Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao laid the foundation stone for Hyderabad Airport Express this morning here at the Mind Space junction.
He was accompanied by CS Somesh Kumar, Mayor , TRS Secretary General K Kesava Rao, Metro Chief NVS Reddy MP Ranjith Reddy, Minister Sabitha Reddy Malla Reddy, KTR,Srinivas Yadav and others.
The 31 km long project will connect the information technology district Hitec City to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad.
Minister for IT and Industries K. T. Rama Rao revealed that the chief minister will lay the foundation stone and the entire funding comes from the state Government.
” The city of Hyderabad is Forging Ahead. Happy to announce that Hon’ble CM K Chandrasekhar Rao will be laying the foundation for Airport Express Metro on 9th December,” minister KTR tweeted.
“This project starting at Mindspace junction to Shamshabad Airport will be 31 KM long & will be costing approximately Rs 6,250 crore,” he wrote.
The luggage will be checked here at the Netra rail station and sent to the Airport.
The state Government is getting ready to give the entire funding for the project and is not dependent on the central Government.