December 22, 2015
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CABINET APPROVED PHASE 1A LUCKNOW METRO RAIL PROJECT
The Union Cabinet has approved the Lucknow Metro Rail Project Phase – 1 A. It will cover a length of 22.878 km with 22 stations.
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Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. A major metropolitan city of India, also known as city of Nawab's. The population of Lucknow Metropolitan Area is over 50 lakes. The city has 14.24 lakh vehicles, 80 percent of them being two wheeler s and 14 percent cars. The city is witnessing an annual growth of 8.35 percent in vehicular population.
Lucknow Metro Rail Project
The cost of the project will be Rs.6,928 crore which will be supported by Government of India with Rs.1,300 crore in the form of equity and subordinate debt. The Project will be implemented by Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC), which will be reconstituted into a 50:50 jointly owned company of Government of India and Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Out of the total route length of 22.878 km, elevated route will be 19.438 km while underground route length will be 3.440 km. with total 19 elevated and three underground metro stations. The metro train will ply between Chowdhary Charan Singh Airport and Munshi Pulia.
The project will come under the legal frame work of the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978; the Metro Railways (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002; and the Railways Act, 1989, as amended from time to time.
