VISAKHAPATNAM: The Visakhapatnam Metro Rail Project got a fresh impetus on Monday with the State government going for re-tendering for it. “I am telling this as the spokesperson of the party, the Centre will not be interfering in the issue,’’ he asserted. Vijayawada: A day after party Rajya Sabha MP Sujana Chowdary said that the Centre is against the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government’s three-capital proposal and it would intervene in the issue if needed, BJP national spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao has made it clear that the Centre will not, in any circumstances, intervene or interfere in the State capital issue. Initially, the frequency will be one train for every 10 minutes. Ramakrishna said the Visakhapatnam metro rail project will be better than Hyderabad metro in several aspects and it will be taken up with ` 8,300 crore. In the third phase, 16.4 km metro works will be taken up from Rushikonda Beach to Bheemili Beach. In the second phase, metro works for 77.31 km will be taken up from Kommadi to Bhogapuram via Anandapuram, NAD to Pendurthi, from the steel plant to Anakapalle, from the old post office to Rushikonda beach. It was proposed to complete the first phase of the project by 2020-24. “As it will be taken up under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode, the project will not put much financial burden on the government,” he observed. As part of the first phase of the project, the metro works for 46.42 km will be taken up in three corridors and they include from the steel plant to Kommadi via Gajuwaka, NAD, Gurudwara and Hanumanthawaka (34.23 km), from Gurudwara to old post office (5.26 km) and from Tatichetlapalem to Ramakrishna Beach (6.91 km). ‘Vizag metro rail will be better than Hyderabad’ Now, it will be extended up to the steel plant, which is an increase of 3 km route. Once the DPR is ready, they will invite tenders for the extended areas, he said. Initially, it was proposed to develop the metro rail corridor from Gajuwaka to Kommadi (42.55 km) in the first phase.

The remaining 94 km route will be taken up in subsequent phases, he said.īesides, as per the suggestions of the Chief Minister during the review meeting, the metro rail project will be extended up to Bhogapuram in north and Anakapalle in south and it will also cover Pendurthi. When contacted by TNIE, Amaravati Metro Rail Project Corporation (AMRC) Managing Director NP Ramakrishna Reddy said as directed by the government, they are going for re-tendering for the Visakhapatnam Metro Rail Project.In the first phase of the 140 km rail project, the development of a 46 km route will be completed.

Visakhapatnam metro rail route