Overview
- New Phase-I guidelines order work to begin on a five-kilometre starter stretch within a 21-kilometre corridor and set December 2027 as the finish line for the initial works.
- Officials set a plan to start construction by August 2026, with instructions to secure environmental clearances and publish a detailed execution calendar before breaking ground.
- The government released ₹375 crore as the first installment for the project, and officials said talks with the Asian Development Bank to finance Phase-I are complete for a package variously reported at ₹5,812.4 crore to ₹7,055 crore.
- The scope for Phase-I includes removing solid waste, profiling the riverbed, building flood-control retaining walls, laying roads along both banks, adding major sewer and storm drains, and installing barrages and rubber dams to store water and support tourism.
- Land steps are underway as authorities transfer parcels, issue notices to acquire about 50 acres, and invite owners in 50‑metre buffer zones to voluntarily surrender land for transferable development rights with market‑value compensation under the 2013 land law.