs.14,182 crore.

The first pier will be eight metres high and 1.8 metres wide. Engineers of L&T and Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) have simulated the entire pier construction at the recently earmarked 60 acre girder yard, adjacent to the 104 acre Nagole depot, before the actual work began on the road median.

Seven stations will be built – Uppal, Survey of India, NGRI, Habsiguda, Tarnaka and Mettuguda, separated by distances ranging between 1.03 km and 1.60 km for stage one. Height of the stations will be from 47 ft to 53 ft. Stage two is between Miyapur and S.R. Nagar (11 km).

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.