Central government unable to supervise all metro rail projects
December 7th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) It was impossible for the central government to supervise the construction of metro rail projects in small cities, parliament was told Wednesday.
“Neither it is possible nor feasible for the central government to supervise the construction and monitoring of all the metro rail projects, particularly for the non- metropolitan cities,” Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
Kumar said Rs.3,303 crore has been allocated for various metro rail projects in the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012).
The minister said though a Rs.8,705 crore project has been prepared for the metro rail in Ludhiana city of Punjab by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), no proposal for approval has been received by the Planning Commission.
Regarding the metro rail for Kochi, Kumar said the Planning Commission has recommended a special purpose vehicle (SPV) by the state government for implementing the project.
For the DMRC, the Planning Commission has approved the extension of the Dehi Metro to Noida and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh and Gurgaon and Faridabad in Haryana, he said.
- DMRC signs MoU with Haryana for Badarpur-Faridabad link - Mar 26, 2012
- Faridabad to come on Delhi Metro line - Mar 25, 2012
- Secretariat-Kashmere Gate Metro line expected by 2015 - May 25, 2012
- Budget 2012-13: Delhi Metro gets over Rs.2,200 crore - Mar 16, 2012
- Clearance to Ludhiana metro project election stunt: Amarinder - Jun 24, 2011
- Sreedharan inspects proposed Faridabad Metro corridor - Apr 29, 2011
- Punjab government approves Ludhiana metro project - Jun 22, 2011
- DMRC engineers other Metro projects - Dec 03, 2010
- Construction work on Badarpur-Faridabad Metro link begins - Mar 28, 2012
- DMRC to construct Jaipur Metro - Aug 05, 2010
- Delhi Metro Phase III gets bigger, to cover Jamia, Faridabad - Jan 31, 2011
- Row breaks out over Kochi Metro Rail project - Jan 02, 2012
- 'Mumbai mega infra-projects to be completed by 2013' - Mar 07, 2012
- Metro to arrive in Patna - Sep 16, 2011
- DDA told to raise funds for Metro network expansion - May 03, 2011
Tags: central government, crore, delhi metro rail, delhi metro rail corporation, dmrc, faridabad, gurgaon, haryana, Lok Sabha, metropolitan cities, minister of state, New Delhi, parliament, planning commission, punjab, rail projects, rs 8, special purpose vehicle, spv, state government