Urban Administration and Development (UAD) Minister Babulal Gaur has said that metro rails of Bhopal and Indore will the first in Northern India. Their construction in both cities will be completed within time-limit.
Gaur was holding discussions with representatives of tenderer company from Germany and Mumbai here on Wednesday. Mayor Krishna Gaur and Secretary Urban Administration SN Mishra were also present on the occasion.
Gaur informed that tenderer company will present inspection report within a month. Following it, DPRs for Indore and Bhopal metros will be completed in 8 months. Representatives from Mumbai and Germany will visit Bhopal and Indore during next 3 days. Gaur informed that in view of population’s density, other alternative transportation means like underground, surface, mono, tram etc will also be considered along with metro.
Mayor Gaur informed that the alternatives suitable to local geographical conditions will be preferred. Bhopal Metro Team leader Helmut Gerndt informed that metro service was started in year 1902 in Germany’s Berlin city.
Bhopal and Indore’s metros will also be constructed in view of requirements of next 100 years. The delegation comprised Carsten Simonis, Olaf Sholtz Knobloh and Mumbai’s Rohit Gupta. Metro measuring 28.50 km costing Rs 6000 crore will be constructed in Bhopal and 32.16 km costing Rs 7,500 crore in Indore.