Lok Sabha Question No. 1054 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-05
Subject: Status of Metro Projects
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Prabhakar Reddy Vemireddy

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1054

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 05, 2026

## STATUS OF METRO PROJECTS

NO. 1054.  SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY VEMIREDDY:

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

- (a) the details regarding the status of metro rail projects across the country including those proposed, under construction and presently operational, project and State-wise, particularly for Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the details of the funds allocated, sanctioned, released and utilised for construction, maintenance and upgradation of metro rail projects across the country during the last five years, project and State-wise, particularly in Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the details regarding the annual passenger footfall and revenue generated by each operational metro rail projects in the country during the last five years;
- (d) whether any timelines have been fixed for completion of pending metro rail projects, especially those delayed by more than five years; and
- (e) if so, the details of the expected dates of completion and the measures undertaken by the Government to expedite execution and ensure timely completion, project-wise?

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

## (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) The details regarding the status of operational and under construction metro rail projects across the country are as per Annexure I.
- (b) An amount of Rs. 84.48 lakh has been released for the preparation of Comprehensive Mobility Plan for the cities of Andhra Pradesh in 2025. Further, the details of the funds released for implementation of Metro rail projects across the country are as per Annexure-II.
- (c) The details of the average daily ridership and revenues generated by Metro Rail Projects under this Ministry are as per Annexure- III & Annexure - IIIA respectively.

(d) & (e) High  Powered  Committee  chaired  by  Chief  Secretary  of  the concerned reviews the Metro Project to take expeditious decisions on matters for ensuring timely completion of metro projects. In addition to the  above,  it  is  informed  that  most  of  the  metro  rail  projects  are implemented by Joint Venture Special Purpose Vehicle (SPVs) which are companies with representation in the Board both from Central and State Governments. The progress of these projects is monitored by the Board of the  SPVs  constituted  for  the  purpose.  Further  progress  of  the  metro projects are reviewed under Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI), Project Monitoring Group (PMG) by the Central Government.

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Annexure I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA QUESTION NO. 1054 FOR ANSWER ON 05.02.2026 REGARDING STATUS OF  METRO  RAIL  PROJECTS  ASKED  BY  SHRI  PRABHAKAR  REDDY VEMIREDDY

DETAILS OF METRO RAIL NETWORK ACROSS THE COUNTRY, STATE WISE

| S. No.              | State/UT City               | Operational Length (Km)   | Under construction Length (km)   |
|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1. 2.               | Delhi & NCR Delhi           | 395.81                    | 157.75                           |
| 1. 2.               | Noida                       |                           |                                  |
| 3.                  | Ghaziabad                   |                           |                                  |
| 4.                  | Faridabad                   |                           |                                  |
| 5.                  | Ballabgarh                  |                           |                                  |
| 6.                  | Bahadurgarh                 |                           |                                  |
| 7.                  | Greater Noida               |                           |                                  |
| 8.                  | Gurugram                    |                           |                                  |
| 9.                  | Sonipat                     |                           |                                  |
| 10.                 | Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS | 55                        | 27.15                            |
| 11. Karnataka       | Bengaluru                   | 96.1                      | 121.13                           |
| 12. Telangana       | Hyderabad                   | 69                        | -                                |
| 13. West Bengal     | Kolkata                     | 72.98                     | 60.26                            |
| 14. Tamil Nadu      | Chennai                     | 54.24                     | 118.9                            |
| 15. Rajasthan       | Jaipur                      | 12.1                      | -                                |
| 16. Kerala          | Kochi                       | 28.48                     | 11.2                             |
| 17. Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow                     | 22.87                     | 11.16                            |
| 18.                 | Kanpur                      | 15.12                     | 17.25                            |
| 19.                 | Agra                        | 6                         | 24.1                             |
| 20. Maharashtra 21. | Mumbai                      | 110.6                     | 141.4                            |
| 20. Maharashtra 21. | Nagpur                      | 40.02                     | 43.8                             |
| 22.                 | Pune                        | 33.23                     | 77.51                            |
| 23.                 | Thane                       | -                         | 29                               |
| 24. Gujarat         | Ahmedabad                   | 68.25                     | -                                |
| 25.                 | Gandhi Nagar                |                           |                                  |
| 26.                 | Surat                       | 0                         | 40.35                            |
| 27. Madhya          | Bhopal                      | 6.94                      | 20.92                            |
| Pradesh 28.         | Indore                      | 6.2                       | 25.35                            |
| 29. Bihar           | Patna                       | 2.7                       | 29.80                            |
| TOTAL               | TOTAL                       | 1095.66                   | 957.06                           |

Annexure II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA QUESTION NO. 1054 FOR ANSWER ON 05.02.2026 REGARDING STATUS OF  METRO  RAIL  PROJECTS  ASKED  BY  SHRI  PRABHAKAR  REDDY VEMIREDDY

DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED/UTILIZED FOR METRO RAIL PROJECTS FROM 2021-22 to 2025-26 (TILL DATE)

|   Sl No | Metro Rail Project                            | Funds released (in Rs crores)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|       1 | Delhi Metro Rail Project                      | 16,976.86                       |
|       2 | Chennai Metro Rail Project                    | 11,289.93                       |
|       3 | Bangalore Metro Rail Project                  | 17,488.74                       |
|       4 | Patna Metro Rail Project                      | 1,627.31                        |
|       5 | Kolkata East and West corridor                | 634.53                          |
|       6 | Kochi Metro Rail Project                      | 287.54                          |
|       7 | Mumbai Metro Line 3                           | 13,373.72                       |
|       8 | Nagpur Metro Rail Project                     | 1,274.06                        |
|       9 | Pune Metro Rail Project                       | 6,081.08                        |
|      10 | Thane Metro Rail Project                      | 150.00                          |
|      11 | Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project                  | 5,146.43                        |
|      12 | Surat Metro Rail Project                      | 6,955.71                        |
|      13 | Bhopal Metro Rail Project                     | 2,211.92                        |
|      14 | Indore Metro Rail Project                     | 2,461.6                         |
|      15 | Millennium City Center to Cyber City Gurugram | 130.00                          |
|      16 | Kanpur Metro Rail Project                     | 4,960.50                        |
|      17 | Agra Metro Rail Project                       | 3,467.68                        |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA QUESTION NO. 1054 FOR ANSWER ON 05.02.2026 REGARDING STATUS OF  METRO  RAIL  PROJECTS  ASKED  BY  SHRI  PRABHAKAR  REDDY VEMIREDDY

DETAILS  OF  AVERAGE  DAILY  RIDERSHIP  OF  MAJOR  OPERATIONAL METRO RAIL PROJECTS UNDER THIS MINISTRY FROM 2021-22 to 202526 (TILL DEC. 2025)

| Sl No   | Metro Rail Project                                  | Financial Year           | Average Daily Ridership (in lakhs)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1       | Delhi Metro Rail Project                            | 2021-22 2022-23          | 39.75 55.77                          |
|         |                                                     | 2023-24                  | 64.92                                |
|         |                                                     | 2024-25                  | 69.16                                |
|         |                                                     | 2025-26 (Till Dec, 2025) | 70.86                                |
| 2       | Bangalore Metro Rail Project                        | 2021-22                  | 3.48                                 |
|         |                                                     | 2022-23                  | 5.31                                 |
|         |                                                     | 2023-24                  | 7.08                                 |
|         |                                                     | 2024-25                  | 7.98                                 |
|         |                                                     | 2025-26                  | 8.97                                 |
|         |                                                     | (Till Dec, 2025)         |                                      |
| 3       | Lucknow Metro Rail                                  | 2021-22                  | 0.51                                 |
|         | Project                                             | 2022-23                  | 0.71                                 |
|         |                                                     | 2023-24                  | 0.88                                 |
|         |                                                     | 2024-25                  | 0.80                                 |
|         |                                                     | 2025-26 (Till Dec, 2025) | 0.81                                 |
| 4       | Ahmedabad Metro Rail                                | 2023-24                  | 0.87                                 |
|         | Project                                             | 2024-25                  | 1.25                                 |
|         | (Phase I is fully operational from                  | 2025-26 (Till Dec, 2025) | 1.54                                 |
|         | December, 2024)                                     |                          |                                      |
| 5       | Pune Metro Rail Project                             | 2023-24                  | 0.75                                 |
|         |                                                     | 2024-25                  | 1.54                                 |
|         | (Phase I is fully operational from September, 2024) | 2025-26 (Till Dec. 2025) | 1.96                                 |
| 6       | Nagpur Metro Rail Project                           | 2021-22                  | 0.41                                 |
|         |                                                     | 2022-23                  | 0.67                                 |
|         |                                                     | 2023-24                  | 0.74                                 |
|         |                                                     | 2024-25                  | 0.93                                 |
|         |                                                     | 2025-26 (Till Dec. 2025) | 1.04                                 |

