Metro projects bag `19,130 cr

New Delhi, Feb. 1: The Centre has allocated `19,130 crore in the Union Budget 2022-23 for various metro projects in the country.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget on Tuesday.

An outlay of `19,130 cr has been made in the Budget for metro projects across the country.

In November last year, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said that 723 km of metro network was operational in 18 cities, and additional over 1,000 km of network under construction in various cities.

Separately, six new proposals were also being evaluated, he had said.

Meanwhile, Delhi Metro officials said in recent years, the Union Ministry of Finance is providing Budget for all metro projects in India, instead of DMRC alone.

Accordingly, in Budget 2022-23, allocation made for all metro projects in India is `19,130 cr.

The budgetary allocation in the last fiscal for metro projects was `18,978 cr. —