Metro Railway East West corridor allocated Rs. 1100 crore in budget.

The East West corridor project of Metro Railway in Kolkata has been allocated Rs. 1,100 crore in the 2022-23 union budget, a hike of around 22.22 per cent from the current fiscal, an official said recently. Total budget outlay for railway projects in West Bengal for 2022-23 is Rs. 10,262 crore, he said.

"The budget outlay for East West corridor to KMRC (Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation) for 2022-23 is Rs. 1,100 crore, up from Rs. 900 crore in 2021-22," the Kolkata Metro Railway official said.

The 16.55 km long East West metro corridor connecting Howrah Maidan and Sector V in Salt Lake is partially operational between Sector V station and Phoolbagan.

The official said that the ongoing 53 projects of Indian Railways in West Bengal, including new line, gauge conversion and doubling cover 4,463 kms and will entail a cost of Rs. 55,174 crore.

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