|   Sl No | Metro Rail Project                                                     | Financial Year           |   Average Daily Ridership (in lakhs) |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|       7 | Chennai Metro Rail                                                     | 2021-22                  |                                 1.9  |
|       7 | Project                                                                | 2022-23                  |                                 3.41 |
|       7 |                                                                        | 2023-24                  |                                 4.15 |
|       7 |                                                                        | 2024-25                  |                                 4.58 |
|       7 |                                                                        | 2025-26 (Till Dec. 2025) |                                 4.64 |
|       8 | Kochi Metro Rail Project                                               | 2021-22                  |                                 0.47 |
|       8 | Kochi Metro Rail Project                                               | 2022-23                  |                                 0.68 |
|       8 | Kochi Metro Rail Project                                               | 2023-24                  |                                 0.88 |
|       8 |                                                                        | 2024-25                  |                                 0.88 |
|       8 |                                                                        | 2025-26 (Till Dec. 2025) |                                 1.06 |
|       9 | Noida Metro Rail Project                                               | 2021-22                  |                                 0.23 |
|       9 | Noida Metro Rail Project                                               | 2022-23                  |                                 0.44 |
|       9 | Noida Metro Rail Project                                               | 2023-24                  |                                 0.51 |
|       9 | Noida Metro Rail Project                                               | 2024-25                  |                                 0.63 |
|       9 |                                                                        | 2025-26 (Till Dec, 2025) |                                 0.74 |
|      10 | Mumbai Metro Rail Line 3 (Project is fully operational from Oct, 2025) | 2025-26 (Till Dec, 2025) |                                 1.6  |

Annexure IIIA

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA QUESTION NO. 1054 FOR ANSWER ON 05.02.2026 REGARDING STATUS OF  METRO  RAIL  PROJECTS  ASKED  BY  SHRI  PRABHAKAR  REDDY VEMIREDDY

DETAILS  OF  THE  REVENUES  GENERATED  BY  MAJOR  METRO  RAIL PROJECTS UNDER THIS MINISTRY FROM 2020-21 to 2024-25.

|   Sl No | Metro Rail Project                                          | Financial Year   | Revenues (in Rs crore)   |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Delhi Metro Rail Project                                    | 2020-21          | 3,289.19                 |
|       1 | Delhi Metro Rail Project                                    | 2021-22          | 4,677.01                 |
|       1 | Delhi Metro Rail Project                                    | 2022-23          | 6,919.23                 |
|       1 | Delhi Metro Rail Project                                    | 2023-24          | 7,660.60                 |
|       1 | Delhi Metro Rail Project                                    | 2024-25          | 8,154.57                 |
|       2 | Bangalore Metro Rail Project                                | 2020-21          | 86.78                    |
|       2 | Bangalore Metro Rail Project                                | 2021-22          | 207.29                   |
|       2 | Bangalore Metro Rail Project                                | 2022-23          | 784.54                   |
|       2 | Bangalore Metro Rail Project                                | 2023-24          | 990.24                   |
|       2 | Bangalore Metro Rail Project                                | 2024-25          | 1,190.99                 |
|       3 | Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Project (Lucknow, Kanpur and Agra) | 2020-21          | 69.26                    |
|       3 | Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Project (Lucknow, Kanpur and Agra) | 2021-22          | 127.38                   |
|       3 | Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Project (Lucknow, Kanpur and Agra) | 2022-23          | 196.91                   |
|       3 | Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Project (Lucknow, Kanpur and Agra) | 2023-24          | 311.04                   |
|       4 | Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project                                | 2020-21          | 53.21                    |
|       4 | Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project                                | 2021-22          | 96.74                    |
|       4 | Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project                                | 2022-23          | 148.67                   |
|       4 | Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project                                | 2023-24          | 299.98                   |
|       4 | Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project                                | 2024-25          | 385.92                   |
|       5 | Maha Metro Rail Projects (Pune and Nagpur)                  | 2020-21          | 290.97                   |
|       5 | Maha Metro Rail Projects (Pune and Nagpur)                  | 2021-22          | 284.20                   |
|       5 | Maha Metro Rail Projects (Pune and Nagpur)                  | 2022-23          | 634.53                   |
|       5 | Maha Metro Rail Projects (Pune and Nagpur)                  | 2023-24          | 736.05                   |
|       6 | Chennai Metro Rail Project                                  | 2020-21          | 149.59                   |
|       6 | Chennai Metro Rail Project                                  | 2021-22          | 210.85                   |
|       6 | Chennai Metro Rail Project                                  | 2022-23          | 485.21                   |
|       6 | Chennai Metro Rail Project                                  | 2023-24          | 1,558.30                 |
|       7 | Kochi Metro Rail Project                                    | 2020-21          | 167.46                   |
|       7 | Kochi Metro Rail Project                                    | 2021-22          | 142.30                   |
|       7 | Kochi Metro Rail Project                                    | 2022-23          | 200.98                   |

| Sl No   | Metro Rail Project       | Financial Year   |   Revenues (in Rs crore) |
|---------|--------------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|         |                          | 2023-24          |                   246.4  |
|         |                          | 2024-25          |                   275.25 |
| 8       | Noida Metro Rail Project | 2020-21          |                   278.2  |
|         |                          | 2021-22          |                   259.73 |
|         |                          | 2022-23          |                   287.68 |
|         |                          | 2023-24          |                   287.59 |
|         |                          | 2024-25          |                   285.96 |
| 9       | Mumbai Metro Rail Line 3 | 2024-25          |                   175.93 |