Metro link between Mohali and Chandigarh approved

Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday  approved metro link SAS Nagar (Mohali) with Chandigarh Metro Rail Project at a cost of Rs.1427 crore.This decision to this effect was taken here at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on wed morning.

Disclosing this a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s office said that the total length of the metro rail covering the tricity including Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali was 37.57 KMs to be completed at a cost of Rs.10,900 crore.  Two corridors would be developed one from Capital Complex Chandigarh to Gurdwara Singh Shaheedan Sector 70 in Mohali having a length of 12.49 KMs, of which 3.97 KM in Mohali city.

Likewise, the second corridor would be from Mullanpur (Punjab portion) to Grain Market Panchkula (Haryana) having a length of 25.07 KMs, of which 3.87 KM would be in Mullanpur.