16 Indian cities seek Central Govt's approval for new metro rail corridors

New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): The Central Government has received a total of 16 proposals from various State/Union Territory (UT) Governments to implement new metro rail corridors in the country.

The Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri in a written reply in the Lok Sabha has informed that Urban transport, which is an integral part of urban development, is a state subject. Hence, respective State Governments are responsible for initiating, developing and funding urban transport infrastructure including metro rail projects.

As per Metro Rail Policy-2017, the Central Government considers financial assistance for such projects in cities or urban agglomerates, based on feasibility of the proposal and availability of resources, as and when posed by the concerned State/Union Territory (UT) Government. The government of Gujarat has not submitted any new metro rail proposal for central financial assistance.

The details of proposals received by Central Government from various State/Union Territory (UT) Governments including the Government of Maharashtra for implementation of metro rail projects along with the name of cities and completion period are given as below:-

• Delhi: Delhi Metro Phase 4 (Balance 3 Corridors) - 43.677 km (5 years)
• Nagpur (Maharashtra): Nagpur Metro Phase 2 - 43.8 km (5 years)
• Nashik (Maharashtra): Nashik MetroNeo - 33.0 km (4 years)
• Thane (Maharashtra): Thane Internal Ring Project - 29.0 km (5 years)
• Kochi (Kerala): Kochi Metro Phase 1A - 2.0 km (June 2022)
• Kochi (Kerala): Kochi Metro Phase 2 - 11.2 km (4 years)
• Noida/Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh): Noida Metro Extn from Sector 51 to Knowledge Park - 14.958 (3 years 2 months)
• Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh): Gorakhpur Metrolite - 15.14 km (4 years)
• Jammu (J&K): Jammu Metrolite - 23.0 km (March 2026)
• Srinagar (J&K): Srinagar Metrolite - 25.0 km (March 2026)
• Chennai (Tamil Nadu): Chennai Metro Phase 2 - 118.9 (6 years)
• Gurugram (Haryana): HUDA City Centre to Cyber City Metro Link - 28.5 km (4 years)
• Dehradun (Uttrakhand): Dehradun MetroNeo - 22.424 km (3 years)
• NCR (Delhi, Haryana & Rajasthan): Delhi-SNB-Sotanala RRTS - 140.3 km (107+33.3) (6+5 years)
• NCR (Delhi, Haryana): Delhi-Panipat RRTS - 103.02 km (6 years)

The Government is targeting to implement at least 25 metro rail projects in 25 cities by 2025.