All you need to know about Kanpur Metro

1. Kanpur, one of the biggest cities of Uttar Pradesh, is the centre of all industrial and commercial activities. It is located on National Highway 2 & 25 and state highway. Additionally, it is also situated on the main Delhi-Howrah railway trunk line.

2. The city, with a population of almost 3 million people, is known for traffic jams and congestion. Hence, Kanpur MP states that the city is competent enough for a Metro rail.

3. The Metro project is in its very initial stage. However, construction work is expected to start very soon in Kanpur.

4.  IIT Kanpur is also helping the Kanpur Development authority with the feasibility report of metro.

5. The proposed route will be from Bithoor to Kanpur airport and vice versa in the first phase.

6. The Delhi Metro Rail Commission chief – E Sreedharan – will be assisting the Uttar Pradesh government in the project details.

7. The initial map of Kanpur Metro rail has been laid out – the metro will cover around 28 stations including 8 lines.

8. It is estimated that the 27 kilometres stretch of the first line from Central to Bithoor would cost around Rs 6500 crores.

9. The proposed metro is likely to impact the real estate prices in the city which have appreciated by approximately 15-20 per cent over the last few years. With the upcoming metro, it is expected to rise even more. The major hit localities of Kanpur are Aarya Nagar, Shyam Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Swarup Nagar and Kalyanpur.

10. Environmental-friendly Metro project is expected to bring in rapid industrialisation as well as new project development.

11. The Kanpur Metro is expected to be operational in 2016.

The metro connectivity is as follows:
Bithoor—–IIT Kanpur——-Kanpur University—–Kakadev——Moti jheel——-Kanpur Anwarganj——-Kanpur Central———–Kanpur Cantonment——COD——-Ramadevi——-Kanpur Airport