The state government has agreed to share the cost of the proposed extension of the Metro railway from Dumdum to Dakshineshwar via Baranagar. However, it has agreed to bear only one-third of the project cost. The railways had urged the state government to share half of the project cost. The local CPI-M MP for Dum Dum, Mr Amitabha Nandy, has been quite keen on the project, taking it up with the Union railway minister, Mr Lalu Prasad. The total estimated cost of the project has been pegged at Rs 537 crore.