Bhubaneswar, May 1 -- https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_0/recent_photo_1746090953.webp

The Odisha government, on Thursday, announced a significant expansion of the upcoming Bhubaneswar Metro Rail project, extending the corridor to include Cuttack's SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCB MCH).

Initially planned to run from Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar to Trisulia, the metro line will now extend beyond Trisulia to Cuttack's Netaji Bus Terminal, with further extension to SCB MCH.

Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mohapatra conveyed this development in a press conference, emphasising the necessity of this extension.

"Earlier plans for the metro to Triuslia would not have been b...