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The governments of Punjab and Haryana, along with representatives of the Chandigarh administration held a meeting on Tuesday during which they reviewed and approved the Metro network in Tricity In the first stage from the previous 66 kilometers to about 77 kilometers.
The three departments unilaterally decided to entrust the work to RITES in order to compile a detailed project report and an annual project analysis report. A senior UT administration official said, after a meeting on Tuesday, that most of the project will be above ground, but a final decision on that will be made during preparations for the People’s Congress.
According to the new plan approved on Tuesday, of the 77 km stretch in the first phase, Chandigarh will see 35 km of metro network, Panchkula 11 km and Mohali/New Chandigarh 31 km. The first phase of the network will be developed from 2027 to 2037.
According to the details, during a meeting on Tuesday, the governments of Punjab and Haryana jointly proposed adding more space within the first phase of the metro. Subsequently, a stretch of approximately 6 kilometers from Paroul in New Chandigarh to Sarangpur, and about five kilometers from Panchkula ISBT to Panchkula Extension in Sector 20, has been approved to be included in the first phase of the metro-rail project. An official said the additional 11 kilometers added would see several major destinations in the region covered.
“We have included 11 more kilometers under the first stage now, compared to the previous proposal when we were covering only 66 kilometers. There are few major destinations in the city, which everyone thought were Need to be added on the metro route.
According to RITES, the cost of preparing a detailed project report will be around Rs 6.54 crore. The DPR is expected to be ready by March 2024, when further permissions will be sought to begin construction of the project.
As far as financing was concerned, it was decided that 20 percent of the project would be paid by the states, 20 percent by the center and the remaining 60 percent by the lending agency. The initial cost of the overall project has been pegged at around Rs. 10,570 crore.
The new plan
After the meeting on Tuesday, the distance and routes to be covered by the two-stage metro network have been significantly modified. In the first phase, which will be developed between 2027 and 2037, the metro is proposed on three routes – Paroul, Sarangpur, ISBT Panchkula to Panchkula Extension (30 km), Rock Garden to ISBT Zirakpur via Industrial Area and Chandigarh Airport (34 km); and from the grain market chowk, sector 39, to transport chowk, sector 26 (13 km).
In the second phase, which will start after 2037, the metro line will be constructed from Chowk Airport to Manakpur Kallar (5 km) and ISBT Zirakpur to Pinjore (20 km).
The three main ways
The metro will operate mainly on three main tracks in the first phase. One of the main routes, as per the approved plan, is a 30 kilometer stretch from Parul, New Chandigarh to Panchkula Extension. The plan states that the metro will touch Paroul, New Chandigarh via Kurali-Chandigarh road to Sarangpur and will cover Khuda Lahora, PGI, Punjab University and then enter Madhya Marg towards Transport Light, Sector 26 to Chandigarh Railway Station.
The road will then turn on Mauli Jagran Road to Chowk Housing Board and enter Panchkula and head towards Geeta Chowk (which is the Sector 6 roundabout). It then passes through Panchkula Bus Stand and heads straight to Maheshpur to Amartex Road towards Sector 20 Panchkula, before entering the Panchkula Extension (Madanpur).
The second major route to be covered in the first phase will be from Rock Garden to ISBT Zirakpur via ISBT Mohali and Chandigarh Airport. This metro route will start from near the Rock Garden and Sukhna Lake, before moving towards ISBT Sector 17 Chandigarh and then to ISBT Sector 43 to Fountain Chowk. Then the path continues through the Himalaya Marg and enters Mohali, while it touches Gurdwara Singh Shaheedan and continues further towards Jail Road Chowk to Airport chowk and the Aerocity Road NH-7 junction. This route will aim to touch two main points – ISBT Mohali sector 87 and ISBT Zirakpur – and will be 34 kilometers long.
The third route in the first phase will cover the grain market from Chowk to the light transport sector/timber market 26 and will be about 13 kilometres. This route will start from Grain Market Chowk and head towards Vikas Marg and head further towards Tribune Chowk before finally culminating at Transport Light/Timber Market in Sector 26.
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