The Varanasi Metro coming up at Varanasi will be mostly underground. Higher authorities at the lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (lMRC), which forms the Coordinating agency of Metros coming up in four cities of Varanasi, Meerut, Agra and Kanpur informed that a stake holders meet for the Varanasi Metro will be held on Wednesday at Varanasi.
Talking to “The Pioneer” a senior lMRC official said that the Varanasi Metro will be mostly underground. “The Varanasi Metro will mostly be underground considering the lay out of the city” he said. The official said that a stake holders meet will be held at Varanasi which will be attended by lMRC (lucknow Metro Rail Corporation) officials and all the stake holders. “In the stake holders meet the corridors which have been proposed will be discussed with all the parties involved which includes various government departments along with lMRC representatives” he said. The DPR for the Varanasi Metro will be prepared by RITES.
For the Varanasi Metro 13 elevated and four underground stations have been proposed on 19 Km long Corridor-1 from BHU to BHEl via Godowlia, Benia Park, Varanasi Junction, Nadesar, Bhojubeer and Shivpur. Similarly, around 9 Km long Corridor-2 has been proposed to have four elevated and five underground stations from Benia Park to Sarnath via Kotwali, Machodari Park, Kashi Bus Depot, Jalalipur, Ashapur, Hanuman Nagar, and Mawaiya.
The Official informed that all the four cities where the Metros are coming up will go in for a PIB Clearence separately. With Varanasi being the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency the Varanasi Metro becomes the focus of major attention.