Update on Agra Metro: The Uttar Pradesh cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has authorized the transfer of land for the Agra Metro Rail Project. On March 10, the Agra Metro’s first and second phases’ land transfer plans were accepted by the government. The CM presided over the cabinet meeting when the decision was made.

The cabinet has authorized the free transfer of land from the Horticulture and Food Processing Department to the Housing and Urban Planning Department for the first corridor of the Agra Metro Rail Project under the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited, according to UP Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna.

The Housing and Urban Planning Department would lease 8,684.68 square meters of land, which was formerly owned by the Horticulture and Food Processing Department, for 90 years at a nominal fee of Rs 1, with the option to renew every 30 years, he said.

The transfer of 20,753 square meters of property from the Home Department for the project’s second corridor has also been authorized by the cabinet. Similar terms will apply to the 90-year lease on this property.

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At the S.N. Medical College Station site, the Agra Metro TBM “Yamuna,” which is used in the balancing section, made its fourth breakthrough. According to an official statement from Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited, the tunnel construction work for the subterranean portion of the balance corridor of the Agra Metro Rail Project is moving quickly forward, and this development represents yet another accomplishment of team Agra Metro on the timely completion of the project.

The subterranean stations of the balance section—Medical College, Agra College, Raja Ki Mandi, and RBS College—are undergoing quick completion. This innovation has resulted in the successful completion of the upline tunnel from Agra College to S.N. Medical College,” the statement said.