The Telangana High Court on Thursday, February 27, issued notice to the government over the alignment of the Old City metro project in Hyderabad.
The High Court has granted three weeks for the government to respond to a public interest litigation filed by Y Rahim Khan, president of Act Public Welfare Foundation, an NGO.
The petitioner argued that the proposed alignment would damage several heritage structures and urged the court to halt the project until a comprehensive Heritage Impact Assessment is conducted and statutory approvals are secured under the Telangana Heritage Act and the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act, 1958.