My
house owner said "you are only blocking city roads". I wanted to
reply but I was afraid she might complain about the beer bottles outside my
room if I don’t respect her opinion.
Some other day a good friend of mine who
was back at Hyderabad commented "it’s not going to solve any
problems". The real pinch was from a "honourable" local govt.
official who boasted "I wrote an article for a newspaper about this project
saying its utter crap!" (He sighs at me which reminded a moms look when
kid keeps chewing his thumb)
And
there are other critics who think that The Hyderabad Metro Rail Project might
damage City’s nativity. I understand when they say nativity; it means those old
shops/stalls in congested areas which were asked to relocate and
some sensitive Structures which might get disturbed.
But
think of it,.. Don’t we need to align city to the requirements of growing
population and business opportunities? Metro rail project doesn’t demand city’s
For a
split second, imagine that horrible traffic jam you had gone through this
morning while you were on the way to office. Frustrating! Isn’t it? City’s
traffic had grown so much that you have enough time to see, choose, love,
impress and propose for marriage with girl who just happened to stopped beside
you. 
Metro
Rail is going to make it easy for you (I’m not talking about the girl’s part of
it). Just
hop into it and before you know, your air conditioned rail would have dropped
you at your destination! No traffic, no driving stress, no pollution! Its runs
for about 72 km across the city, with 65 stations and dedicated parking lots. That means you have a train to
catch from anywhere to anywhere in the city at any point of time
If you
are creative enough, may I ask you to imagine how it would be to have those
beautifully architectured stations and stunning trains crisscrossing the city,
well above the road level, passing beside monuments like charminar, jama
masjid etc. and buildings like cyber towers! Isn’t that "wow!"
Additionally,
this project created huge employment opportunities like no other project ever
did in the city. Every Engineer takes it as a pride to work for the project
(fresh graduate to a person with a couple of decade’s experience)
"Rome was not built in a day."
Temporarily, a small portion of roads are being
occupied as a working zone.
But
things are being taken care of to make sure that the structure being built
stands for ever to serve its purpose and in the process of crafting this
masterpiece, your daily needs like power, water supply, sewerage lines etc.
aren’t disturbed. Public safety & comfort was never and will never be at stake!
Regards
An Engineer
Note: Views and Comments are Purely Personal..
