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Metro's ‘Badi’ bump
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Hyderabad Metro Rail works are going on at a brisk pace. In all, 483 foundations and 351 pillars have already come up and works at casting yards in Miyapur and Uppal are in full swing.
Of the 1,400 properties to be acquired in three corridors, 1,000 properties have already been taken over, but the contentious issues along Corridor II...
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(Jubilee Bus Station to Falaknuma) could pose problems.
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“Only 71 properties out of 358 private properties (upto Kachiguda) are remaining. All others are cleared in corridor II,” A Raghunatha Rao, land acquisition officer for Hyderabad Metro Rail, to The Hans India. Regarding land acquisition in Badi Chowdi, Sultan Bazaar and Old City areas, where several issues have cropped up, he merely said that orders had not been passed to look into those areas.
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Traders at Badi Chowdi are up in arms and have been asking for the Metro Rail to be taken underground right from the beginning.
Kishen Yadav, president, Sultan Bazaar Traders Joint Action Commiittee, says, “We will not budge an inch and will go to any extent to stop work here. It is a matter of livelihood of people. In all, 242 properties will get affected in Badi Chowdi and hundreds will be deprived of their livelihood.”
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Suman Gupta of Kailash Medical Hall is vociferous and questions, “When Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolkata could have the Metro Rail underground, why not here? We already have MMTS. Why not develop it? Has anyone asked us, spoken to us before deciding our fate? I have proof of how rents were increased four times in three years in Delhi. Where is the security? We are dealing with lives of people and one should not forget that this place has a 200-year-old history. We will not allow the Metro Rail here unless our requests are heard.”
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Suresh Jaiswal, owner of another property at Badi Chowdi, says, “There is a Jain Mandir, Arya Samaj, Anjaneyulu Swamy temple and Hari Masjid. This place is steeped in history and people want to destroy all of it in one stroke.” He goes on to add that there are two historic buildings: Nanubahai Shah building opposite Hanuman temple and the Raja Bhagwan Das building, which were de-notified.”
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Even as traders are bracing themselves, senior officials at Hyderabad Metro Rail said, “Many owners of properties in Badi Chowdi and Sultan Bazaar have approached HMR and are willing to surrender their properties.” Hemanth Kumar, a trader, said that the biggest losers were traders and employees who would lose their livelihood.
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According to sources, when it comes to the 242 properties in Badi Chowdi, the owners of 118 owners of properties are against the metro to be elevated. Tarachand, a resident of Badi Chowdi, said, “Even Heritage Conservation Committee demanded that Metro Rail should go underground where there are heritage structures. Officials at HMR state that none of the heritage structures would be affected, but heritage activists say that it would affect the visual appeal.
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