Good news for the citizens of Bhopal. They would soon get light Metro train as public transport.
The officials of Urban Administration and Develo-pment department will submit their recommendation in this regard to the State Government. Officials of UAD have returned from Germany after studying the Metro trains’ functioning and the related facilities. On the basis of the report by the officials concerned, the State Cabinet will approve to prepare DPR of the light Metro train.
Official sources said that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had already approved the project before the officials’ team embarked on foreign tour. The Cabinet approval for the project is merely a formality, sources added.
The officials who had visited Germany on June 4 included Commissioner of Directorate of Urban Administration Sanjay Shukla along with OSD Kamal Nagar. At Germany, they visited Berlin, Dusseldorf, Nuremberg, and Munich. During their visit to these cities, they were informed about the expenses of light Metro train. Further, they were also collected details about the facilities provided to the passengers, travelling fare, depot and station design.
Commissioner Shukla informed that the stations are being designed according to the cities and their area. He informed that in Germany the expenses over light Metro train have been reduced with the commercial usages. He said that the similar criteria can be adopted in Bhopal as well. As many as 6 to 10 lakh passengers travel in these light Metro trains daily. Moreover, its cost is also less than Delhi’s heavy Metro trains and mono rails.