Report for Metro rail project being prepared.

A base report containing the details why Metro rail is needed for the industrial city is being prepared by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. The institute will submit the report to the Kanpur Development Authority (KDA) by the end of this month. After vetting, the civic body will forward it the state government. A meeting between the KDA authorities and the government in this regard is proposed to be held in February after completion of the process.

Though Metro train is still a distant dream for the city people, the KDA authorities are moving ahead with the hope that the project would see light of the day in near future. 'After getting base report from IIT-Kanpur, we would analyze it and hand it over to the state government in the first week of February. A meeting in this regard would be held with the state government in Lucknow in February,' KDA vice-chairman Jaishree Bhoj told TOI.

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