MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI DEEPA DASMUNSHI)
(a): The details of the proposals received by the Central Government on Metro Rail Projects
from various State Governments and estimated cost are given in Annexure-I. Central Government
has received proposals of Monorail from Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) for Chennai city and
from Government of Kerala (GoK) for Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode during the current year.
GoTN has decided to implement Phase-I of Chennai Monorail Project of total length of 57.09
kilometers consisting of three corridors namely, Vandalur–Velachery, Poonamallee– Kathipara
and Poonamallee–Vadapalani at an estimated total cost of Rs.7,687.03crore (excluding escalation,
taxes and land costs) under Design, Build, Finance, Operation & Transfer (DBFOT) model and has
not sought any funding from the Central Government. GoK has proposed to implement the following
Monorail Projects on the model of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation:-
Name of the Monorail Project Length in Km Estimated cost# (Rs. in crore)
Thiruvananthapuram 22.537 3590
(from Technocity to Karamana)
Kozhikode 14.2 1991
(from M.C. Hostel to Meenchanda)
# including Central taxes.
(b): The details of cleared Metro Rail proposals along with the funds sanctioned in Budget
Estimates and released by the Central Government during the last three years and current year
are given in Annexure-II. As per National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP), 2006, Central
Government supports Mass Rapid Transport Systems (MRTS) projects including Metro Rail projects
by way of Equity participation / Grant / Subordinate Debt subject to a ceiling of 20% of the
total Capital cost of the project. The projects are taken up equity funding or viability gap
funding depending upon the proposal received from the State Government.
(c): The details of pending Metro Rail proposals are given in Annexure-III.Metro/Monorail
projects are considered in Government depending upon the proposals received from the State
Government. However, consideration of the proposals and their sanction depends upon a number
of parameters namely, the project justification, availability of resources and relative
prioritization, etc. Central Government supports development of public transport in line with
National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP), 2006 subject to availability of resources. As such
no timeframe can be given for clearance for any particular public mass transit project. Taking
up of public transport for development of a city is a continuous process.
(d): The details of ongoing Metro Rail projects and the time of completion, project and
State-wise are given in Annexure-IV.
(e)&(f): A Working Group for drafting law on National Urban Transport Authority of India (NUTAI)
has been set up and three meetings of this Working Group has been held till date. It is at a very preliminary stage presently.
