A picture used only for a representative purpose. | Photo Credit: Ramakrishna G
The L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad (L&MRH), which built and operated 1 Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) on 69.2 km in three high density corridors, will hand over the telengana operation over the next six months to a year.
This means the end of the 15-year partnership of the public and private sector (PPP) -Kdysi behaved as the largest raised Metro Rail project in the world within the PPP-A model to close the complex and often turbulent relationship between L&T and consequential governments.
The sources of the officials indicated that the main secretary of K. Ramakrishn Rao played a key role in infringement of ice with the highest L&T management and ensured that the ball was back in the court court to approve the joint venture (JV) with the State Government for HMR phase 2 76.4 km 76.4 km.
Concerns have already been raised about continuity of operations across the red line (LB Nagar – Miyapur), Blue Line (Nagole – Raidurg) and Green Line (JBS – MGB) once the government – probably through its special special -purpose vehicle, Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) – took over. However, these concerns may be unfounded.
L&MRH has outsourced operations and maintenance to Keolis, a French multinational based in Paris, since its foundation. It is expected that Keolis, which also runs Metro Systems in London, Dubai, Paris and recently Pune, will be left at hand.
Despite financial losses, L & DMRH is attributed to the operation of strict and efficient operation, maintaining clean infrastructure, minimal failures and high frequency of services. The Keolis contract takes place until November 2026 and the timeline is likely to deal with it.
Keolis manages 57 train sets, metro infrastructure, CBTC (Communication Control) and contributes to 80% of digital ticket sales solutions. HMR boasts over 99.5% accuracy and passenger satisfaction rate of 90%+, making it one of the best rated metro networks in India.
It should be noted that L&T received the HMR project by the then government Andhra Pradesh and signed a concession agreement (CA) 4 September 2010, before the state is divided. Financial closure was achieved in a record six months 1 March 2011, with 11,000 GBP CRORE loan was sanctioned by a consortium of 10 banks led by the state bank of India (SBI)-the largest establishment of the PPP Fund in India, India. Official sources also state that the project journey reflects how public policy shifts can be influenced by large infrastructure companies, even if they are supported by the financing of the public sector.
Published – 26 September 2025 08:04 IS
