The MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao and Transport Minister Mahender Reddy held a review meeting on last-mile transport connectivity to/from Metro Stations in Hyderabad.
The number of passengers in Hyderabad Metro has been increasing steasily and the Metro services have been working seamless right from the inauguration to till date.
“Ours is one of the best metros in India,” said Minister Rama Rao.
In order to ensure last mile connectivity, an action plan is being prepared to set up electric feeder services in association with SETWIN, GHMC, and HMRL. Minister KT Rama Rao instructed officials to work on feeder services in the city and also sensitize people with signboards which would indicate the distance to the nearest metro station.
As a pilot project, the government will soon implement the feeder services in the high-density corridors. “We aim at motivating more number of citizens to use public transport,” said Minister KT Rama Rao.
To decongest Hyderabad city, Minister Rama Rao emphasized on using electric feeder vehicles to transport public from the suburbs to the nearest metro station. The government is also planning to set up charging points at metro stations and bus depots.
In the meeting, Minister directed officials to set up Multilevel Car Parking (MLCP) spaces in different parts of Hyderabad to solve the parking woes of citizens in the city.
RTC Chairman Somarapu Satyanarayana, Mayor Bonthu Rammohan and Principal Secretary, MA&UD Arvind Kumar and NVS Reddy, MD, HMR participated in the meeting.
