The Uttar Pradesh government has approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Varanasi Metro Rail Project.
The DPR will now be sent to the central government for its approval. The state government have assigned Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) the responsibility of ‘Coordinator’ for preparation of the DPR for the Metro in four important cities of Uttar Pradesh including Kanpur, Varanasi, Meerut and Agra.