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India’s Race To Expand Metro Rail Projects Comes With A Viability Risk
India plans to extend metro trains to more than 25 cities by 2025 from 18 now. But success isn’t guaranteed.
27 Feb 2021, 12:50 PM IST
Since India’s first metro train rumbled through the entrails of Kolkata in 1984, it took three decades to build similar urban mobility systems in five other cities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to extend it to more than 25 cities by 2025. But success isn’t guaranteed.The nation has a poor execution record as infrastructure projects are notorious for delays and cost overruns. Not just that, metro networks in the nation are unabl...
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