nagpur in a major setback for the city the work of indora and cotton market metro stations has come to a grinding halt since nagpur municipal corporation nmc and nagpur improvement trust nit have not paid the promised funds to mahametroas per the tripartite agreement nit and nmc had promised 5 share each in the rs8680 crore phasei of nagpur metro project which comes to rs434 crore each out of the total rs868 crore the local urban bodies are yet to pay rs555 crore to mahametro as per the agreement nmc has to pay rs73 crore in cash while nit has to shell out rs83 crore overall nit has to pay rs189 crore to maha metro while nmcs pending share is rs366 crore said sources from mahametroboth nmc and nit have not paid the agency any significant amount in cash nmc and nit have given us only land worth rs68 crore and rs245 crore respectively both the bodies have not paid their share for the nagpur metro rail project nmrp phasei as per the approved funding pattern of mahametro due to which the agency is facing a financial crunch said officials toi had recently reported that work of nagpur metro phase2 is expected to begin soon after getting union cabinets nod while work is going on in all phase1 metro stations of reach ii sitabuldi interchange to automotive square and reach iv sitabuldi interchange to prajapati nagar it has come to a halt at indora reach ii and cotton market stations reach iv locals said no activity has been seen at the two stations since last few daystoi learnt that indora and cotton market stations are very crucial indora station caters to a large area on kamptee road while cotton market station provides direct connectivity to mahatma phule vegetable and fruit market unless these two bodies pay their share immediately it will not be possible to complete these two stations added metro sourcessome experts said the problem would not have arisen if the local bodies had made systematic annual budgetary provision for the metro project when devendra fadnavis was the state chief minister it was expected that a good amount of money will come from the state government the future of nagpur metro project is now in the hands of politicians who take credit for the citys development it is up to them to ensure that nmc and nit give their promised amount they saidmaha metro has set a target of completing reach ii and reach iv by decemberend while this target will be met the organization will probably not be able to start all the stations in the coming days due to the lack of fundsmoney matters nit and nmc promised to pay 5 share each in phasei of nagpur metro project out of total rs868 crore both bodies yet to pay rs555 crore nmc and nit have to pay rs73 and rs83 crore in cash respectively phase1 work has come to a halt at cotton market and indora