Friday 6 May 2016

Due Date Shift, Possession Issues With New Kolkata Metro Rail Corridor



The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation's east-west passage venture, considered near Trinamool Party Cheif and Cheif Minister Mamata Banerjee's heart, is set to miss the culmination date of 2013.

Top authorities with the task gave 2016 as the deadline today, refering to land procurement issues as the primary purpose behind deferral.

Responsibility for hall is additionally turning into an issue. Despite the fact that the Union urban improvement (UD) service is the authoritative one for the task, abnormal state talks are on to survey whether to exchange this to the service of railroads.

The first Kolkata Metro venture, making operational misfortunes, was at first a joint endeavor between the focal UD service and the West Bengal government however was thusly assumed control by the service of railroads.

At a meeting today on the status of the task, Union UD secretary Sudhir Krishna and KMRC overseeing executive Subrata Gupta declined to remark on the issue of progress in proprietorship. They said such choices were taken at another level.



Authorities, who did not have any desire to be named, noted subsidizing of hall could be imperiled if the partners or proprietorship changed. The UD service, with the bureau of financial undertakings in the Union service of fund, had looked for a Rs 2,253-crore credit for the task from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (organizing all guide giving movement of the Japanese government), of which Rs 450 crore has as of now been drawn.

The 14.58-km line between Howrah Maidan and Salt Lake, endorsed by the focal government in 2008-09, is to charge more than the current Kolkata Metro. The last mentioned, being used subsequent to 1984 as the nation's first metro rail line, has not seen any ticket value ascend in 10 years. For each Rs 100 earned, it spends Rs 226. Its objective misfortune for 2011-12 is Rs 84 crore.

The endorsed venture finish cost for the passage was Rs 4,874.6 crore and Rs 900 crore has as of now been spent. KMRC is to fabricate and look after it.




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