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An officer, who was part of the meeting, said the additional 11kms -- nearly 6km from Parol in New Chandigarh and about a 5km from Panchkula ISBT to Panchkula Extension in Sector 20--have been included based on the suggestions of Punjab and Haryana governments..
The 23-member Unified Metro Transportation Authority (UMTA), which met on Tuesday and approved the Tricity Metro Project, has decided to extend the scope of the project for the first phase from 66 to 77 km..
The first phase will now start from Parol in New Chandigarh (Mohali) and end at Panchkula Extension in Sector 20.o)..
In the first phase, which will be developed between 2027 and 2037, the Metro has been proposed on three routes Parol, Sarangpur, ISBT Panchkula to Panchkula Extension (29 km); Rock Garden to ISBT Zirakpur via Industrial Area and Chandigarh Airport (35 km); and from Grain Market Chowk, Sector 39, to Transport Chowk, Sector 26 (13 km) (see box)..
Nearly 14 years after it was first mooted, the Punjab and Haryana governments, and the Chandigarh administration, had given the Metro project their in-principle nod during a meeting on CMP on March 16..
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