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Kamal Nath slams Mayawati govt for failing to push metro projects
Mahendra Kumar Singh, TNN | Nov 18, 2011, 03.21AM IST
NEW DELHI: As assembly elections approach in Uttar Pradesh, the
Mayawati regime in Uttar Pradesh is coming under increasing attacks
from UPA with urban development minister Kamal Nath joining his
colleague Jairam Ramesh in slamming the state government.
Nath on Thursday launched a veiled attack on Mayawati government for
its failure to push metro projects in Lucknow, Kanpur, Ghaziabad and
Noida that fit in the Centre's criteria of 20 lakh-plus population
cities.
"After getting detailed project report prepared by Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation, there is no word from the state government on metro
project in Lucknow," the minister said.
With Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi at the heart of the party
campaign in UP, ministers are finding fault with Mayawati's governance
and trying to highlight "misrule" in the state. Congress, which has
been out of power in the state for long, is trying to regain lost
ground in the politically crucial state.
Ministry sources said the state government was sitting on project
reports for metro rail projects in the state capital. It has not
approached the UD ministry to get further approval, they added.
The fate of extension of Delhi Metro to the satellite towns of
Ghaziabad and Noida is similar. DPRs for extension of Delhi Metro
beyond Vaishali in Ghaziabad and Sector 32 City Centre in Noida was
prepared long back but there has been no movement since then.
The reason that officials give for the state government's apathy for
metro projects is massive funding and neglect of urban transport.
Metro projects are capital intensive and the state government will
have to pitch in with around 50% of the total cost of the project
while rest is met by Centre even if DMRC model is adopted.
The state government's apathy towards modern modes of transport is
evident as it failed to get even DPR prepared for metro rail project
in Kanpur while it meets UD ministry's cut-off criteria.
States like Rajasthan are way forward is comparison with UP as it has
started building 7 km of metro corridor in Jaipur which is entirely
funded by the state government. It has also approached UD ministry for
approval of viability gap funding for Phase 2 of Jaipur metro which
will be implemented on PPP mode.
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