LUDHIANA: The Ludhiana Metro Rail Project will have to incorporate certain changes in terms of design and location of the depots keeping in view the under construction projects in the city. A detailed report of the project would be prepared at Delhi in consultation with the officials of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
Additional municipal commissioner-technical H S Khosa, who is the nodal officer for city's metro project, said the surveying DMRC official recommended a change in location of the depots on two metro corridors in the city.
The depot on the first corridor, which was earlier planned near Ayali Chowk, will now be constructed at Jhande Village, while the depot on the second corridor, that was earlier planned at Gill village, will now be constructed near Gill Bypass on Ludhiana-Malerkotla Road, said Khosa. The other changes that will have to be incorporated in the design of the metro project in wake of other ongoing projects, like construction of Southern Bypass, are raising the height of the elevated metro path near Gill Bridge on Sidhwan Canal.
There would be several other changes in the design of the metro path near Gill Road, in order to decrease the trouble for residents. These would include reducing the size of parking lots at stations along Gill Road and design changes near Gill Flyover.
The other major bottlenecks in the existing metro design are at Samrala Chowk and Bast Jodhewal Chowk, which will be reworked to ease commuters' troubles on these routes. The ongoing National Highway project on Samrala Chowk would demand the planning of metro project in its accordance. At Basti Jodhewal Chowk, the authorities are looking for an alternative path, as a gurdwara falls on the current metro path and could hinder the project in future. The two corridors of the Ludhiana Metro Rail Project covering 28.833kms through 27 stations were surveyed by joint general manager of DMRC R G Sharma on Monday and Tuesday.
"He would prepare a final report in consultation with other DMRC and Rites officials and send a copy to us," said Ludhiana MC commissioner and project chairman R K Verma. Most of the projects forcing alterations in design now were not on ground when the DPR for Ludhiana metro was first prepared in 2009.
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