The Telangana government has decided to extend the Metro Rail to Medchal and Shamirpet. Once completed, it will provide Metro Rail services to the extended suburban locations of Hyderabad for about 22-23 km from the city. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy asked the officials to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR). There has been a demand from the citizens for extending Metro services to these two suburbs and the Chief Minister finally gave the green signal. The Chief Minister asked the Metro Rail authorities to submit the DPR as part of Phase-2 ‘B’ works so that the state government can obtain necessary approvals from the Centre. It may be mentioned here that the people living in the northern part of the city have been demanding Metro services and have even held protests on several occasions. Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) Managing Director NVS Reddy informed that the state Chief Minister has directed that Phase II should be divided into two parts which include Phase-II A and Phase-II B. Part A of Phase II of the Hyderabad Metro expansion will see the establishment of five corridors spanning 76.4 km across 54 stations at over 24 thousand crore rupees. The DPR for Part A of Phase II has already been prepared and for the Phase-II B, the DPRs and other related documents will be ready within three months. The Phase-II project is a Joint Venture project of the Government of Telangana and the Government of India.