Committee soon for new metro rail plan

The state government has decided to set up a technical committee comprising senior officers and experts to draft a fresh and comprehensive plan for the proposed Bhubaneswar Metro rail project, a minister said on Thursday.

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The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo.

The earlier project plan prepared by the previous BJD government has been scrapped anda fresh one will be designed and executed with support from the Centre, Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said.

“We will form a technical committee including department secretaries, officers, and experts. They will visit other metro-operating cities to study best practices and prepare a new route plan, identify parking spaces, and finalise other infrastructure needs,” Mahapatra told reporters.