Why metro rail projects are stalled in these 11 cities

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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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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Lucknow

Length: 38 km

Cost: Rs 16,000 crore

Tendering process: NA

Status: NA

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Ahmedabad

Length: 76 km

Cost: Rs 15,000 crore

Tendering process: FY14E

Status: Pending with the Centre

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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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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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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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Nagpur

Length: 45 km

Cost: Rs 10,000 crore

Tendering process: Not started

Status: Project report still under preparation

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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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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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Chennai Monorail

Length: 57 km

Cost: Rs 8,500 crore

Tendering process: Tender process on

Status: Project award soon

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Hyderabad

Length: 71 km

Cost: Rs 12,172 crore

Tendering process: L&T wins project

Status: Land acquisition delay