UP Metro | Chief secretary seeks report on alternatives for metro in Kanpur and Agra
Lucknow: One day after the creation of the UP Metro Rail Corporation, Chief Secretary Rajive Kumar ordered officials to send the detailed revised reports of the Kanpur, Agra and Meerut subway rails project to the Center immediately after the necessary approvals. of the state government. The secretary-in-chief also set July 1 as the deadline for the start of work on the proposed Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS). The new 2017 Metro Rail Policy makes alternative analysis of other modes of mass transit systems such as BRTS (Bus Rapid Transit System), Light Rail Transit, etc. mandatory. It establishes that the lowest cost mass transit mode should be selected for public transport in terms of demand, capacity, cost and ease of implementation. The new guidelines open a large window for private investments in a wide range of metro operations that make the PPP component mandatory for central assistance for new metro projects. Private investment and other innov...