The Patna district administration has issued a notification under Section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013 to acquire 76 acre of land between the Zero Mile and Patliputra Interstate Bus Terminal (ISBT) for the Patna Metro rail project, as per reports. The acquisition process will be completed by February 2022 to pave the way for the construction of ISBT Metro station and Patna Metro Rail Depot in Ranipur and Pahadi areas. The State has sanctioned around Rs 1,000 crore to the district administration to acquire land for the depot and ISBT Metro station. The government proceeding has started for land acquirement near Patliputra ISBT. The Patna Metro Rail Corporation (PMRC) will initiate the process of loan from the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) in the next few days, add reports.
Patna Metro rail will be developed at an estimated construction cost of Rs 9,201.22 crore, excluding the land acquisition cost to be borne entirely by the State Government. The Centre and the state each will bear 20 per cent of the project cost while the remaining 60 per cent amount will be borrowed as loan from the JICA. Initially, the construction of twin tunnels, underground ramp at Rajendra Nagar and six underground stations from Rajendra Nagar to Akashvani (which is a part of Corridor-II) will begin. Work is already in progress on 6.1 km elevated stretch of Corridor-II from Malahi Pakri to ISBT.
The piling work has also commenced from the Zero Mile to ISBT. The elevated section is likely to be ready by December 2022.