Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMRL) officials on Monday said they would immediately take up the development of 10 metro stations as part of a pilot project to improve passenger amenities. Additional managing director B Ajith Reddy announced this after inspecting key stations on Monday.He travelled from Begumpet to Raidurg by metro and reviewed facilities at Begumpet, Ameerpet and Raidurg stations. He directed officials to prepare station-specific improvement plans, stating that the selected stations would be upgraded first before similar works were extended to other stations in phases.The inspection focused on parking, cleanliness, sanitation, security and passenger movement. At Raidurg station, he reviewed the skywalk, connectivity to nearby IT offices and crowd management at the busy Mindspace Junction. He also asked officials to streamline arrangements during peak hours.Expressing dissatisfaction with the upkeep in some areas, he told officials not to compromise on cleanliness or quality of maintenance. Reddy instructed officials to make better use of parking spaces and improve the maintenance of road dividers beneath metro viaducts.He said the objective of the exercise was to provide metro commuters with more convenient stations while monitoring passenger amenities through phased inspections across the network.
