Vizag too will have metro rail; to cover 30 km in first phase.

The proposed Visakhapatnam metro rail project will cover 30 km in the first phase and the detailed project report will be prepared in a few months, according to E. Sridharan, principal adviser to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

Sridharan has also been appointed by the Andhra Pradesh Government as adviser to the three metro rail projects to be taken up in the State at Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati.

Recently, he held a meeting with the officials of the Viskahapatnam Urban Development Authority (VUDA), the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), the AP Transport Department, railway officials and others to discuss the project. Earlier, Sreedharan had held a similar meeting with the officials in Vijayawada in September.

Later, he told reporters that 'the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr N Chandra Babu Naidu, is very keen on getting the two metro rail projects started at Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam and getting them completed in a span of three to four years. First, we have to prepare the DPRs for the two projects.'


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