UP infuses ₹358-cr in Kanpur metro project

The Uttar Pradesh government has allocated ₹358 crore to the Kanpur Metro Rail project which has already been approved by the Central government and Union Cabinet. The Metro will include two corridors, namely IIT – Naubasta and Agriculture UniversityBarra-8 corridor connecting all the major public nodes and the clustered areas of the city. The IIT to Naubasta corridor, which will be 23.785 km long, will have 22 metro stations, including 14 elevated and eight underground. The Agriculture University-Barra-8 corridor, which will be 8.60 km long, will have four elevated stations and four underground stations. Several prominent educational institutions such as the CSJM University, GSYM Medical College as well as IIT Kanpur will be covered in the IIT to Naubasta corridor. The other corridor Agriculture University – Barra-8, will provide metro connectivity to various densely populated residential areas such as Govind Nagar, Kakadeo, among others. Work on the ₹11,076.48 crore project is likely to be completed in five years, said an official.