In order to implement the Hyderabad metro rail project successfully, the Andhra Pradesh government will have to rectify the technical error in terms of the Act governing the project.
Earlier the Andhra Pradesh High Court said in its order that the project was being wrongly governed by the Tramways Act and unless it is changed to Metro Act it could not be called ‘Metro Rail’.
The project is wrongly being executed under the Tramways Act. Unless it is rectified to Metro Act, the safety certification authorities would not consider it for inspection.
The state government is not free to rectify the error at present as the issue is pending before a division bench of the High Court for more than a year now.
As the High Court single bench stayed the works along the stretch between Ameerpet and Jubilee Hills Check Post, the HMRL moved a division bench with an appeal against it. However, with the HMRL taking time to place its argument the judgment is delayed and it is over eight months since the court heard the case last time.
HMRL is reportedly dragging the matter because it wants to address the issue of rehabilitation of the Sultan Bazar traders who are refusing to give away land for the project, before the court gives the final judgment.
As it has become a stalemate, the solution is not in the horizon and it is doubtful that the path would be clear for safety certification before December 2014 as the L&T claiming, some reports suggest.
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