Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) has won eight prizes, including five first prizes, for the development of greenery in different categories in the 6th Telangana Garden Festival 2020 conducted by the Government of Telangana.
HMRL Managing Director, NVS Reddy on Sunday said, “we have sent eight entries and bagged prizes in all the categories”. He added though HMRL has limited areas, it has developed theme-based gardens and won these many awards.
The HMRL has been participating in the TS Garden Festival for the last four years and receiving awards in large numbers. “We give top priority for greenery development under the Metro viaducts, besides avenue plantation thus contributing in efforts to control pollution in the city,” he said.
HMRL’s Senior Horticulture Officer S. Sainath received the prizes at a function organized at Public Gardens.
The first prizes received by the HMRL include Metro Rail Bhavan, Miyapur Metro Station, Roof Garden – Metro Rail Bhavan, Central Median (5 km)-Hitec City to Jubilee Hills check post and HMR Training Institute while Nagole Metro Station, Central Median (5 km)-Nagole to Tarnaka and Podium Garden-Parade Grounds won the second prizes.
