The approval was given at the recently held meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) on JnNURM under the chairmanship of Dr. Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Union Ministry of Urban Development.
The approved cost of the project is Rs. 135771.00 lakhs with a total central share of Rs. 47520.00 lakhs.
The physical progress of the project is about 55 percent with delay in the project being caused by delay in getting permissions from the Department of Forests and the Railways Authorities and also in acquisition and handing over of land by the DDA.
The project is likely to be completed by March, 2014.
The CSMC also approved a new project of BRTS of 31 Km for the city of Amritsar in Punjab. The approved cost of the project is Rs. 49554.00 lakhs with a central share of 50 percent.
The proposal will now be processed for approval of Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Urban Development and Shri P. Chidambaram, Union Finance Minister.
The CSMC approved the proposal for the release of 4th installment of Rs. 3678.00 for BRTS Phase II of Ahmedabad.
The physical progress of the project as reported is 79 percent and the project is likely to be completed by March, 2014.
