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Pune Metro Phase-2 approved

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Pune Metro Phase-2 approved (GS3 · Urban, 25 June 2025)

What happened

  • The Cabinet approved Pune Metro Phase-2: two elevated corridors of 12.75 km with 13 stations at ₹3,626.24 crore [PIB].

Background

  • It extends the Vanaz-Ramwadi corridor of Phase-1 [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Metro extensions serve growing suburbs.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Urbanisation, problems and remedies

  1. As per PIB (2025-06-25): the Cabinet approved Pune Metro Phase-2: two elevated corridors of 12.75 km with 13 stations at ₹3,626.24 crore.
  2. Metro extensions serve growing suburbs.
Quotable data point

The Cabinet approved Pune Metro Phase-2: two elevated corridors of 12.75 km with 13 stations at ₹3,626.24 crore.

PIB: Pune Metro Phase-2, 25 Jun 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: none.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Pune Metro Phase-2 length

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerUrbanisation in India: Census Definitions, Trends, Causes, Problems, 74th Amendment, Urban Missions and Way Forward (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: Pune Metro Phase-2, 25 Jun 2025

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