• Yash Kumar Mittal
• Virendra Kumar Paul

This paper focuses on the significance of public transport infrastructure facilities in the context of increasing urbanization. Case examples of metro rail projects are studied to find the common issues and risks during the planning and execution stages. The study of projects resulted in the identification of significant challenges in the metro rail infrastructure projects. Evidence from the literature review of studies conducted in similar areas is presented and research gap is identified. The risks related to delay and demand are found common in the case examples of commissioned metro rail projects in India. The paper proposes identification and investigation of the inter-relationship between the factors contributing to delay and demand shortfall in urban rail-based infrastructure projects.

Infrastructure Projects, Metro Rail, Risks, Delays, Demand

"Metro Rail Infrastructure Projects in India: Challenges and Way Forward", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.140-144, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901220.pdf

"Metro Rail Infrastructure Projects in India: Challenges and Way Forward", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp140-144, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901220.pdf