JDA to take loan from NCRPB for Metro Rail route expansion

Jaipur: The Jaipur Development Authority will expand the Metro Rail route. The total cost of expansion of the Metro route is Rs 1192.32 crore. The JDA will take a loan from National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) and give it to the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation. The State Finance Department gave instructions to JDA in this regard. JDA has sent a proposal to NCRPB for the loan requirement. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had announced in the budget to expand the Metro Rail route from Badi Chaupar to Transport Nagar and from Mansarovar to Ajmer Road. At present, Jaipur Metro Rail runs between Badi Chaupar to Mansarovar. Under the budget announcement of the Chief Minister, the existing route of the Metro is to be expanded from both sides of Badi Chaupar and Mansarovar. A corridor of two to three kilometres in length will be constructed at both ends of the route. The total cost of expansion of Jaipur Metro Rail route is Rs 1192.32 crore. Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation had sent the proposal of financial approval for Package One C and Package One D to the state government. The Chief Minister has given financial approval for the proposal. According to this, the JDA has been given an important responsibility in raising the necessary funds for the expansion of the Metro route.