Let us hope, after these changes the Vasundhara, Vaishali,Indirapuram alignment is taken for connecting Ghaziabad with Metro.As long as running parallel to exisiting NR network is concerned, Ialso think IRBT would be a more cost effective solution. Or evenexisting EMU services may be augmented to provide to Metro linkage atShahdara.The demography suited and inclined to pay for Metro ride andcommuting to Delhi, is available alongside this alignment as opposedto the existing NR corridor, population aolngside which is largelyworking out of Ghaziabad itself.I am sure DMRC would carry out a detailed potential ridership surveybefore finalising their alignment for Ghaziabad. This survey wouldhave to take into account the various factors like income profile,office locations, potential for population growth etc. of theproposed catchment areas for stations.Ease and Economics of implementation is another factor which wouldhave to be compared for these two options. I feel this comparisonwill be in favour of the Vasundhara, vaishali, Indirapuram alognment.I want to mention one more thing that, this alignment will also caterto the sectors-61,62,63,58 of NOIDA. Secotr 58 is a big industrialarea which house apart from regular industry, many a software firmsand lot of people commute from Delhi. Similarly, Sec-62 is aninsytitutional cum residential sector of size 4km x 4km. There are Nnumbers of big housing societies accommodating of large chunk ofmiddle-upper middle class, most of which commutes to Delhi for work.It also has quite a few technical education institutes.In short and repeat, Metro must touch the NH-24 Bypass somewhere nearthe Sector-62/Indirapuram stretch, while covering the areas likeVasundhara, Vaishali.
nsridhar74@y...> wrote:> Of these three, Ghaziabad seems to me to be the most promising,> but along the Vasundhara Enclave alignment rather than thecurrently> planned one along the Northern Railway line (where the IRBT wouldbe> much cheaper).>> In any case, going by the past record of DMRC, we can expect to see> many changes to this plan before the configuration is finalized.>>
Jun1, 2004
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