The Tamil Nadu government sent a proposal to the central government for a Chennai City mono rail project.
The state government decided to implement Phase 1 of the Chennai Monorail Project of a total length of 57.09 km.
The Phase 1 consists of three corridors, namely, Vandalur to Velachery (23 km), Poonamallee to Kathipara (16 km) and Poonamallee to Vadapalani (18 km) at an estimated cost of Rs 7,687.03 crore.
This estimated cost excludes escalation, taxes and land costs. The monorail project would be built under the Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) model and has not sought any funding from the central government.
Similarly, the Kerala government sent a proposal for monorail projects in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode, Deepa Dasmunshi, minister of state in the Ministry of Urban Development said in Lok Sabha.
On the model of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the Kerala government proposed to implement the two mono rail corridors. They are the 22.53 km Technocity to Karamana corridor in Thiruvananthpuram at a cost of Rs 3,590 crore, and the 14.2 km M C Hostel to Meenchanda corridor in Kozhikode at a cost of Rs 1,991 crore.
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