Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) plans to revise the alignment and designs for the 7.5-km Corridor 6 from MGBS to Chandrayangutta, after acquiring some properties previously considered difficult to obtain. HAML has invited sealed quotations for an agency to optimise the alignment and develop lower-cost designs. The earlier design included more than 30 special portal structures where road medians or curves prevented standard pillars; the agency will explore reducing their number and aligning the corridor’s centreline with the road. Designs must avoid placing pillars or other structures near heritage buildings, including Charminar and Salar Jung Museum.

The proposed corridor has six stations: Salar Jung Museum, Charminar, Shalibanda, Aliabad, Falaknuma and Chandrayangutta, averaging about 1.2 km apart. Estimated project cost is ₹2,935 crore; savings will be clear after the new designs are completed. General consultancy tender deadlines for this and four other corridors were extended from September 24 to October 8.

Hyderabad Metro Rail plans minor alignment and design changes to proposed Old City Corridor 6 after acquiring properties previously considered difficult to obtain. HAML has invited sealed quotations to appoint an agency to optimize the alignment at lower cost. More than 30 portal structures had been proposed between MGBS and Chandrayangutta, including at road-divider sections and bends where pillars could not be placed; these increase project costs. The agency will propose ways to reduce portal structures, align the metro centre line with the road centre line where possible, and avoid construction near historic and sensitive structures. General consultancy tender deadlines for the Old City and four other corridors were extended from the 24th to October 8.

• Route: MGBS–Chandrayangutta
• Proposed stations: Salar Jung Museum, Charminar, Shalibanda, Aliabad, Falaknuma and Chandrayangutta
• Average distance between stations: 1.2 km
• Estimated project cost: ₹2,935 crore

Property owners in Old City are increasingly developing rental income through adding floors or partnering with builders to redevelop ancestral properties. Rising rents and sustained housing demand make such properties lucrative monthly income sources.

Rental rates in prime localities (Charminar, Devan Devdi, Shahalibanda, Khilwat, Moghalpura, Darulshifa, Etebar Chowk, Gulzar Houz): 2BHK around Rs 18,000/month; 3BHK around Rs 23,000/month.

Rental rates in secondary areas (Falaknuma, Aliabad, Jahanuma, Roop Lal Bazaar, Chatrinaka, Lal Darwaza, Bahadurpura, Shastripuram): 2BHK around Rs 15,000/month; 3BHK Rs 18,000+/month.

Apartments command significantly higher rents than portions in duplexes or three-storey buildings due to security, parking and maintenance facilities. Key rental demand drivers: metro rail connectivity, road access, proximity to schools and hospitals, markets, security and parking. Buildings near reputed schools attract higher rents as families prioritize educational access. Trend spreading to expanding residential belt including Attapur Road, Hyderguda, Dairy Farm Road, Chintalmet Road and Aramgarh where apartment buildings have come up. Rental values in these areas increasingly competing with Malakpet, Chanchalguda, Mallepally, Aghapura, Asifnagar, Mehdipatnam and Tolichowki.