Phase II waits, others glide
Hyderabad’s Metro takeover is done. Phase II is still sitting with the BJP-led Centre, while Bengaluru, Chennai, Jaipur and others got Cabinet nods with dates and kilometre counts attached.
Hyderabad’s Phase II proposals remain under appraisal with no fixed timeline.
Hyderabad’s Metro is 69.2 km today — three corridors, on the record — and as of April 29 the State owns the whole Phase I operation. Telangana signed a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire 100% of L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited, with ₹13,538.53 crore in debt to be refinanced on a State guarantee. That is finished business, not a promise. According to HMRL.
The expansion is where the file slows. Telangana submitted Phase II in two parts: five corridors adding 76.4 km on November 4, 2024, and a further 86.1 km on June 20–21, 2025. Parliament’s own answer says both proposals are under appraisal in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, that approvals depend on feasibility and resources, and that “no timeline can be fixed.” Translation: Hyderabad waits while Delhi keeps the clock.
Meanwhile, the Union Cabinet has found time for other cities. It cleared Bengaluru Phase III (44.65 km) and Pune’s Swargate–Katraj extension (5.46 km) on August 16, 2024; Chennai Phase II (118.9 km) on October 3, 2024; Lucknow Phase IB (11.165 km) on August 12, 2025; Jaipur Phase II (41 km) on April 8, 2026; and Ahmedabad extensions (3.33 km and 6.032 km) in 2026. All with press notes, lengths and costs. Hyderabad’s Phase II has press notes too — they just say “under appraisal.”
On the State’s side of the ledger, HMRL said traffic projections were being tied to the city’s mobility plan before submission, and the government appointed SBICAPS as consultant on takeover valuation and expansion financing. The work to line up money and integrate Phase I with Phase II is the part Telangana controls, and it is visibly underway.
Two things we are not asserting: that an earlier 2023 plan was rejected for low PHPDT — no primary document located — and that Phase II-A is 122 km; HMRL’s published figure is 76.4 km. What is on the record is simpler and harder to argue with: the BJP-led Centre has approved multiple metros since 2024, each with a green light and a kilometre number; Hyderabad’s Phase II is still in the appraisal drawer with no timeline the ministry is willing to state.