Susan Kurland, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, met Chief Secretary Minnie Mathew and other senior officers of the State government on Tuesday and discussed areas of mutual interest, including areas of airport and seaport development, road safety and best practices in public- private partnerships.
The US delegation included Julie Abraham, Executive Director, International Transportation and Trade, Jason Hill, Transport Specialist, Katherine Dhanani, U.S. Consul General Hyderabad and others. Principal Secretary (Transport), Lakshmi Parthasarathi, Hyderabad Metro Rail MD N.V.S. Reddy, Secretary (Infrastructure and Investments) Sunil Sharma and other senior officers participated in the discussions on behalf of the State government.
The visitors toured Metro Rail work sites in Uppal and inspected pillar construction, launching of girder segments, depot works, and pre-casting works. The HMR MD presented a Power Point slideshow explaining the structure, objectives and magnitude of the project and its potential to transform Hyderabad into a global metropolis. He also discussed the challenges of building infrastructure projects in urban areas and the innovative methods used in Hyderabad to meet the challenges of the world’s largest Metro Rail project in PPP mode. (NSS)
