March 17: Maytas Infra on Tuesday formally requested the state government to extend the deadline to achieve financial closure for the Rs 12,000-crore Hyderabad Metro Rail project.
It is learnt that Maytas Infra wants three to six months more but sources close to the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, said he had directed the officials to go by the deadlines stipulated in the agreement.