Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) Managing Director NVS Reddy has been conferred with the Civil Service Excellence Award.
Reddy was felicitated during the Civil Service Day celebrations organised by the 21st Century IAS Academy in Hyderabad. The award was presented to him by former Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu for the innovations and the outstanding contribution made by the managing director in the various projects held by him in his four decades of public service.
Speaking on the occassion, Reddy shared various challenges he faced in building the world’s largest metro rail project in PPP mode in the form of agitations, court cases, Goebbels campaign by vested interests against the project, delays in granting permissions by different government agencies etc.
“ My effigy was burnt many times by those who opposed the projects, but I stood the ground to complete the project,” he said. Addressing civil service aspirants, Reddy said, “Aim high and achieve the targets with hard work, sincerity, self-confidence and dogged perseverance. Civil service is a rare opportunity for anyone to serve the nation.”
