NEW DELHI: Nine cities including Delhi, Noida, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Kochi, Bengaluru and Chennai are set to get additional 313 km on Metro Rail connectivity by March 2019. Completion of more Metro Rail projects are likely to be an issue during BJP 's election campaign. "He added that the focus has been on ensuring close coordination and monitoring with states and agencies concerned for quick implementation of projects. Four new cities - Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Nagpur - will in the process come on the Metro map of the country taking the number of cities with metro services to 12.The first one to be fully operational will be the 8.5 km Metro stretch in Lucknow. States make matching contribution with the remaining met from loans.Ministry's data show how the Central share has been in the range of 9.58% and 16.38% of the total project cost.

Source: Times of India August 20, 2017 19:36 UTC