Hyderabad, Dec. 16 -- Telangana chief secretary K Ramakrishna Rao on Tuesday, December 16, directed officials to complete the process of taking over the Hyderabad Metro Rail from L&T by the end of the current financial year (March 2026).

In a review meeting with the committee of secretaries and officials from L&T, the Telangana chief secretary emphasised that the transfer must be carried out in line with the agreement reached between both parties. The government earlier announced the takeover of the Hyderabad Metro rail as L&T said it was unable to continue operating it.

Ramakrishna Rao asked for planned actions be taken systematically over the next 100 days and urged the transaction advisor, IDBI Bank, to finalise its report at the ear...