Why metro rail projects are stalled in these 11 cities
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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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Image: Passengers stand on a platform at a metro station.
Photographs: Jayanta Shaw/Reuters
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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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Photographs: Reuters
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Lucknow
Length: 38 km
Cost: Rs 16,000 crore
Tendering process: NA
Status: NA
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Image: Labourers work at a road construction site outside Ambedkar memorial park in Lucknow.
Photographs: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
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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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Image: A worker welds iron rods at a construction site in Ahmedabad.
Photographs: Amit Dave/Reuters
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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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Image: The Mumbai Metro phase-1 is delayed till the end of the year as stations are still not ready.
Photographs: Reuters
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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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Image: Labourers arrive for work at a railway yard in Chandigarh.
Photographs: Ajay Verma/Reuters
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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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Image: Commuters ride inside a carriage of a Namma Metro train in Bangalore.
Photographs: Vivek Prakash/Reuters
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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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Photographs: Sistak/Creative Commons
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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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Image: A diesel train at Ludhiana.
Photographs: Wikimedia Commons
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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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Image: Tourists walk on a pathway that leads to Nahargarh fort in Jaipur.
Photographs: Altaf Hussain/Reuters
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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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Image: Construction workers erect scaffolding at the site of metro station in Chennai.
Photographs: Babu/Reuters
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Hyderabad
Length: 71 km
Cost: Rs 12,172 crore
Tendering process: L&T wins project
Status: Land acquisition delay
Image: Auto rickshaws sit in a traffic jam near a market at the Charminar, Hyderabad.
Photographs: Vivek Prakash/Reuters
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