LUCKNOW, May 18 -- The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Monday approved major proposals linked to the expansion of metro rail infrastructure in Lucknow and Agra, giving a fresh push to urban mobility projects in the state.

At the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, approval was granted to the execution of a tripartite MoU for the Lucknow Metro Phase-1B East-West Corridor project connecting Charbagh to Vasant Kunj.

The Centre, the UP government and the UP Metro Rail Corporation Ltd will ink the MoU. The Rs.5,801.05-crore project will be funded equally by the Centre and the state government.

Briefing the media after the meeting, finance minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said the detailed project report for the corridor had alre...