17.12.11

Nagpur Metro

When it comes to granting infrastructure projects, Nagpur and Vidarbha has always been given the short end of the stick. But, for the metro rail, the Maharashtra state government has reacted with alacrity by approving the ambitious project. Nagpur, the second capital of Maharashtra, will finally join the big league of cities in the country, which have the urban necessity of a metro rail network. Work on the project is expected to begin in January 2013. With not many hurdles in the way unlike other cities, Nagpurians may be able to make their first trip by December 2016. Sources in Mantralaya said that the metro link will be 25km long from Sitabuldi to Butibori via Mihan. The cost of the project is Rs 1,250 crore. It will run partly on an elevated corridor and the remaining will be on-ground. On November 17, Union minister of road transport announced that all cities with a population of more than 20 lakhs will get metro rail. In Nagpur on December 10, Nath asked the state government to put the project on the fast track. State chief minister Prithviraj Chavan is expected to make a formal announcement before the state legislature’s winter session ends on December 23.

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