Union Cabinet approves Ahmedabad Metro link to airport ahead of Commonwealth Games 2030

With Ahmedabad preparing to big the Commonwealth Games 2030, the Union Cabinet connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026) approved a ₹2,169-crore metro obstruction hold connecting Koteshwar Road to the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to fortify the city’s transport infrastructure up of the event.

The Ahmedabad Metro Phase-2A task volition screen a region of 6 km and is expected to beryllium completed wrong 4 years. The corridor volition comprise 4 elevated stations and 1 underground station.

Following the completion of the project, the full metro web successful Ahmedabad volition grow to 78 km. The caller enactment is expected to supply faster connectivity betwixt Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, GIFT City and the airport.

The authorities said the metro hold volition service arsenic an important mode of transport during the Commonwealth Games, facilitating the question of athletes, officials and visitors. The corridor volition besides beryllium integrated with different transport systems, including railways, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad slug bid and autobus terminals.

In addition, the task volition amended connectivity to residential, concern and commercialized hubs successful Sardar Nagar, Koteshwar, Bhat and the Sabarmati Riverfront area. It is expected to make employment for astir 2,500 radical and enactment planned municipality improvement astir the projected sports analyzable and related infrastructure.