No proposal for Metro from AP: Centre

New Delhi: Union minister of state for urban development, Hardip Singh Suri, here on Thursday clarified that no proposal for Vijayawada Metro Rail was received by the Centre from the AP government.  

To a question in this regard from YSRCP MP V Vijaysai Reddy, the minister told the Rajya Sabha that the Centre had asked the AP government to send its new proposal for the same in 2017 as per the changed guidelines yet no such proposal was received so far.

In addition, he said urban development was the prerogative of the state government and creation of basic infrastructure too was its prerogative and responsibility.