Tamil Nadu CM asks Centre to expedite approval for Rs 85k-cr Chennai metro

Japan International Cooperation Agency to also fund the project

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has sought the central government's approval for its proposed Rs 85,047-crore metro rail project at the earliest, in order to improve the mobility solutions in Chennai. The first underground stretch of the Chennai Metro Rail, for a stretch of 7.4 kilometre, was inaugurated in Chennai on Sunday.

During the inaugural function, Palaniswami mentioned that the state government had signed an agreement earlier to prepare a feasibility report and detailed project report to further increase the metro rail infrastructure to 107.55 kilometre in three lines.

The state government has agreed to develop