The primary focus is on the bus rapid transport system, GIDB says in a reply to an RTI query
The Gujarat government has decided to put on hold the proposed Rs 3,591.73 crore Metro Rail project between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, even after accepting the detailed project report (DPR) prepared by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in October 2004.
In response to a series of oral and written representations by local service organisations, the state government, in 2003, had engaged the DMRC to prepare a DPR for the project.
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Source: Express India (www.expressindia.com)
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