nagpur the muchneeded but muchdelayed nagpur metro rail will become a reality shortly the first metro train will roll out in november 2017 chief minister devendra fadnavis told toi the announcement made exclusively to toi will bring cheer to nagpurians who have been sceptical of bigticket projects linked to the metro rail like mihan multimodal international cargo hub airport and the highfsi tod transit oriented developmentthe rs 8680crore metro project is not only expected to help boost the economy of the region but also address the nearly 30 rise in vehicular population in the last five years one can already see construction in progress on wardha road and near the railway station soon work will start on hingna road and later on central avenue and kamptee road although many nagpurians use their personal vehicles to commute to their workplace or to educational institutions the metro is likely to augment transport infrastructure and benefit the growth of mihan and tod the metro was conceptualised in view of the huge numbers of people who would be employed in various industries in mihan some companies have already set up shop in the industrial zone but employ a few people as of now patanjali ayurveda has been allotted 289 acres in mihan and the company promises to provide a lot of jobs with the economy showing signs of revival it shouldnt be long before more companies begin to invest on a bigger scale tod is a novel concept in india it means that people will live and work along metro corridors the government has decided to increase the floor space index fsi up to 500 metres along the corridors higher fsi means that more construction can be done on the same land which will lead to more people living and working in the metro corridor areas the real estate sector is undergoing a course correction and many builders are facing a cash crunch but as seen across the country mega infrastructure projects including mass transit systems boost real estate development not only within the project area but across entire cities with the government expected to provide higher fsi for big plots it does seem that the metro announcement will benefit builders keen to make fresh investments anil nair president of confederation of real estate developers of india credai nagpur unit said it is too early to guess how much builders would benefit from the increased fsi along the metro rail corridor the bylaws on metro corridor have not been released yet so there cannot be any clarity with a dedicated metro line linking the eastwest and northsouth areas of nagpur and mihan and tod throwing up vast employment opportunities officials say they expect people to migrate to the city in large numbers in the years to come the plots in the city along the metro rail corridor are of small size which will be a constraint for new development however as metro goes further there are big land patches on the outskirts like wardha