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Tata Sons to invest Rs 975 crore in Pune IT City Metro
Tata Sons, holding company of the Tata group, is investing Rs 975 crore in Pune IT City Metro Rail, a special purpose vehicle that has won the contract to construct, operate, and maintain the project connecting Shivaji Nagar and Hinjewadi in the city. The Tatas own a 74 per cent stake in the SPV; the rest is owned by Siemens Project Ventures. The Rs 7,420-crore, 23-km project is being financed through debt-to-equity of 1.8 times and the entire debt has been tied up, and the envisaged equity commitment is supported by Tata Sons, said a banking source.