Government has set up a Metro Advisory Board to lay down recommendations for various aspects of Metro designing and expansion as a public transport. The Board will be headed by the Urban Development Secretary Dr. 

Sudhir Krishna and will have five members. Talking to newsmen in New Delhi Mr. Krishna said, in the initial stage, the Board will carry studies in 12 cities having over 20 lakh population. The cities include Ahmedabad, Surat, Kohima, Dharwad, Bhubneswar, Mysore, Jaipur, Vijaywada, Nanded, Patna, Delhi and Jammu. 

Mr. Krishna said that these Metros will have world class facilities and the property may be utilised for various commercial purposes to earn revenue for Metro.The first meeting of the Board will be held on 29th of this month in Lucknow.

Haryana State Information Commission has directed all the departments and organizations of the state to comply with the mandated requirements of sssection 4 of the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005. the implementation of section 4 of the Act would ensure transparency in the working of the public authorities.


Haryana Government and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Monday signed an agreement regarding Extension of Metro Rail from Badarpur Metro Station to YMCA Chowk of Faridabad. The project will be completed in 2014. This will provide connectivity to the people of Faridabad from Badarpur, to YMCA Chowk Faridabad. With nine stations from Badapur, the total cost of the project would be 2494 crores rupees, out of which Government of Haryana will bear the expenditure of 1557.40 crore rupees. Land for this project will be provided by the Government of Haryana free of cost on lease basis of DMRC.