It is already being sanctioned to Bengaluru and I am happy to know as the hon. Minister was telling that for Cohin also, they are positive According to the Press, the Government has not given the necessary permission. Kerala is a place where land availability is very difficult. If the roads are to be expanded, maybe tens and thousands of houses will have to be removed. So, even in a city like Cochin which is not a very big but which is expanding very fast, there is a necessity for Metro. The necessary money also should be provided for this. At this juncture, I would like to refer to Hyderabad Metro Rail Project. There was a lot of discussion about the Hyderabad Metro Rail. The Government of India has given the necessary permission. The Metro Corporation was constituted at Hyderabad.  There was some controversy when Shri Sreedharan, who was the consultant of Hyderabad Metro and at the same time the person behind the construction of Delhi Metro, made some comments regarding the BOT system and all that. But today unfortunately whatever comments had been made by him is becoming a truth. Infrastructure Organisation which is the baby of Satyam Computers and is now very much in discussion has been given the responsibility and they are said to have taken a global tender. But here I would like to remind the hon. Minister that nowwhere in the world BOT system has been successful in regard to metro railways. Why should this be allowed? The Union Government has several advantages. The permission has to be granted from here only. Why does the Government allow BOT system? The road and the rail transport systems are all meant for public services. We should not look at it from a commercial angle. We have seen the consequences and because of international.
