Decks cleared for ₹8,300-cr V'patnam metro rail

Decks have been cleared for the revised Visakhapatnam Metro Rail Project as the government is planning to extend the metro rail stretch from 42.55 km to 80 km with a tram system, apart from the metro rail. The tram system will be utilized in areas where traffic is lesser as compared to the metro corridors. A detailed study of traffic from Anakapalle to Bhogapuram had already been conducted by the Urban Mass Transit Company (UMTC), informed Managing Director, AMRC, Ramakrishna Reddy, and the DPR will be completed in six months. Once executed, the 80-km Metro Rail project from Steel Plant to Bhogapuram airport will be the biggest of its kind in the world. The government is currently in the process of identifying a consultant to prepare the DPR.