Estimate revised, to cost PMC Rs. 2,885 cr dearer.

Being approved five years after the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) prepared the first detailed project report, the Metro rail for Pune will now cost the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) Rs. 2,885 crore more, as per the revised project estimate.The project had become a contentious issue between the BJP-led Union government and Congress-led state government after the Centre cleared the proposal to start work on the Nagpur Metro rail.

As per the revised estimates, the project cost has increased by Rs. 686 crore in a year and Rs. 2,885 crore in five years.

'The Union government had asked for a revised estimate cost for Pune metro rail. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) submitted the revised cost to be Rs. 10,869 crore, which is Rs. 686 crore more than the estimate made last year,' said a PMC officer.

THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS