Chandigarh: Metro to be delayed as new feasibility panel takes shapeChandigarh's Metro project faces further delay as an eight-member committee has been formed to evaluate its financial and economic feasibility. This decision comes after two months of discussions and a contentious debate where former MP Kirron Kher opposed the project, while current MP Manish Tewari supported it. The committee, working with...
more... RITES, will assess the project's viability, including the financial aspects and alternative transport options. They will also explore ways to decongest traffic and address inter-governmental coordination issues with stakeholders like the airport, IAF, and NHAI. Notably, RITES has recommended a two-coach Metro system for the tricity and the MoHUA has approved an underground system in heritage sectors.
Chandigarh ke Metro project mein aur delay ho gaya hai, kyunki ek eight-member committee bana diya gaya hai jiska kaam hai ki wo project ki financial aur economic feasibility ko check kare. Ye decision do mahine ki discussions aur ek controversial debate ke baad aaya hai jismein former MP Kirron Kher...
more... ne project ka virodh kiya tha, aur current MP Manish Tewari ne isko support kiya tha. Committee, RITES ke saath kaam karega, project ki viability, financial aspects aur alternative transport options ko assess karega. Wo traffic ko decongest karne aur airport, IAF aur NHAI jaise stakeholders ke saath inter-governmental coordination issues ko address karne ke tareeke bhi explore karenge. Noteworthy hai ki RITES ne tricity ke liye two-coach Metro system recommend kiya hai aur MoHUA ne heritage sectors mein underground system ko approve kiya hai.