The Patna district administration has announced that it will purchase 76 acres of property between the Zero Mile and the Patliputra Interstate Bus Terminal (ISBT) for the Patna metro rail project under Section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013.
The acquisition procedure will be completed by February 2022, paving the way for the building of an ISBT metro station and a Patna Metro Rail Depot in the Ranipur and Pahadi neighbourhoods. The state government has given the district administration Rs1,000 crore to acquire land for the depot and ISBT metro station.
