The overall cost of expansion of the operational and approved metro projects under implementation is over Rs 2.5 lakh crore, and another Rs 2 lakh crore worth projects are in various stages of approval and are likely to come up for bidding in the next five years
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India’s Metro Trail
The total length of operational metro projects in India presently stands at about 440 km and is growing. Cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurugram, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow and the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) where they are already operational, are simultaneously adding on to their existing route networks.
Center to push urban growth corridors
To effectively address the emerging urbanisation challenges, the Ministry of Urban Development has come out with a multi-pronged policy framework to promote living close to mass urban transit corridors.
Ministry of Urban Development to push dense urban growth along mass transit corridors
To effectively address the emerging urbanisation challenges, the Ministry of Urban Development has come out with a multi-pronged policy framework to promote living close to mass urban transit corridors. This new initiatives seeks to promote ‘Transit Oriented Development (TOD)’ which enables people to live within walking or cycling distance from transit corridors like the Metros, monorail and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors, currently being taken up on a large scale.
8,000 flats for East Delhi in Smart Cities Project
The east side of the city is all set to get smart. Starting early next year, two new infrastructure projects offering 8,000 flats are coming up in Karkardooma and Trilokpuri.
WB support for Hyd metro
Barjor E Mehta, Country Head of World Bank in India expressed the commitment of the multilateral lending agency to support Hyderabad Metro Rail project and activities to transform Hyderabad as an eco-friendly global city.
Analysis: Dealing with inadequacies, salvaging lifelines
The next decade is set to witness tremendous growth in rail and bus based urban transport systems like MRTS, BRTS and variants.