Hyderabad: Four Congress MLAs objected  to the change in alignment of the  Metro Rail line on the Lakdikapul Assembly  stretch.   They said that the line will not damage the Gunpark Memorial or the 100 year old Assembly buildings.

The legislators on Friday arrived at Gunpark memorial and began taking measurements across the road near Akashavani building where the pillars have already been laid.

Speaking to media they said the existing pillars were  150 ft  away from Gunpark memorial and 400 ft  away from the Assembly buildings and  the Metro Rail section between. Lakdikapul Ravindra Bharati Akashvani Old Control Room will not damage the structures as  stated by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

“If the alignment is changed now and the Metro line is diverted behind the Assembly buildings,  it will pass close to  another historic building, the Jubilee Hall. The  change of alignment will increase the burden on the government by a few thousand crore. That money can be spent on new routes for the Metro Rail services,” said Congress MLA Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka.

The other Congress legislators Makam  Rangareddy, M.S. Prabhakar (MLCs) and T. Rammohan Reddy had said there seems to be a conspiracy behind the CM’s statement about the likely damages to Assembly buildings on account of the Metro, without any scientific survey or report suggesting the same. It is better that the government sticks to the existing line and allows L&T to continue the work," they added.

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