Lok Sabha Question No. 985 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-24
Subject: Metro Projects
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: MOHANBHAI KALYANJIBHAI KUNDARIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 985 TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 24, 2018

## METRO PROJECTS

No. 985   SHRI KUNDARIYA MOHAN BHAI KALYANJI BHAI:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has launched Metro Projects in several cities of the country;
- (b) If so, the details and the present status of the said projects along with the criteria adopted for selecting the said cities;
- (c) whether the Government is considering to extend Metro Network
- in other cities by relaxing the criteria; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) & (b) 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 …2/-

infrastructure  including  metro  rail  projects.  The  Central  Government considers financial assistance for metro rail proposals in cities or urban agglomerates, on the basis of extant policy, feasibility of the proposal and availability of resources, as and when posed by the concerned state governments. The status of ongoing metro rail projects which are being implemented  by  50:50  joint  ventures,  special  purpose  vehicles  of Government  of  India  and  respective  State  Governments  are  given below:

|   Sr. No. | Name of the Metro Rail Project                   |   Total Length (km.) | Operational Length (km)   |   Status of Physical Progress (in %) |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|         1 | Delhi Metro Phase-III and extensions             |              150.27  | 98.00                     |                                94.8  |
|         2 | Noida-Greater Noida                              |               29.707 | --                        |                                85    |
|         3 | Chennai Metro Phase-I                            |               45.046 | 34.29                     |                                93.75 |
|         4 | Lucknow Metro                                    |               22.878 | 8.50                      |                                80.13 |
|         5 | Kochi Metro                                      |               26.612 | 18.22                     |                                84.48 |
|         6 | Nagpur Metro                                     |               38.215 | --                        |                                65.26 |
|         7 | Extension of corridor-I of Chennai Metro Phase-I |                9.051 | --                        |                                10.5  |
|         8 | Ahmedabad Metro Phase-I                          |               35.96  | --                        |                                31.5  |
|         9 | Bangalore Metro Phase-2                          |               72.095 | --                        |                                20.87 |
|        10 | Pune Metro                                       |               31.254 | --                        |                                21    |
|        11 | Mumbai Metro Line-3                              |               33.5   | --                        |                                22    |

- (c) No, Madam.
- (d) Does not arise.

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