The Bihar
government on Tuesday had passed a proposal for the Patna Metro Rail Project. The
cost of this project is estimated to be around Rs. 16,960 crore. The proposed
project targets to build the Patna metro by 2021 with 27 stations.
Earlier this
month, on February 2nd, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had said in
Gaziabad, Uttar Pradesh that Bihar government won’t allow metro rail projects
in Patna. Kumar said that he is afraid that techniques evolved in the
underground projects are prone to affect the historical value of the city and
hamper some or the other memorials. Patna, formerly known as Patliputra, is a historical
city in India with numerous historic monuments, shrines and testimonials.
Patna has a
population of over two million and the number is increasing- as reports say. The
state had made flyovers in the capital city to mitigate the increasing congestion
and traffic sufferings of local; it is estimated that metro rail will only ease
the situation as the proposed metro rail project will reportedly cover around
40 km distance in two routes under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode.
According to
reports, disapproval of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had disappeared as he presided
over the meeting and approved the metro rail project. The Rail India Technical
and Economic Service (RITES) had submitted the Detailed Project Report (DPR) in
2014 to the Bihar Government, when the project estimate was reduced to Rs.
14,000 crores from Rs. 17,000 crores.
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