NOIDA: The Blue Line Extension has introduced Noida nearer to Ghaziabad, but commuters still face problems since there is no walkway or foot overbridge (FOB) for those coming from the Ghaziabad aspect to take the metro at Electronic City metro station.
Commuters jaywalk on the highway at their very own chance, and there seems to be no concrete plan to deal with the issue any time quickly. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to construct an FOB over the Model Town crossing near the station to attach it with Ghaziabad, but paintings on it is going to start most effective after its present venture on the stretch is done.
The NHAI is currently developing the Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME) alongside NH-24, and the development paintings has badly affected the Model Town crossing. Work is going on at the stretch, with diversions in position on both sides. It has also ended in dust air pollution, since no water sprinkling is completed at the spot, in violation of NGT norms.
NHAI resources claimed the paintings on the 8km stretch of the DME between UP Gate and Vijay Nagar, under which Model Town crossing falls, is 50% entire and the stretch might be opened in two months.
A visit to the spot on Monday showed traffic congestion. Roads on both sides have change into slender due to the ongoing paintings, which chokes traffic motion. In addition to this, vehicles wearing development fabrics proceed to ply to the website online steadily, and common traffic is halted during their motion. In the absence of a public shipping gadget, most commuters are hiring automobiles to ply from Ghaziabad to Noida to succeed in the metro station. From the crossing, the station is round 150m away, and rickshaws and e-rickshaws charge Rs 20 and Rs 10, respectively.
Ashish Gupta, a resident of Sarita Vihar, had just deboarded the metro and walked to the Model Town crossing. “It is a five-minute walk, but an excessively risky one. The development paintings has created a large number of dust air pollution. It might be tricky to breath if an individual stays here for longer. Crossing the road may be very tricky as there is no FOB,” he stated.
Dipankar Gaur, a Bulandshahr resident who commutes from his house to his Sector 63 place of work, stated, “It takes two hours to succeed in place of work and 3 hours to return house due to jams. The government concerned must entire the venture quickly.”
NHAI stated it plans to construct an FOB at Model Town crossing quickly. “There is an offer to broaden an FOB to link the metro station with Indirapuram, but paintings on that venture is likely to get started most effective after the ongoing one is done,” stated R P Singh, venture director, NHAI. NHAI may be development 10 underpasses between UP Gate and Vijay Nagar, which can be likely to be finished by means of May.
Meanwhile, Ghaziabad has no such plans. “So some distance, no person has approached us with this drawback. If the problem is on the Noida aspect, get admission to has to be created by means of Noida. But if we are approached by means of somebody with this drawback, we will glance into it,” Ghaziabad district Justice of the Peace Ritu Maheshwari stated. A Noida Authority respectable stated they would glance into the subject.
Commuters jaywalk on the highway at their very own chance, and there seems to be no concrete plan to deal with the issue any time quickly. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to construct an FOB over the Model Town crossing near the station to attach it with Ghaziabad, but paintings on it is going to start most effective after its present venture on the stretch is done.
The NHAI is currently developing the Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME) alongside NH-24, and the development paintings has badly affected the Model Town crossing. Work is going on at the stretch, with diversions in position on both sides. It has also ended in dust air pollution, since no water sprinkling is completed at the spot, in violation of NGT norms.
NHAI resources claimed the paintings on the 8km stretch of the DME between UP Gate and Vijay Nagar, under which Model Town crossing falls, is 50% entire and the stretch might be opened in two months.
A visit to the spot on Monday showed traffic congestion. Roads on both sides have change into slender due to the ongoing paintings, which chokes traffic motion. In addition to this, vehicles wearing development fabrics proceed to ply to the website online steadily, and common traffic is halted during their motion. In the absence of a public shipping gadget, most commuters are hiring automobiles to ply from Ghaziabad to Noida to succeed in the metro station. From the crossing, the station is round 150m away, and rickshaws and e-rickshaws charge Rs 20 and Rs 10, respectively.
Ashish Gupta, a resident of Sarita Vihar, had just deboarded the metro and walked to the Model Town crossing. “It is a five-minute walk, but an excessively risky one. The development paintings has created a large number of dust air pollution. It might be tricky to breath if an individual stays here for longer. Crossing the road may be very tricky as there is no FOB,” he stated.
Dipankar Gaur, a Bulandshahr resident who commutes from his house to his Sector 63 place of work, stated, “It takes two hours to succeed in place of work and 3 hours to return house due to jams. The government concerned must entire the venture quickly.”
NHAI stated it plans to construct an FOB at Model Town crossing quickly. “There is an offer to broaden an FOB to link the metro station with Indirapuram, but paintings on that venture is likely to get started most effective after the ongoing one is done,” stated R P Singh, venture director, NHAI. NHAI may be development 10 underpasses between UP Gate and Vijay Nagar, which can be likely to be finished by means of May.
Meanwhile, Ghaziabad has no such plans. “So some distance, no person has approached us with this drawback. If the problem is on the Noida aspect, get admission to has to be created by means of Noida. But if we are approached by means of somebody with this drawback, we will glance into it,” Ghaziabad district Justice of the Peace Ritu Maheshwari stated. A Noida Authority respectable stated they would glance into the subject.
So near, yet so far: Why reaching new Blue Line is a hassle from Ghaziabad
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