Four PRTS corridors proposed to improve connectivity in Hyderabad

According to a report by The Hindu newspaper, four Personal Rapid Transit System (PRTS) corridors have been proposed to improve connectivity in Hyderabad city. Reviewing PRTS at a meeting held on Thursday, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy ordered officials to complete the tender process by December and ensure that the work on the first phase of the project is completed within a year. The Chief Minister stated that the objective of the proposed network is to improve connectivity between major government, commercial and public locations in the city.

Discussing the plans for the first phase, the Chief Minister suggested that one corridor should connect LB Stadium to the Ambedkar statue, passing through Indira Park and Lower Tank Bund to the Ranigunj bus station. In addition, a second corridor should connect the Assembly metro station to Ravindra Bharati, the Secretariat and IMAX, extending further up to Begumpet.

Officials in western Hyderabad were directed to immediately take up work on a PRTS corridor connecting the KPHB metro station to Durgam Cheruvu, Raheja Mindspace and Biodiversity metro stations. To facilitate the smooth operation of this proposed corridor, a multi-level parking facility featuring a PRTS depot near IKEA in Gachibowli will also be set up.

Furthermore, to ensure the functioning of the PRTS corridors, multi-level parking facilities have also been proposed on Necklace Road, which includes a dedicated depot for PRTS services as part of this facility.