Moving a step forward, RITES has submitted its inception report to the UT Administration on the ambitious tricity Metro project, a collaborative effort between Haryana, Punjab, and Chandigarh.
Confirming the receipt of the report, an official said now RITES would give a detailed presentation within a couple of days on how they would proceed to prepare an alternative analysis report (AAR). Once the AAR was prepared, the detailed project report (DPR) would follow, he added.
Last month, Punjab had released its share of Rs 1.37 crore for the preparation of DPR, followed by Haryana, which contributed Rs 59 lakh last week. The overall tentative cost of the Metro project is approximately ?10,570 crore.