Moosarambagh metro station to be developed as a heritage point

The Raymond’s Tomb at Moosarambagh may once again come into limelight if the plans of the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) and the Department of Archaeology bear fruit. The tomb is just a kilometre away from the Moosarambagh metro station and it has a lot of potential to attract tourists.

“The whole area surrounding the tomb could be developed as a tourist spot and the metro stations close by could be developed as heritage tourism points,” said N V S Reddy, MD, HMR, on Monday.

In an innovative project, the Architecture and Design Foundation (India), Alliance Francaise, in collaboration with the city of Bordeaux are organising a weeklong workshop in which university professors and students from France and Sri Venkateshwara College of Fine Arts, would be brainstorming on how to develop the Raymond’s Tomb as a tourist spot.

As part of the workshop the group would ideate on improving the landscape, approach roads and streets with signage and make the area interesting for tourists. N V S Reddy said that there was a lot of scope for innovation and no structural and engineering constraints. He advised the students to think out-of-the-box and come up with ideas so that there would be value additions to the metro stations.