{"id":126671,"date":"2022-12-10T13:07:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T07:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=126671"},"modified":"2022-12-10T13:07:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T07:37:44","slug":"adb-approves-780-mn-loan-for-chennais-metro-rail-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/adb-approves-780-mn-loan-for-chennais-metro-rail-network\/","title":{"rendered":"ADB approves $780 mn loan for Chennai’s metro rail network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ADB approves $780 mn loan for Chennai’s metro rail network :<\/strong> The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $780 million\u00a0loan\u00a0to build new lines and improve the connectivity of\u00a0Chennai\u2019s\u00a0metro rail system\u00a0with existing bus and feeder services. \u201cThis project will expand Chennai\u2019s metro rail system to provide a safe and integrated transport solution essential in improving urban mobility and make the city more livable,\u201d said ADB Senior Transport Specialist for South Asia, Andri Heriawan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2022 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong>

Focus<\/strong>: Improve the network\u2019s connectivity with bus and feeder services.

The project will construct an elevated section between Sholinganallur to SIPC, underground section between Lighthouse and Meenakshi College and system component (between Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus to Okkiyam Thoraipakkam).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project will construct 10.1 kilometers (km) of the elevated section between Sholinganallur to State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu-2, including 9 metro stations and system components. Another 10 km of the underground section between Lighthouse and Meenakshi College including 9 stations; and 31 km of system components, such as electrical, mechanical, power, and telecommunication infrastructure, between Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus to Okkiyam Thoraipakkam will also be funded by the ADB loan.

The ADB was established in 1966.

ADB Members: 68 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ADB approves $780 mn loan for Chennai’s metro rail network : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $780 million\u00a0loan\u00a0to build new lines and improve the connectivity of\u00a0Chennai\u2019s\u00a0metro rail system\u00a0with existing bus and feeder services. \u201cThis project will expand Chennai\u2019s metro rail system to provide a safe and integrated transport solution essential in improving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":126672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4992],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-126671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-december-2022","tag-bank-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126673,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126671\/revisions\/126673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}