Hyderabad, Aug. 5 -- The Hyderabad Metro Rail aims to carry 12.5 lakh passengers a day by 2032. Through the whole of 2025-26, however, it did not lay a single kilometre of new track.

The hold-up, an official at the Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) said, is in New Delhi. "No new tracks have been constructed in the last one year since the approvals from the Centre are pending," the official, who did not want to be named, told Siasat.com.

Currently, the Metro moves about 4.5 lakh passengers a day, roughly a third of its 2032 target. They ride a network of 69 km, all of it built during Phase 1.

The two busiest stretches are Corridor 1, which runs 29 km from Miyapur to LB Nagar across 27 stations, and Corridor 3, the 15-km line from Nago...