Taking a step towards realization of his Government’s dream to have metro train in state capital, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav installed pier cap on the pillars, thus paving the way for laying rail tracks. With the press of a button he placed the first pier on the pillar on Transport Nagar here on Sunday. “It is my government’s dream to have metro in lucknow. This pier is the first set towards realizing this ambitious dream. My Government wants that first phase of this project should be over by 2016,” Chief Minister said.
Girders would be placed over these piers over which metro train lines would be laid. A pier is 9.3 meter long, 2.8 meter wide and 2 meter high. Cranes were used to move these piers which weigh 71 ton. Chief Minister said that metro rail would provide cheap and dependable mode of transportation to the people of this city. Metro will help in easing out the traffic and make journey from airport to Charbagh cheap and quick. “When we proposed this project, people had raised doubts over out intention. Questions were raised whether we will be able to complete this project in time. But we employed best brains in the country. My Government decided to finance this project and now one can see that we have crossed the Rubicon. Pillars are there and now first pier have been placed on these pillars,” Yadav said. In the first phase of MetroRail project metro operation will start from Transport Nagar near airport to Charbagh. This will be eight km long project and over Rs 2,000 crore would be spent on this scheme. This scheme will complete in December 2016.