Hyderabad Metro | HMRL wins the concrete Excellence Award 2018

Telangana: Indian Concrete Institute - UltraTech Awards 2018 awards Hyderabad Metro Rail Project. The metro body has been awarded the ‘Outstanding Concrete Structure for Infrastructure’ during the award ceremony.

With this win, Hyderabad Metro adds another feather to its crown. The Concrete Excellence Award 2018 will motivate the entire team to keep up the good work.

The award ceremony was held on September 7 at a gala event in Hyderabad. It was not easy to win this award as Hyderabad Metro had stiff competition from several mega projects going in the country.



The Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) is a professional organisation that works in the field of Concrete and Concrete Construction and is headquartered in Chennai.

The ICI - UltraTech Excellence Awards distinguishes and rewards the country"s best concrete excellence accomplishment. The awards recognize the efforts across projects, persons and companies that have outshined others in their particular categories.

Now ICI - UltraTech Awards have now earned the distinction of being one of the most recognised and highly valued awards. The awards celebrate the achievements of India’s concrete excellence in Design and Architecture.

The Managing director of Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL), NVS Reddy received the award. He was given the Outstanding Concrete Structure – Infrastructure (Owner) from Mr. K Rosaiah, Former Governor, Tamil Nadu & Former Chief Minister, United Andhra Pradesh.

Project Director, LTMRHL, M P Naidu, received the Outstanding Concrete Structure – Infrastructure (Project Concessionaires & Designers) and (Architects Award) on behalf of the Company from the chief guest Mr. K Rosaiah.

As per a popular daily report on their online portal, NVS Reddy, while getting the award said, "Hyderabad Metro Rail structures are not only of high quality and possessing good structural stability, but are also aesthetically designed sleek structures. They are like poetry in concrete.”

The portal added MD & CEO, LTMRHL, KVB Reddy quote. The MD says, “Such awards reinstate our promise to the project and the people of Hyderabad in developing the finest metro rail for the city. These awards encourage people working for Hyderabad Metro Rail Project in a noteworthy manner. I feel proud to say that Hyderabad Metro Rail Project undoubtedly stands out in concept, design, execution and for setting high standards, amongst many metros in the county.”

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