Hyderabad ka Old City area kai saalon tak Metro Rail facility se mehroom raha. BRS hukoomat ke daur mein is ilaake ko lagataar nazarandaaz kiya gaya. Mandir, masjid aur dargahon jaise mazhabi muqaamaat ko baar-baar rukaawat ke taur par pesh kiya gaya, jiski wajah se Old City Metro Rail project lambe arse tak thanda pada raha.
Is dauraan Majlis Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) ke Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi ne Telangana Legislative Assembly mein kai martaba Old City ke liye Metro Rail ka mudda uthaya aur zor-shor se iski wakalat ki. Iske bawajood BJP ki taraf se lagataar AIMIM par yeh ilzaam lagaya jata raha ke woh Old City mein Metro Rail ki mukhalifat kar rahi hai, jabke BJP ka daawa tha ke infrastructure company L&T (Larsen & Toubro) is project ko pehle hi manzoori de chuki hai. Yeh mamla lambi arse tak siyasi behas ka markaz bana raha.
Ab Congress leader aur Telangana ke Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy ki qiyadat mein is project ne ek aham mod le liya hai. Foundation rakh di gayi hai aur Old City ko Hyderabad ka “asal shehar” qarar dete hue, yeh saalon se latka hua project ab amli marhale mein daakhil ho chuka hai. Old City mein Metro Rail ka kaam tezi se jaari hai, jo is ilaake ke infrastructure ko mazboot banane ki simt ek bada qadam maana ja raha hai.
Project ke mukammal hone ke baad Old City mein rehne wale hazaaron log, jo rozgar ke liye New City ka safar karte hain, unhein badi rahat milegi. Is se traffic ka bojh kam hoga, safar ka waqt ghat jaayega aur rozana aane-jaane ki thakaan mein bhi khaasi kami aayegi.
Awaami halqon mein umeed zahir ki ja rahi hai ke construction ka kaam aur zyada tezi se poora kiya jaayega, taake project muqarrara waqt par mukammal ho sake. Saath hi yeh bhi khwahish zahir ki ja rahi hai ke Old City Metro Rail ka iftitah khud Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy ke haathon ho, jo Hyderabad ki mutawazan aur shamil taraqqi ki ek badi misaal hoga.