New Delhi: The government is working on a plan to rollout water metro transport system in 18 cities across the country, the shipping and waterways ministry said on Monday.
The Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Ministry, in a statement, said it has circulated the draft National Water Metro Policy for an inter-ministerial consultation ahead of the national rollout of the project.
In the first phase, the ministry is planning to start a water metro in Srinagar, Patna, Varanasi, Ayodhya, and Prayagraj. In the second phase, Tezpur and Dibrugarh in Assam will get a water metro.
