{"id":658654,"date":"2026-02-13T12:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T06:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=658654"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:29:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T06:59:01","slug":"funding-fillip-to-set-lucknow-metro-expansion-rolling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/funding-fillip-to-set-lucknow-metro-expansion-rolling\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding fillip to set Lucknow Metro expansion rolling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a funding boost, the Lucknow Metro\u2019s Phase 1B has received a total allocation of \u20b9550 crore, combining a \u20b9150-crore grant from the urban development capital budget and a \u20b9400-crore loan.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said these budgetary provisions are set to accelerate the expansion of the city\u2019s metro network. The \u20b9150-crore grant would directly support project execution, while the \u20b9400-crore loan would cover additional development costs, they said, adding that construction on the Charbagh-Vasant Kunj corridor could begin within the next three months, with tenders for the project already finalised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a funding boost, the Lucknow Metro\u2019s Phase 1B has received a total allocation of \u20b9550 crore, combining a \u20b9150-crore grant from the urban development capital budget and a \u20b9400-crore loan. Officials said these budgetary provisions are set to accelerate the expansion of the city\u2019s metro network. The \u20b9150-crore grant would directly support project execution, while the \u20b9400-crore loan would cover additional development costs, they said, adding that construction on the Charbagh-Vasant Kunj corridor could begin within the next three months, with tenders for the project already finalised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,130,257],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hindustantimes","category-newspapers","category-railways-hindustantimes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}