The State government on Friday gave an undertaking before Justice L. Narasimha Reddy of the Andhra Pradesh High Court that it would not proceed with any construction activity relating to Alignment III of the Metro Rail in the city that passes through the areas from Greenlands to Yousufguda via Ameerpet and Srinagar Colony.The judge was dealing with a writ petition filed by Greenlands, Ameerpet, Madhuranagar, Yousufguda, SriKrishna Nagar Joint Action Committee and 20 others.
They contended that the proposed route for the third corridor was prepared without regard to the efficacy of the alternative route initially approved/tentatively decided for the said segment.
Counsel appearing for the petitioners said that the authorities were not filing their response before the court on the one hand, and, on the other, proceeding with work on the field.
The pleader represeting the State government assured the Hight Court that the government would not carry out any operations until it comes up with a counter affidavit in this regard.
