Why is Metro not Such a pain...

 

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 virginity nativity. It’s only an endeavour to attain maturity that we see in the city’s shown in those Hollywood movies.

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

 

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