Hyderabad, June 16 -- Accusing the Centre of going back on its promise to be a joint venture partner in the Hyderabad Metro Rail phase-2 project, Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday said the state government was ready to take up the project with 100% equity without the Centre's share.

Speaking to reporters at the secretariat, the chief minister demanded that the Centre issue the no-objection certificate (NOC) for the phase-2 of the Hyderabad Metro Rail project to expedite the works.

Revanth Reddy said he had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers Manohar Lal Khattar and Ashwini Vaishnaw several times and urged them to approve the metro rail expansion project, which had already been delayed for years.

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