Rs 500 cr earmarked for Metro Rail in Ahmedabad

Last Updated: Thursday, March 01, 2012, 23:19

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Tags: Ahmedabad, Metro Rail, Nitin Patel

Gandhinagar: A budgetary provision of Rs 500 crore has been made for the Metro rail project in Ahmedabad for 2012-13, the state Assembly was informed on Thursday.

"A budgetary provision of Rs 500 crore has been made for the next fiscal against Rs 50 crore in 2011-12 for the Metro rail, which is proposed to cover 45 km route in first phase," Urban Development Minister Nitin Patel told the house.

Expressing concern over the slow progress of the project, Leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil asked the Minister about the measures being taken to speed up the project.

Replying to his query, Patel said the Rs 15,000 crore Metro rail project was conceptualised by the state government in 2005 and accepted by the Centre in 2006. "Since the project involves state-of-the-art technology and there were many technicalities, the government was evaluating its various facets," Patel added.

PTI

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First Published: Thursday, March 01, 2012, 23:19

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Indian - Ahmedabad
Gujarat government is making everyone fool by announcing such kind of projects. Till now no work has been carried out only budget is increasing every year. All these rupees going for Modi`s pubilicity & maintaining his five start lifestyle. Jaago india Jaago, in jaise badmasho ko nikal feko gujarat se.

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Rakesh kuamar - Vadodara
Like other Metro project being ute and planned at various metro cities of India, the Baroda city which is also called cultural cities of Gujarat should be facilitated with Metro rail services. Govt of Gujarat and Urban development ministry should work out comprehensibly towards including the Baroda in the Metro rail being planned at Ahmedabad. I request the authority to consider the same so that people of gujarat should interlinked and travel more comfortably all parts of their destination effectively and more economically way.