Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday announced plans for a Metro rail for the state’s second capital, Nagpur, known as Orange City for its luscious varieties of oranges, besides other major projects to boost development in the region.
‘The Delhi Metro Railway Corporation will study and prepare a report on the metro railway for Nagpur within a month,’ Chavan told the state assembly. The Metro rail proposal was among several others for Nagpur and nearby areas made on the final day of the fortnight-long assembly session.
Nagpur will be the state’s third city after Mumbai and Pune to have its own metro railway network. Chavan said that besides the Metro project, an industrial manufacturing zone would come up on a 5000-hectare complex in Nagpur.
The government also plans to promote the city as an information technology hub in central India.
He said that special efforts would be made to encourage the automobile sector in Nagpur and surrounding regions.
Presently, the automobile industry is centred in and around Pune and Nashik cities of the state and these regions have reached a saturation point, as acknowledged by top leaders recently.
‘The Delhi Metro Railway Corporation will study and prepare a report on the metro railway for Nagpur within a month,’ Chavan told the state assembly. The Metro rail proposal was among several others for Nagpur and nearby areas made on the final day of the fortnight-long assembly session.
Nagpur will be the state’s third city after Mumbai and Pune to have its own metro railway network. Chavan said that besides the Metro project, an industrial manufacturing zone would come up on a 5000-hectare complex in Nagpur.
The government also plans to promote the city as an information technology hub in central India.
He said that special efforts would be made to encourage the automobile sector in Nagpur and surrounding regions.
Presently, the automobile industry is centred in and around Pune and Nashik cities of the state and these regions have reached a saturation point, as acknowledged by top leaders recently.