Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu announced that there are proposals for the development of metro system in 9 cities. “Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Pune and Vijayawada are few cities which are under the consideration of the central government. The Metro services would cover a total length of 223 km,” Naidu said.
With such expansion of metro services, the demand for rolling stock is set to increase and keeping this in view, government is encouraging production of metro coaches in the country, Naidu explained.
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