NOIDA: The Noida metro expects a day by day footfall of round 65,000 when it launches its first trains at the Aqua Line later this year, but 5 of 21 stations that make up the course are not going to make any contribution to this.
The 30km Metro line from Noida to Greater Noida is approaching its scheduled commissioning date of April 2018 but a query mark hangs over the feasibility of 5 consecutive stations that have no habitation round them.
Eleven sectors — 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 148A, 149, 152, 153, 154 and 167 — located along the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway and metro corridor are yet to be advanced. Of these, metro stations had been built in 5 sectors — 144, 146, 147, 149 and 153. Eventually, these stations may just grow to be magnets for residential construction of these sectors but, in short time period, they're going to struggle for passengers.
“Infrastructure making plans is at all times finished preserving in mind long run inhabitants and potential habitation in 1-1.5km catchment house along any metro corridor,” stated Alok Tandon, managing director of Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) when asked if the feasibility of the stations was a priority. “The location of stations is selected in response to construction and inhabitants round them as well as the availability of proper more or less infrastructure to reinforce the metro,” Tandon added.
The land within the sectors close to these 5 metro stations has been categorised for projects such as workforce housing, institutional, business and business but those are yet to be allotted or sold. Sectors 146 and 147 in large part comprise workforce housing plots whilst sectors 155, 156, 157 and 159 are business.
“Initially, we’ll need to ferry commuters to the stations. We’ll run NMRC feeder buses to assist commuters within the neighborhood succeed in stations,” Tandon stated, including the luck of Noida metro corridor would eventually depend on its connectivity with other metro networks. The Aqua Line will proportion an interface with Delhi Metro’s Blue Line that is being prolonged from Noida City Centre to NH-24 (at Sector 62). “In coming years, we're more likely to see a multiplier impact kicking-in with a proposed multi-level shipping device and other connectivity corridors which have been deliberate for the city,” Tandon stated.
The NMRC chairman, who additionally head Noida Authority, stated two proposed Metro corridors — from Sector 143 to Okhla Bird Sanctuary and Sector 71 to Greater Noida (west) — saved on grasp for loss of funds would be revived. “We plan to take in these projects within the close to long run below UP Metro Rail Corporation, an umbrella metro rail authority cleared via the state cabinet,” Tandon stated.
The company is a three way partnership between the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh executive and was proposed via leader minister Yogi Aditya Nath to expedite work on metro projects. In this year’s state finances, the Yogi executive has earmarked Rs 500 crore for quite a lot of metro projects within the state.
The 30km Metro line from Noida to Greater Noida is approaching its scheduled commissioning date of April 2018 but a query mark hangs over the feasibility of 5 consecutive stations that have no habitation round them.
Eleven sectors — 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 148A, 149, 152, 153, 154 and 167 — located along the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway and metro corridor are yet to be advanced. Of these, metro stations had been built in 5 sectors — 144, 146, 147, 149 and 153. Eventually, these stations may just grow to be magnets for residential construction of these sectors but, in short time period, they're going to struggle for passengers.
“Infrastructure making plans is at all times finished preserving in mind long run inhabitants and potential habitation in 1-1.5km catchment house along any metro corridor,” stated Alok Tandon, managing director of Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) when asked if the feasibility of the stations was a priority. “The location of stations is selected in response to construction and inhabitants round them as well as the availability of proper more or less infrastructure to reinforce the metro,” Tandon added.
The land within the sectors close to these 5 metro stations has been categorised for projects such as workforce housing, institutional, business and business but those are yet to be allotted or sold. Sectors 146 and 147 in large part comprise workforce housing plots whilst sectors 155, 156, 157 and 159 are business.
“Initially, we’ll need to ferry commuters to the stations. We’ll run NMRC feeder buses to assist commuters within the neighborhood succeed in stations,” Tandon stated, including the luck of Noida metro corridor would eventually depend on its connectivity with other metro networks. The Aqua Line will proportion an interface with Delhi Metro’s Blue Line that is being prolonged from Noida City Centre to NH-24 (at Sector 62). “In coming years, we're more likely to see a multiplier impact kicking-in with a proposed multi-level shipping device and other connectivity corridors which have been deliberate for the city,” Tandon stated.
The NMRC chairman, who additionally head Noida Authority, stated two proposed Metro corridors — from Sector 143 to Okhla Bird Sanctuary and Sector 71 to Greater Noida (west) — saved on grasp for loss of funds would be revived. “We plan to take in these projects within the close to long run below UP Metro Rail Corporation, an umbrella metro rail authority cleared via the state cabinet,” Tandon stated.
The company is a three way partnership between the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh executive and was proposed via leader minister Yogi Aditya Nath to expedite work on metro projects. In this year’s state finances, the Yogi executive has earmarked Rs 500 crore for quite a lot of metro projects within the state.
Five of 21 Noida metro stations unlikely to see any footfall soon
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