The Delhi Budget 2019-20 was tabled by the state’s Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish Sisodia on February 26 with major allocations set aside for housing, Delhi Metro, electric-vehicle policy and local bodies. Overall, the budget outlay was Rs 60,000 crore with the maximum share going to health, education and transport. The government also extended financial support to local bodies and municipal corporations to oversee projects, their execution and implementation.

If a survey team of the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) finds the infrastructure upgrade up to the mark, Sector 54’s Suncity Township could become the first private colony to be taken over by the government body. In a letter written to the MCG, the developer of the township, Essel Group, has said that all deficiencies pertaining to the infrastructure have been fixed. Spread over 141 acre, the township, with 895 plots, is prone to a flood-like situation during the Monsoon.

The Union Cabinet on March 7 approved Phase-IV of the Delhi Metro, paving the way for the construction of three new corridors, including the Mukundpur-Maujpur corridor, the RK Ashram-Janakpuri West corridor and the Aero City-Tughlakabad corridor. The combined length of these corridors will be 61.679 kilometre, spanning 46 Metro stations, 17 underground and 29 elevated. To be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 25,000 crore, the three corridors take the Metro deeper into the national capital, improving connectivity while at the same time reducing traffic congestion.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 7 inaugurated via video conferencing a 13.5-km built under Phase-I of the Nagpur Metro. The stretch that opens for public use on March 8 will connect Khapri with Sitabuldi. Phase-I of the Nagpur Metro that would run 40 kilometre (km) will have two corridors. Also known as the north-south corridor, this stretch will run between Automative Square and Metro City, and will have 20 stations.

After missing many deadlines, the Phase-II of the Mumbai Monorail is now open for public use. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has inaugurated the new route, making the complete Monorail route operational. The new phase will connect Chembur with Jacob Circle. The Monorail passes through the congested residential and commercial hubs of Dadar and Parel, and is expected to decongest local railway network that runs on the similar route.