CM pushes for speeding up of monorail project
5 Feb 2013 6:07 AM IST
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has prepared three patterns of funding for the project in the capital. It may put up the patters before Delhi government for approval soon.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday instructed the Transport department to bring the project report before the Cabinet at the earliest, preferably in its next meeting.
The first monorail from Shastri Park to Trilokpuri will have 12 stations on its 11-km route. The project would be commissioned in March 2017. It has been decided to select a contractor and initiate actual work within the next few months.
It is expected that around 1.37 lakh passengers would benefit from the first-ever monorail service in the capital. The corridors start from Shastri Park Metro station and end at Trilokpuri.
This was decided in a meeting chaired by Dikshit. MD, DMRC, Mangu Singh gave a detailed presentation on the oroject. The meeting was also attended by Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami and other senior officers.
According to a government official, the three patterns include the options of adopting the simple Buit operate, transfer BOT model, or adopting the BOT model with additional Probability of Default(PD) income or incurring soft loans from Japan International Cooperation agency, which provides funds for various Delhi Metro projects.
It is expected that the funding pattern would be approved on the lines of DMRC. Further, a depot would come up over a part of Sanjay lake, where around eight hectares of land would be identified for the purpose.
After getting the nod from the Delhi cabinet, the project would be forwarded to the Union government for seeking approval from the Group of Ministers.
Dikshit stated that the first monorail route would not only supplement Delhi Metro services but would also help residents putting up in the congested localities to make use of a modern, convenient, pollution-free, air-conditioned and affordable public transport system right from their doorsteps. Further, it would change the scenario of public transport in east Delhi, where buses are presently the only mode of transport in most localities.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday instructed the Transport department to bring the project report before the Cabinet at the earliest, preferably in its next meeting.
The first monorail from Shastri Park to Trilokpuri will have 12 stations on its 11-km route. The project would be commissioned in March 2017. It has been decided to select a contractor and initiate actual work within the next few months.
It is expected that around 1.37 lakh passengers would benefit from the first-ever monorail service in the capital. The corridors start from Shastri Park Metro station and end at Trilokpuri.
This was decided in a meeting chaired by Dikshit. MD, DMRC, Mangu Singh gave a detailed presentation on the oroject. The meeting was also attended by Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami and other senior officers.
According to a government official, the three patterns include the options of adopting the simple Buit operate, transfer BOT model, or adopting the BOT model with additional Probability of Default(PD) income or incurring soft loans from Japan International Cooperation agency, which provides funds for various Delhi Metro projects.
It is expected that the funding pattern would be approved on the lines of DMRC. Further, a depot would come up over a part of Sanjay lake, where around eight hectares of land would be identified for the purpose.
After getting the nod from the Delhi cabinet, the project would be forwarded to the Union government for seeking approval from the Group of Ministers.
Dikshit stated that the first monorail route would not only supplement Delhi Metro services but would also help residents putting up in the congested localities to make use of a modern, convenient, pollution-free, air-conditioned and affordable public transport system right from their doorsteps. Further, it would change the scenario of public transport in east Delhi, where buses are presently the only mode of transport in most localities.
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