India, May 19 -- The Haryana cabinet on Monday approved the revised project cost of the Gurugram Metro Rail project, supplementary reports related to Rapid Metro integration and the proposed metro spur to Gurugram Railway Station, along with a proposal to finance the project's entire soft loan component through the World Bank.

The decisions were taken during a cabinet meeting chaired by Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini in Chandigarh.

According to the government, the revised total project cost has been increased from Rs.5,452.72 crore to Rs.10,266.54 crore. Officials said the escalation was attributed to inflation between 2019 and 2023, revision in GST rates, independent operational requirements for the Millennium City Centre-Cyb...