Status Of Metro Rail Proposals Across The Country
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 859
TO BE ANSWERED ON 08/12/2025
STATUS OF METRO RAIL PROPOSALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
859. SMT. JEBI MATHER HISHAM:
Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the metro rail systems currently operational in the country, the number of cities that have submitted proposals seeking approval for new metro projects;
(b) the proposals that has remained pending for sanction, the reasons of delays;
(c) the number of proposals rejected during the last five years to date, the grounds of rejection;
(d) the metro rail projects approved during the last five years, the respective city populations at the time of sanction; and
(e) whether Government will remove the population criterion still based on the outdated 2011 Census, and whether it been uniformly followed?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
(SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)
(a) to (d) At present, about 1083 km of metro rail network including RRTS is operational in 25 cities across the country. It is submitted that Metro Rail Projects are cost intensive which requires extensive appraisal in terms of Metro Rail Policy, 2017 and the approval thereof depends upon feasibility of proposal and availability of resources & as such no timeline can be specified for sanction. The details of Metro Rail proposals submitted by State Governments to this Ministry during the last five years are enclosed as Annexure – I.
(e) As per Metro Rail Policy, 2017 cities having a population of two million and more may start planning for mass transit systems including metro rail based on the Comprehensive Mobility Plan.
Annexure I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 859 FOR ANSWER ON 08.12.2025 REGARDING STATUS OF METRO RAIL PROPOSALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
DETAILS OF METRO RAIL PROPOSALS SUBMITTED DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND THE CURRENT YEAR:
| SL No | State/UT | Project | City | Population (as per census 2011) | Date of Submission | Date of Approval |
| 1. | Maharashtra | Nagpur Metro Phase-II | Nagpur | 24,05,665 | January, 2019 | December, 2022 |
| 2. | Thane Integral Ring Metro | Thane | 18,41,488 | March, 2019 | September,2024 | |
| 3. | Pune Metro Phase-I extension (PCMC to Nigdi) | Pune | 31,24,458 | March, 2019 | October, 2023 | |
| 4. | Pune Metro Phase-I extension (Swargate to Katraj) | May, 2022 | September, 2024 | |||
| 5. | Pune Metro Phase- II(line 2A & 2B (Vanaz to Chandani Chowk and Ramwadi to wagholi/vitthalwadi) | March, 2024 | July, 2025 | |||
| 6. | Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu Metro Lite Project | Jammu | 5,02,197 | July, 2021 | – |
| 7. | Srinagar MetroLite Project | Srinagar | 11,80,570 | July, 2021 | – | |
| 8. | Uttarakhand | Dehradun Metro Neo Project | Dehradun | 5,69,578 | January, 2022 | – |
| 9. | Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam Metro Rail Project | Visakhapatnam | 17,28,128 | January, 2024 | – |
| 10. | Vijayawada Metro Rail Project | Vijayawada | 10,34,358 | December, 2024 | – | |
| 11. | Rajasthan | Jaipur Metro Phase – 1D | Jaipur | 30,46,163 | December, 2024 | – |
| 12. | Jaipur Metro Phase- 2 | May, 2025 | – | |||
| 13. | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow Metro Rail Project Phase-1B | Lucknow | 28,17,105 | March, 2024 | September, 2025 |
| 14. | Gorakhpur Metrolite Project | Gorakhpur | 6,73,446 | February, 2021 | – | |
| 15. | Extension of Noida Aqua Line from Depot | Noida | 6,37,272 | March, 2024 | July, 2025 |
| SL No | State/UT | Project | City | Population (as per census 2011) | Date of Submission | Date of Approval |
| Station to Boraki MMTH | ||||||
| 16. | Extension of Noida Aqua Line from Noida Sector 142 to Botanical Garden (Noida) | June, 2024 | – | |||
| 17. | Extension of Noida Aqua Line from Noida Sector 51 to Knowledge Park-V | November, 2024 | – | |||
| 18. | Kerala | Kochi Metro Rail Project Phase-1A | Kochi | 21,19,724 | July, 2020 | February, 2023 |
| 19. | Kochi Metro Rail Project Phase-1B | July, 2022 | October, 2025 | |||
| 20. | Kochi Metro Rail Project Phase-II | February, 2019 | November, 2022 | |||
| 21. | Tamil Nadu | Chennai Metro Rail Phase-II | Chennai | 46,46,732 | April, 2020 | October, 2024 |
| 22. | Extension of Phase-I from Chennai Airport to Kalaignar Centenary Bus Terminus at Kilambakkam | April, 2025 | – | |||
| 23. | Extension of corridor-4 of Chennai Metro Phase -2 from
Poonamallee to Parandur in two phases. |
May, 2025 | – | |||
| 24. | Extension of corridor-5 of Chennai Metro Phase-2 from Koyambedu to Pattabiram(Outer ring road) | May, 2025 | – | |||
| 25. | Coimbatore Metro Rail Project | Coimbatore | 10,50,721 | February, 2024 | – | |
| 26. | Madurai Metro Rail Project | Madurai | 10,17,865 | February, 2024 | – | |
| 27. | Gujarat | Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase 2A | Ahmedabad | 55,77,940 | February, 2024 | – |
| 28. | Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase 2B | February, 2024 | – |
| SL No | State/UT | Project | City | Population (as per census 2011) | Date of Submission | Date of Approval |
| 29. | Extension of Surat Metro Rail Project | Surat | 44,67,797 | May, 2025 | – | |
| 30. | Rajkot Metro Rail Project | Rajkot | 12,86,678 | June, 2024 | – | |
| 31. | Vadodara Metro Rail Project | Vadodara | 16,70,806 | April, 2025 | – | |
| 32. | Karnataka | Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase 2A & 2B | Bengaluru | 84,43,675 | January, 2018 | June, 2021 |
| 33. | Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase-3 | October, 2022 | September, 2024 | |||
| 34. | Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase 3 A | January 2025 | – | |||
| 35. |
Delhi/NCR |
2 corridors namely Inderlok –
Indraprashtha and Lajpat Nagar – Saket G Block |
Delhi/NCR |
2,04,41,189 |
July, 2022 | March, 2024 |
| 36. | Last corridor namely Rithala – Kundli | August, 2023 | January,2025 | |||
| 37. | Millennium City Centre to Cyber City Gurugram | December, 2021 | July, 2023 | |||
| 38. | Delhi Metro Phase VA | February, 2025 | – | |||
| 39. | Telangana | Hyderabad Phase 2 | Hyderabad | 67,31,790 | November, 2024 | – |
| 40. | Hyderabad Phase 2B | June, 2025 | – |
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