Railway Budget 2025: Rapid work is being done on metro rail projects in the country, this is the government's plan for the next five years
Railway Budget 2025: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the general budget in Parliament on february 1. It is expected that during this time the government can make some big announcement on metro rail projects. Railway Budget 2025: The bjp government led by prime minister Narendra Modi may open the treasury box for metro rail projects across the country in the next general budget. A five-year scheme is expected to be launched to lay the foundation of metro rail projects across the country. It aims to increase metro and intercity rapid rail connectivity across India.
The country's metro and rapid rail network will move forward rapidly. At present, the network of metro and rapid rail in 23 cities of 11 states of the country is about 1,000 km. Apart from this, work is still going on on 985 km. The government has spent Rs 24,785.94 crore on rapid transit systems and metro rail projects for the financial year 2024-25. A senior official, on condition of anonymity, told the Times of india, "The government wants to increase metro connectivity to reduce traffic in cities. To achieve this goal, a concrete program is likely to be presented in the 2025-26 budget.
The central and state governments work together on metro and rapid rail projects in the country. Government officials have indicated in this year's budget to double the existing rail network to its size. Official data shows that india has surpassed the length of Japan's metro rail network in the year 2022. India's metro rail network ranks third in the world in terms of length. india now wants to achieve second place in this list. Meanwhile, the Union cabinet has approved metro rail projects in Delhi, Bengaluru, Thane, and pune by the end of 2024. Let us tell you that Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the general budget in Parliament on february 1, 2025.
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