A tender for the Baranagar–Barrackpore Metro is being prepared before Puja. The planned extension will run from Baranagar along BT Road to Barrackpore, improving travel between North Kolkata and the Barrackpore industrial area for commuters, students and other passengers.

The project had been stalled partly because municipal water pipes beneath the road needed to be relocated. The state government has advanced efforts to resolve the issue, and the municipality has given the necessary clearance. Authorities aim to complete the project in three to four years, with a maximum timeline of five years. Progress will depend on land, infrastructure and construction work after tendering.

Revival of the Baranagar–Barrackpore Metro corridor along BT Road has sparked fresh real estate interest between Shyambazar, Baranagar, Sodepur, Khardah, Titagarh and Barrackpore. Developers said land prices have immediately appreciated by 30%. They expect prices to rise similarly once work begins on the Pink Line, as happened along the Tollygunge–New Garia belt in the early 2000s.

Kolkata Municipal Corporation Municipal Commissioner Smita Pandey issued a no-objection certificate to close a 48-inch water transmission line along Barrackpore Trunk Road. The road runs above six water-supply pipelines, 42 to 72 inches in diameter; utility management had held up the elevated 12.5-km line, sanctioned in 2009. KMC also approved a new 72-inch pipeline from the Indira Gandhi Water Treatment Plant in Palta to Talla Pumping Station.

Kolkata Metro recently floated a ₹1,587.3-crore tender for the viaduct and 10 stations. The Pink Line, or Line 5, is planned with 11 stations: Baranagar, Kamarhati (Krishna Kali), Agarpara (Acharya Prafulla Chandra), Panihati (Sarat Chandra), Sodepur (Gandhi Ashram), Subhash Nagar (Sukchar), Khardaha (Rishi Bankim), Tata Gate (Dr Rajendra Prasad), Titagarh (Shah Nawaz Khan), Talpukur (Anukul Thakur) and Barrackpore (Mangal Pandey terminal). It will connect to the Blue Line at Baranagar. The Baranagar terminal is already operational on the Blue Line.

Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) issued a No Objection Certificate for the Baranagar–Barrackpore Metro corridor, clearing the way for the 12-km Pink Line along B.T. Road after nearly 15 years of delay over underground water pipelines. A new dedicated water transmission pipeline is planned to protect the drinking-water supply. KMC and Metro officials met on May 26 to resolve the issue. Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) floated a tender for a viaduct and 10 elevated stations. A railway official said six existing pipelines must be shut down and replaced before construction. The corridor is expected to reduce travel times and congestion and improve access to services, with potential to support residential, commercial and mixed-use development along the route.

Metro Railway floated a ₹1,587.3 crore tender for 10 elevated stations and a viaduct on the 12.3-km Baranagar–Barrackpore corridor. The works run from Baranagar metro station, excluded from the scope, to the Barrackpore terminal station named after Mangal Pandey. The Pink Line had been stalled for 16 years. Metro and Kolkata Municipal Corporation officials held a high-level coordination meeting on May 26 to resolve project issues, including major underground water-pipeline bottlenecks along BT Road; further meetings followed. IIT Kharagpur conducted a preliminary survey and gave positive feedback, after which implementing agency Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd invited bids.