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Your daily ride to work is not going to be that easy.
An analysis of the progress of top metro projects across India suggests that apart from the Delhi and Jaipur Metro and Chennai Monorail, the remaining projects are still in the planning stages.
Many of the projects like Hyderabad Metro - which has been awarded to L&T - are facing delay in land acquisition, while Mumbai Metro Phase 2 is set to be scrapped following a spate between Reliance Infrastructure and State government over allocation of land for a rail depot.
The Mumbai Metro phase-1, between Versova and Ghatkopar, is delayed till the end of the year as stations are still not ready.
Here are major metro project different cities and their statuses.
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Why metro rail projects are stalled in these 11 cities
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Pune
Length: 32 km
Cost: Rs 18,000 crore
Tendering process: Not started
Status: Special purpose vehicle yet to be formed
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Why metro rail projects are stalled in these 11 cities
Photographs: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
Lucknow
Length: 38 km
Cost: Rs 16,000 crore
Tendering process: NA
Status: NA
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Why metro rail projects are stalled in these 11 cities
Photographs: Amit Dave/Reuters
Ahmedabad
Length: 76 km
Cost: Rs 15,000 crore
Tendering process: FY14E
Status: Pending with the Centre
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Why metro rail projects are stalled in these 11 cities
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Mumbai Phase-II
Length: 39 km
Cost: Rs 11,500 crore
Tendering process: Not started
Status: Reliance Infra faces termination of contract due to lack of progress
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Why metro rail projects are stalled in these 11 cities
Photographs: Ajay Verma/Reuters
Chandigarh
Length: 38 km
Cost: Rs 11,000 crore
Tendering process: Not started
Status: Demarcation of Metro rail route to begin
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Why metro rail projects are stalled in these 11 cities
Photographs: Vivek Prakash/Reuters
Bangalore Phase-II
Length: 15 km
Cost: Rs 10,200 crore
Tendering process: Not started
Status: Central govt approval not received
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Why metro rail projects are stalled in these 11 cities
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Nagpur
Length: 45 km
Cost: Rs 10,000 crore
Tendering process: Not started
Status: Project report still under preparation
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Why metro rail projects are stalled in these 11 cities
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Ludhiana
Length: 29 km
Cost: Rs 10,000 crore
Tendering process: Not started
Status: Project report still under preparation
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Why metro rail projects are stalled in these 11 cities
Photographs: Altaf Hussain/Reuters
Jaipur Phase-II
Length: 23 km
Cost: Rs 9,700 crore
Tendering process: Tender process on
Status: Work to start in FY14
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Why metro rail projects are stalled in these 11 cities
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Chennai Monorail
Length: 57 km
Cost: Rs 8,500 crore
Tendering process: Tender process on
Status: Project award soon
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Why metro rail projects are stalled in these 11 cities
Photographs: Vivek Prakash/Reuters
Hyderabad
Length: 71 km
Cost: Rs 12,172 crore
Tendering process: L&T wins project
Status: Land acquisition delay
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