No Dearth of Funds for VJA Metro Rail Project–Chandrababu

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu today said that there was no dearth of funds for the implementation of the Vijayawada metro rail project.

Naidu reviewed with E Sridharan, known as “ metro Man” and other concerned officials here, on the Vijayawada and Vizag metro train projects. They discussed in detail about the proposed Vijayawada metro rail work.

The chief minister said he has asked Sridharan and his team to complete the first phase of Vijayawada metro Rail works by August 2018. There is no funds crunch as JAIKA company would help in financing the project, he said.

Naidu urged Sridharan to take measures to review Vijayawada metro rail project works every month. He wanted completion of Visakhapatnam Metro rail first phase by December 2018. (NSS)