Title - Metro rail in tricity to cover 37km

CHANDIGARH: Metro rail has been planned with an initial traffic forecast of 3 lakh riders and the number will go up with time. On completion, the project will have a total 37 km of Metro Rail in the Tricity and the total project cost, including land cost and taxes, will be Rs 10,900 crore.This was pointed out by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in the detailed project report (DPR), which was officially handed over to UT administration on Thursday.The proposed North-South corridor for UT Chandigarh will include 8.04 km underground and 4.43 km elevated track and the East-West corridor has a proposed length of 6.04 km underground track and 19.04 km of elevated track.Total length of the track running into Punjab will be 7.8 km and Haryana will have a total track length of 6.41 km running through its territory under this project. In total, about 30 stations have been earmarked, each at an average distance of 1.210 km on the North-South corridor and at an average distance of 1.206 km on the East-West corridor.The Detailed Project Report, Chandigarh Metro Project was presented to UT administrator Shivraj Patil by a team headed by Mangu Singh, Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Copies of the Detailed Project Report were also presented to the Chief Secretary Punjab and Director Town Planning Haryana for the Chief Ministers of the respective states.