New DPR pegs Visakhapatnam Metro cost at Rs 14,309 crores

VISAKHAPATNAM: The increase in Visakhapatnam’s population and future requirements compelled the AP Metro Rail Corporation Ltd to prepare a new Detailed Project Report, which will soon be submitted to the government, the public sector firm’s managing director UJM Rao said.

Delivering a speech on ‘Vizag Metro Rail-Smart Public Transport’ organised by the Vizag chapter of the Public Relations Society of India (PRSI) here on Saturday, Rao said the revised DPR estimated a cost of Rs 14,309 crore for the Vizag Metro Rail Project, which will cover 76.9 km dotted by 54 stops and two depots.