Hyderabad: It has been confirmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR). Chief Secretary S.P. Singh on Thursday said Mr Modi would inaugurate the Metro Rail service at Miyapur station at 3 pm on November 28, and then ride a train from Miyapur to Kukatpally, a distance of 5 km, and back, along with Governor E.S.L Narasimhan, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, and other dignitaries. Mr Singh held a meeting on Thursday to review the arrangements for the inauguration of the HMR and the Global Entrepreneurship Summit. He said that he would receive the official minute-to-minute schedule of the PM on Friday.
As per the tentative schedule received from the PMO, Mr Modi will land at Begumpet airport at 2.30 pm on November 28. He will reach Miyapur by helicopter and inaugurate the HMR at 3 pm. The inaugural programme will be about half-an-hour long. After that, Mr Modi will travel to the Hyderabad Internati-onal Convention Centre (HICC), the venue of the GES, by helicopter. He will arrive at the summit at 4 pm. He will then leave for Falaknuma Palace, by road, at 7.45 pm and reach there by 8.45 pm to host a dinner which will be attended by Ms Ivanka Trump and other dignitaries participating in the summit. He will leave Falaknuma Palace by 9.30 pm to return to Delhi.
Mr Singh instructed officials to make foolproof arrangements at Begumpet Airport, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Miyapur Metro Rail station, the HICC, Falaknuma Palace and Golconda Fort. He said that the state government would host a dinner for the GES delegates at Golconda fort on November 29, and asked officials to make arrangements for the event.
