The Uttar Pradesh state government has approved the DPR of the 32 km-long Kanpur Metro project. It also gave nod to a slew of policies for senior citizens and free-of-cost dialysis facilities for the poor at 18 divisional headquarters of the state. The Kanpur Metro project, as on August 2015, is estimated to cost Rs 13,721 crore and two corridors have been proposed in it spanning 31 stations.
Extracted from ET, Mar 14,’16
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