Hyderabad: The Telangana government has sought intervention of the Union ministry of civil aviation to resolve the issue of alignment plans of the Railways on airport connectivity in the MMTS phase II.
The GMR Hyderabad international airport authorities are not agreeing to the alignment proposed by the Railways up to a location nearer to the airport border. The officials are citing security issues.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently held a video conference with TS officials on MMTS phase II project under the Pragathi programme. The Central government has sent a note on in the video conference.
According to the note, the conference discussed land acquisition for MMTS phase II and the funds to be given by TS government to the Railways.
The TS government has urged Mr Modi to ask the ministry of civil aviation to resolve the issue. TS said the alignment has been finalised up to a location near the airport and an independent consultant is appointed by the state to study the alternate options.
The railway officials said that this issue has been pursued with the state government and the airport authorities.
