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Rs 2,442 crore allocated for land acquisition of Koyambedu-Pattabiram metro project
By Chennaivision on August 20, 2025

Tamil Nadu has authorised preparatory works worth Rs 2,442 crore for a proposed 21.76km metro rail corridor between Koyambedu and Pattabhiram, signalling intent to push ahead even before the Union government clears the project. The sanction covers land acquisition, budgeted at Rs 2,204 crore, along with utility shifting, surveys, tree replanting and traffic management. Chennai Metro Rail Ltd has been… Continue reading "Rs 2,442 crore allocated for land acquisition of Koyambedu-Pattabiram metro project"
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Rs 1,538.35 crore worth MoU signed to manufacture driverless metro trains
By Chennaivision on June 6, 2025

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Thursday signed a Contract Agreement to procure 32 driverless 3-car Unattended Train Operations (UTO) trains consisting of 96 cars. The contract was awarded to Alstom Transport India at a contract price of Rs 1,538 crores. The Letter of Acceptance (LOA) was issued to Alstom Transport India Limited on April 28, a release from CMRL… Continue reading "Rs 1,538.35 crore worth MoU signed to manufacture driverless metro trains"
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Tamil Nadu govt gives approval for Poonamallee-Parandur metro scheme
By Chennaivision on June 3, 2025

The Tamil Nadu government has given its approval to build Chennai Metro Rail’s Poonamallee-Sunguvarchatram-Parandur project. This is an extension of corridor 4 of the Phase II Project from Light House to Poonamallee. The government has also given in-principle approval for the “first phase implementation” of this corridor from Poonamallee to Sunguvarchatram, which covers a distance of 27.9 km and whose… Continue reading "Tamil Nadu govt gives approval for Poonamallee-Parandur metro scheme"
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Remove shops near Metro stations in Chennai: PIL
By Chennaivision on September 3, 2024

The Madras High Court on Monday (September 2, 2024) sought the response of the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) to a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed against the practice of displaying the names of advertisers in a bigger font size than the names of the metro stations concerned. The first division bench of acting Chief Justice D Krishnakumar and… Continue reading "Remove shops near Metro stations in Chennai: PIL"

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Rs 2,442 crore allocated for land acquisition of Koyambedu-Pattabiram metro project

Rs 1,538.35 crore worth MoU signed to manufacture driverless metro trains

Tamil Nadu govt gives approval for Poonamallee-Parandur metro scheme

Remove shops near Metro stations in Chennai: PIL