Chennai Metro Rail officials are preparing to inaugurate the first elevated stretch of corridor 4, from Poonamallee to Porur, by December this year.
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The Centre has released more than ₹8,000 crore for the construction of the Chennai Metro Rail’s upcoming phase II project. This year, the Centre has so far allocated ₹3,000 crore for the project.
The fund for the phase II project, ₹63,246 crore, is drawn from the Centre, State, and bilateral and multilateral loans.
Minister of State for Urban Affairs Tokhan Sahu, while responding to a question in the Lok Sabha about the funds allocated and released for the implementation of Metro Rail projects in the country, shared the funds released for Chennai Metro Rail project as well. The Centre released ₹5,219.57 crore in 2024-25 for the phase II project, whose network will connect major parts of the city, with its three corridors — Madhavaram to SIPCOT, Light House to Poonamallee, and Madhavaram to Sholinganallur. For 2025-2026, the Centre has allocated ₹8,445.8 crore. Of this, ₹3,000 crore has been released.
Meanwhile, the phase II project has achieved a physical progress of 44.33%. In response to another question by AIADMK MP M. Thambidurai in the Rajya Sabha, Mr. Sahu said, “The Central government has approved Chennai Metro Rail’s phase-II project as 50:50 Joint Venture Project, for 118.9 km at a cost of ₹63,246.4 crore in October 2024. Physical and financial progress of the project as on June 30, 2025, is 44.33% and 40.43% respectively.”
Chennai Metro Rail officials are preparing to inaugurate the first elevated stretch of corridor 4, from Poonamallee to Porur, by December this year. The next stretch is expected to operate in 2026.
Published – August 07, 2025 12:58 am IST
