Union Cabinet approves Rs 63,246 crore Metro Phase 2 project in Chennai

Latest News :- The Union Cabinet has approved the second phase of the Chennai Metro Rail Project. The metro rail project in Chennai was started in 2007. In 2015, the first phase of Metrorail project services was launched. Currently, metro rail services are running from Chennai Central to Parangimalai and from Wimco Nagar to the airport. Subsequently, the Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2 project was launched in 2016. According to this, work is going on to build metro lines on 3 routes Madhavaram-Sipkot, Kalankrai Bilasha-Poontamalli, Madhavaram-Choshinganallur.

The second phase of the Metro Rail project did not get approval from the Central Government. In this connection, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin met Prime Minister Modi in Delhi on 27th. He filed a petition demanding funds from the Central Government for the second phase of Chennai Metro Rail. Following this, Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai recently wrote to Prime Minister Modi demanding that the central government should contribute 50 percent to the Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2 project. In this background, the Union Cabinet meeting was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi yesterday. In this, Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2 project was approved.

The Union Cabinet has approved the Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2 project on the recommendation of the Union Department of Housing and Urban Affairs, the central government said in a statement issued yesterday. According to this, 118.9 km with 128 stations on 3 routes in Chennai. Metro rail line is to be constructed at a distance of. This project worth Rs 63,246 crore will be completed by 2027. This has been said in the report of the Central Government.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav told reporters about the decisions taken in the Union Cabinet, approval has been given to give classical language status to 5 languages: Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali. Rs 1 lakh crore for agriculture: The Union Cabinet has approved the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Krishi Yojana (PM-RKY) to promote sustainable growth in agricultural production and self-reliance in food security. Rs 1,01,321.61 crore has been allocated for both these projects.

Edible Oil Project: More than 50 percent of the essential edible oil in our country is imported. Palm oil is imported from Indonesia and Malaysia, sunflower oil from Russia and Ukraine, and soybean oil from Brazil and Argentina. Thus, National Edible Oil-Oilseeds Project worth Rs 10,103 crore was approved to make our country self-reliant in oilseed production in the next 7 years. Last year in 2022-23, the production of oilseeds in our country was 39 million tonnes. The plan aims to increase this to 69.7 million tonnes by 2030-31. Through this project, oilseeds will be produced in additional 40 lakh hectares of land.

Bonus for Railway Employees: Railway employees will be given 78 days salary as Diwali bonus. According to this, Rs 2,028.57 crore will be given as bonus to 11.72 lakh railway employees. This is what he said. Chief Minister Stalin thanked the Prime Minister: Thanking the Central Government for the approval of the Metro project, Chief Minister Stalin said in a social media post yesterday that: Based on the request I had made to him recently, I am for its approval. Grateful. Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2 Project. Since the approval has been given despite the long pending demand of the people of Tamil Nadu, it is expected that we will complete this project soon. Chief Minister Stalin said this.