Lok Sabha Question No. 2343 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Metro Train Facility
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOk SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2343

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 05, 2020 METRO TRAIN FACILITY

## NO. 2343. SHRI NATARAJAN P.R

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

- a) The number of citiesltowns which are having metro train facility across the country as on date and the names of such citiesltowns particularly in Tamil Nadu;
2. (b) Whether any draft proposal for metro train project was received by the Government; and
3. (c) If so, the details thereof and the funds provided for the purpose?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) At present, the metro rail facility is   operational in 18 cities across the country namely Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad; Faridabad, Ballabgarh, Bahadurgarh, Gurugram, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Jaipur, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Nagpur:
- (b) & (c)Urban transport, which is an integral part of urban development, is a State Respective state governmentsIUnion Territories (UTs) are responsible for initiatingl developing and funding urban transport infrastructure including metro rail projects. The Central Government considers financial assistance for metro rail projects in the cities or urban agglomerates subject to feasibility of the project and availability of resources, as and when posed by the concerned state governmentiUt. The details the metro railRRTS proposals submitted to this Ministry for central financial assistance are given in Annexure: No funds have been released for these proposals:

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2343 FOR ANSWER ON 05.03.2020 REGARDING METRO TRAIN FACILITY ASKED BY SHRI NATARAJAN

DETAILS OF PROPOSALS FOR METRO RAIL IREGIONAL RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM (RRTS) PROJECTS SUBMITTED TO THIS MINISTRY FOR CENTRAL ASSISTANCE

|   Sr- No. | StatelUt                  | Metro/RRTS Project                         |   Approx Length (in Kms) |
|-----------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|         1 | Maharashtra               | Nagpur Metro Rail Phase II                 |                       48 |
|         2 |                           | Thane Internal Ring Metro                  |                       29 |
|         3 |                           | Pune Metro Rail Corridor 1A                |                        4 |
|         4 |                           | Nashik Metro(Metro-Neo)                    |                       33 |
|         5 | Karnataka                 | Bangalore Metro Phase 2A & 2B              |                       55 |
|         6 | Tamil Nadu                | Chennai Metro Phase II                     |                      119 |
|         7 | Kerala                    | Kochi Metro Phase 1A                       |                        2 |
|         8 |                           | Kochi Metro Phase                          |                       11 |
|         9 | Uttar Pradesh             | Noida Metro Extension                      |                       15 |
|        10 | Delhi                     | Delhi Metro Phase IV (remaining corridors) |                       44 |
|        11 | Delhi- Haryana- Rajasthan | Delhi Gurugram SNB RRTS Corridor           |                      106 |

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