Lok Sabha Question No. 2813 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-08
Subject: Delay in Funds for Chennai Metro Rail Project
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Thiru Dayanidhi Maran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2813 TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 08, 2024

## DELAY IN FUNDS FOR CHENNAI METRO RAIL PROJECT

NO. 2813.        THIRU DAYANIDHI MARAN:

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

- a) the current status of the approval and disbursement of funds for the Phase II of the Chennai Metro Rail project;
- b) the  reasons  for  the  delay  in  sanctioning  the  funds  and  pending approval during the last three years along with the steps taken/being taken to expedite the same;
- c) the  response  of  the  Union  Government  towards  the  request  of  the Government of Tamil  Nadu for  seeking  approval  for  Phase  II  along with the major concerns or issues raised by the Union Government; and
- d) the  details  of  metro  rail  projects  approved  and  amount  of  funds allocated  and  sanctioned  to  other  States  for  metro  projects  during the last five years, city, State and year-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) to  (c)  Government  of  Tamil  Nadu  proposed  118.9  km  route  length Chennai  Metro  Phase-2  project  at  the  estimated  cost  of  Rs  63,246 Crore. The approval of such highly cost intensive projects depend upon the  feasibility  of  project  and  availability  of  resources.  Presently, Chennai Metro Phase 2 project is being implemented as State Sector Project  and  the  expenditure  towards  its  implementation  is  currently borne by the Government of Tamil Nadu.
- (d)  The  details  of  metro  rail  projects  approved  and  amount  of  funds disbursed for metro projects during the last five years, city, state and year-wise are at Annexure-I & Annexure II respectively.

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## The  details  of  metro  rail  project  approved  during  the  last  five  years  (Financial  Year  2019-20  to  2023-24)  are  as below:

|   Sr. No. | Name of Metro Rail Project                                                                                                                        | Date of Sanction   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|         1 | Nagpur Metro Phase-II project                                                                                                                     | December, 2022     |
|         2 | PCMC - Nigdi project (Extension of Corridor-I of Pune Metro Phase-1)                                                                              | October, 2023      |
|         3 | Kanpur Metro                                                                                                                                      | May, 2019          |
|         4 | Agra Metro                                                                                                                                        | May, 2019          |
|         5 | Kochi Metro Phase 1A                                                                                                                              | February, 2023     |
|         6 | Kochi Metro Phase 2                                                                                                                               | November, 2022     |
|         7 | Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase 2A& 2B                                                                                                         | June, 2021         |
|         8 | Delhi Metro Phase-IV project (03 Priority corridors, namely (i) Aerocity-Tighlakabad, (ii) Janakpuri West-R.K.Ashram Marg (iii) Mukunpur-Maujpur) | July, 2019         |
|         9 | Millennium City Centre to Cyber City, Gurugram                                                                                                    | July, 2023         |
|        10 | Delhi Metro Phase-IV project (2 corridors namely (i) Lajpat Nagar-Saket G Block& (ii) Inderlok-Indraprastha)                                      | March, 2024        |
|        11 | Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II                                                                                                             | June, 2019         |
|        12 | Surat Metro Rail Project                                                                                                                          | June, 2019         |

## Annexure-II

The details of funds disbursed to metro rail companies for the implementation of metro projects during the last five years (Financial Year 2019-20 to 2023-24), city, state and year-wise are as below:

(Rs. in crore)

| State/ UT     | City      | Name of the Project                                    | Funds disbursed in FY 2019-20   | Funds disbursed in FY 2020-21   | Funds disbursed in FY 2021-22   | Funds disbursed in FY 2022-23   | Funds disbursed in FY 2023-24   |
|---------------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| NCT of Delhi  | Delhi&NCR | Delhi Metro Rail Project (all the phases)              | 2,702.18                        | 20                              | 2,254                           | 3,015.65                        | 2,910.04                        |
| Tamil Nadu    | Chennai   | Chennai Metro Rail Project Phase-1 Including extension | 1,380.4                         | 51                              | 935.78                          | 0                               | 0                               |
| Karnataka     | Bangalore | Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase 1, 2, 2A &2B        | 3,405.68                        | 1,858                           | 3,622.86                        | 4,041.61                        | 3,617.16                        |
| Bihar         | Patna     | Patna Metro Rail Project                               | 50                              | 163                             | 49.5                            | 437.5                           | 700.75                          |
| West Bengal   | Kolkata   | Kolkata East West Corridor                             | 0                               | 0                               | 634.53                          | 0                               | 0                               |
| Kerala        | Kochi     | Kochi Metro Rail Project                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 146.74                          | 0                               |
| Maha- rashtra | Mumbai    | Mumbai Metro Rail Project Line 3                       | 4,409.11                        | 1,375                           | 2,412.09                        | 507.22                          | 3,894.83                        |
| Maha- rashtra | Nagpur    | Nagpur Metro Rail Project                              | 1,859.03                        | 371.85                          | 0                               | 0                               | 1,199.06                        |
| Maha- rashtra | Pune      | Pune Metro Rail Project                                | 2,003.86                        | 300                             | 3,194.91                        | 1,357.73                        | 0                               |

| Gujarat              | Ahmedabad                | Ahmedabad Metro Project Phase-1 &2                       | 1,667.26   | 892.74   | 1,323.54   | 1,968.17   | 628       |
|----------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------|------------|------------|-----------|
| Gujarat              | Surat                    | Surat Metro Rail Project                                 | 0          | 100      | 638.93     | 1,697.78   | 2,264     |
| Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                   | Bhopal Metro Rail Project                                | 146.07     | 0        | 527.23     | 217.54     | 613       |
| Madhya Pradesh       | Indore                   | Indore Metro Rail Project                                | 99.16      | 0        | 250.63     | 260        | 1,105.74  |
| Uttar Pradesh        | Noida                    | Noida- Greater Noida Metro Rail Project                  | 168        | 0        | 0          | 0          | 0         |
| Uttar Pradesh        | Lucknow                  | Lucknow Metro Project                                    | 0          | 0        | 0          | 0          | 0         |
| Uttar Pradesh        | Kanpur                   | Kanpur Metro Rail Project                                | 78.11      | 1,136    | 2,012      | 1,156.75   | 1,472.5   |
| Uttar Pradesh        | Agra                     | Agra Metro Rail Project                                  | 57.83      | 216      | 1,122      | 868.93     | 1,044.75  |
|                      |                          | Total for Metro Rail Projects                            | 18,026.69  | 6,483.59 | 18,978     | 15,675.62  | 19,449.83 |
| Delhi& Uttar Pradesh | Delhi- Ghaziabad- Meerut | Regional Rapid Transit System (Delhi- Ghaziabad- Meerut) | 824.25     | 2,487.4  | 4,472      | 4,710      | 3,596     |
| Delhi& Uttar Pradesh |                          | Metro Rail/ RRTS projects                                | 18,850.94  | 8,970.99 | 23,450     | 20,385.62  | 23,045.83 |