Chandigarh, April 4 -- No detailed project report (DPR) of the Tricity Metro project in Chandigarh has been submitted to the central government, the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs has informed the Parliament.

The Union ministry, in response to a question on viability of the Chandigarh Tricity Metro project, stated that the United Metropolitan Transportation Authority (UMTA) was constituted on April 28, 2023. The first, second and third meetings of UMTA were held on July 18, 2023, December 13, 2023, and then subsequently on September 2, 2024.

It was informed that in pursuance to the decision taken in the third meeting of UMTA, under the chairmanship of the UT administrator, a committee was constituted to study the feasibilit...