Patna Metro | 11 Dec 2021

On December 10, 2021, the Bihar government informed that the European Union, the Asian Development Bank and the Japanese government agency 'JICA' have agreed to give a loan of up to eight thousand crore rupees for the construction of Patna Metro.

Rs. 13365.77 crore is proposed to be spent on Patna Metro Rail Project. It has been planned to take a loan of 60 percent of the amount. For this, the priority of taking loans will be decided based on the conditions of the European Union, JICA and ADB.
The East-West corridor of Patna Metro starts from Danapur and goes to Mithapur via Patna Railway Station. Similarly, the North-South Corridor will go from Patna Railway Station to New ISBT via Akashvani, Gandhi Maidan, Ashok Rajpath, Moinul Haq Stadium, Rajendra Nagar, Kumhrar, Bypass.
A provision of Rs 1000 crore has been made for the land acquisition of Patna Metro depot and notification of land acquisition has been issued.