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Patna: The Patna Metro, says its revised detailed project report, will run 20m beneath Bailey Road on the west-east corridor. The cabinet on Tuesday approved the revised document submitted by the urban and housing development department. It will now be sent to the Centre. Sharing details, a senior department official closely associated with the Metro project said: “The design of the project has been prepared in such a manner that it would not affect the existing structures and take care to cause minimum disturbance to commuters during its execution.” The detailed project report was revised because, in the earlier one, the west-east corridor was supposed to run along the centre of Bailey Road but due to the execution of Lohia Path Chakra project, some portion of the Metro would have hindered its route. “Roughly speaking, the stretch between Mahavir temple on Bailey Road and Niyojan Bhavan will now run north of the Bailey road median and hence, the Metro alignment ...

Patna: Patna Metro project gets a push with Bihar government giving approval for constitution of special purpose vehicle (SPV) – Patna Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (PMRCL). This SPV will look after the implementation of the metro project in the capital. This decision has come on Tuesday in a meeting chaired by chief minister Nitish Kumar. The cabinet gave green signal for SPV and has also approved authorised capital of Rs 2,000 crore for PMRCL. During a press briefing, Cabinet Secretariat department’s Principal Secretary Sanjay Kumar stated that Urban Development and Housing Department’s Principal Secretary will be heading the SPV while representatives of Finance, Road, Transport and Energy departments will be the members of its board of directors. The managing director for PMRCL will be nominated by the state government. Even the revised detailed project report (DPR) submitted by RITES, will now be tabled in state cabinet for approval. The DRP was submitted to Urban D...

Patna: People in Patna can now dream of having a metro facility in their state. Deepak Kumar, state chief secretary has approved the revised Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Patna Metro Rail project. The DPR will now be put before the state cabinet. The approval came on Tuesday with Kumar giving nod to the DPR submitted to him by the Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES). The revised DPR is made as per new metro rail policy framed by the central government. Chaitanya Prasad, the urban development and housing department (UDHD)’s principal secretary shared that the revised estimated investment for the rail project is approximately 19,500 crore. This also comprises of land acquisition cost to construct the metro rail project. RITES had earlier prepared a report which was later on revised based on new rail policy. The National Institute of Technology-Patna prepared the alternative analysis report as well as the comprehensive mobility plan for the Patna Metro rail pro...

Patna: Urban Development and Housing Department on Friday bumped into controversies because after puzzling the public of Patna from over four years on the issue of Metro Rail in the state capital and now they are up with a delay for a year because of some technical snags the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the metro rail will have to be drafted from scratch before being sent to the Center for its approval. On 14 September 2011, the Planning Commission of India (now NITI Aayog) gave approval for the Patna Metro . Citing a host of issues that they failed to take into account in the past, officials said due to the four over-bridges under the Lohia Ringroad scheme on Bailey Road, including the ones near Lalit Bhawan, Punaichak intersection, Hartali Chowk, and the High Court, it was necessary to amend the previously-prepared DPR before making it the final version. Urban Development and Housing Minister Suresh Sharma said "Our plan is to bring necessary amendments in the plan by 15th...

Patna: It was reported that the detailed project report (DPR) for Patna Metro will be submitted by June 15. However, the executing agency of the India Railway - Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) has got an extension of 15 days. The additional days have been given by the state urban development and housing department (UDHD) to the agency to finalise the DRP for Patna Metro rail project. As per the information provided by the UDHD officials the DPR that was scheduled to be submitted by June 15 will now be handed over by June 30. The RITES agency has been given 15 days extension to fine tune the DPR. The DPR will then be sent to the state government for its approval. Once the state government gives its nod, the report will then be submitted for final approval from the Union ministry of urban development. Once the DPR is approved by state and central government, the officials feel that work on Patna Metro will be started by the end of 2018. As per the estimate, the first ...

Patna: The Patna Metro Rail Corporation (PMRC) will be formed on the lines of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). This corporation will also look after the work of construction and maintenance of metro rail project in Patna. The Urban Development and Housing Department has sent proposals to the Finance Department regarding the formation of Patna Metro Rail Corporation (PMRC). Once approved by the finance department, the proposal will go to the state cabinet, where the process of formation of the corporation will start after acceptance. Patna Metro Tentative Rout Map (Source: Wikipedia) The work of Patna Metro Rail Project is currently being seen by the Town Development and Housing Department. Presently, the process of setting up of revised DPR of Patna Metro is underway in collaboration with NIT (National Institute of Technology) and RITES . The state government is expected to get the revised DPR this month. After this the DPR will be sent to the Central Government for approval. Upo...

Patna: The Patna Metro Rail Corporation (PMRC) will be formed on the lines of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). This corporation will also look after the work of construction and maintenance of metro rail project in Patna. The Urban Development and Housing Department has sent proposals to the Finance Department regarding the formation of Patna Metro Rail Corporation (PMRC). Once approved by the finance department, the proposal will go to the state cabinet, where the process of formation of the corporation will start after acceptance. Patna Metro Tentative Rout Map (Source: Wikipedia) The work of Patna Metro Rail Project is currently being seen by the Town Development and Housing Department. Presently, the process of setting up of revised DPR of Patna Metro is underway in collaboration with NIT (National Institute of Technology) and RITES . The state government is expected to get the revised DPR this month. After this the DPR will be sent to the Central Government for approval. Upo...

Patna: The Bihar Government said that the state is preparing revised comprehensive mobility plan for setting up metro rail and other modes of rapid transit for Patna city and the it is likely to be finalized by mid of this month. In last month state urban development and housing department (UDHD) minister Suresh Sharma told in the state Assembly that the final proposal for Patna metro rail will be submitted to the Centre for clearance in April and work will begin this year itself. National Institute of Technology Patna organised a meeting with stakeholders to seek feedback on the draft plan on Friday. NIT-P is to prepare the revised mobility plan and an alternative analysis in accordance with the new metro policy of the Central Government. A preliminary detailed project report (DPR) for proposed metro rail in Patna was approved by the state cabinet in February last year, but it was required to be revised after the Centre’s new Metro Rail policy . Accordingly, a...

Patna: The Bihar Government said that the state is preparing revised comprehensive mobility plan for setting up metro rail and other modes of rapid transit for Patna city and the it is likely to be finalized by mid of this month. In last month state urban development and housing department (UDHD) minister Suresh Sharma told in the state Assembly that the final proposal for Patna metro rail will be submitted to the Centre for clearance in April and work will begin this year itself. National Institute of Technology Patna organised a meeting with stakeholders to seek feedback on the draft plan on Friday. NIT-P is to prepare the revised mobility plan and an alternative analysis in accordance with the new metro policy of the Central Government. A preliminary detailed project report (DPR) for proposed metro rail in Patna was approved by the state cabinet in February last year, but it was required to be revised after the Centre’s new Metro Rail policy . Accordingly, a...

Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Tuesday that work on the metro railway project in Patna would be addressed soon and that the state government would submit a corresponding detailed project report (DPR) to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in the next four months. Opened the Station Road overpass, Nitish said that the State Minister of the Union (independent housing) for housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, during his recent visit to the state capital, assured that the DPR for the Patna Metro would be cleared in a minimum time. The vehicular movement on the new flyover that connects the bridge over the Mithapur road and the Chiraiya bridge and bridge will start on Wednesday. CM Nitish Kumar “The central government has recently changed its policy for the development of Metro rail networks in the country, therefore we are obliged to change the DPR for the Patna Metro the state urban development department is finalizing the changes and we intend to present...