Chandigarh Tricity set to get a ₹10,570 crore metro rail network
Tricity metro rail project worth ₹10,570 crore has received in-principle approval from the stakeholders, including Punjab and Haryana governments, and Chandigarh administration, during a meeting chaired by Punjab governor and UT administrator Banwarilal Purohit. The proposed 39-km metro network, spread across Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula, will be sent to the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for final approval after being readied by Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES). The project, which excludes heritage sectors, will include two corridors in two phases and bus terminals, depots, and geometrical improvements at busy intersections. The first corridor, spanning 22.5 km, will run from Chandigarh's Grain Market Chowk to Panchkula, while the second corridor will cover a total length of 16.5 km from Sector-43 ISBT in Chandigarh to Saneta village in Mohali. The comprehensive mobility plan (CMP) for the tricity also focuses on short, medium, and long-term transport improvement proposals such as parking management, junctions, pedestrian infrastructure, road infrastructure, local bus system, intermodal interchanges, and integrated freight complexes.
