Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will inaugurate the metro line between JBS -MGBS on February 7 at 4 PM. With this, the Hyderabad Metro Rail length will be 69 km.

With this 11-km stretch of corridor-II of elevated Hyderabad Metro Rail will increase the total operational length to 69 km," HMRL Managing Director NVS Reddy on Tuesday.

In November 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the Miyapur and Nagole stretch of the project.

"Already we are the second largest metro network in India, next only to Delhi and the world's largest metro in PPP mode, " Reddy said.

Subsequently in September 2018, another stretch of Hyderabad Metro between Ameerpet to L B Nagar was commissioned.

In March 2019, the stretch between Ameerpet and Hi-Tec City and in November that year, another Metro rail service between Hitec City station and Raidurg was inaugurated

The Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) gave nod to the JBS-MGBS route in January which issues the mandatory safety certificate to the metro routes.

The JBS-MGBS route covers metro stations Parade Grounds, Secunderabad West, Gandhi Hospital, Musheerabad, RTC X roads, Chikkadapally, Narayanaguda, Sultan Bazar and MGBS.

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