India, Aug. 25 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has issued a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for the long-delayed Baranagar-Barrackpore Metro Corridor, paving the way for work on the 12-km Pink Line along B.T. Road after nearly 15 years of uncertainty.

The project had remained stalled for years due to a deadlock over the shifting of underground water pipelines along the busy B.T. Road corridor.

Suvendu Adhikari welcomed the development in a post on X, saying the NOC from the KMC marks a significant step towards expanding rapid mass transit across Kolkata's northern suburbs.

He said the project would significantly reduce travel time, ease congestion on one of the city's major arterial roads and provide commuters with safer and ...