उत्तराखंड मेट्रो का 'थिंक टैंक' हो रहा रिटायर, अब भी योजना का मीटर डाउन, ट्रैफिक सर्वे में 'रेंग' रहा शहर

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उत्तराखंडवासियों के लिए मेट्रो का सपना अभी भी दूर की कौड़ी, यूकेएमआरसी एमडी हो रहे रिटायर, ट्रैफिक सर्वे में लगातार गर्त में जा रहा दून

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00:00The MD of Uttarakhand Metro Corporation, Jitendra Tyagi, is going to retire on 31st January.

00:06But even today, the dream of Uttarakhand Metro is running only in papers.

00:10After joining in 2017, what work has been done in Uttarakhand Metro till retirement in 2025?

00:19How did the whole process go? Let's know in this special report.

00:23The dream of Uttarakhand Metro has now become like a golden dream.

00:33For the last 8 years, Uttarakhand Metro has been running only in papers.

00:38Till date, not even an inch of work has been done on the ground.

00:42In 2017, when the Metro was announced in Uttarakhand, people's dreams were blown away.

00:49But these dreams could not be realized.

00:52The situation was such that in Dehradun, Rishikesh and Haridwar,

00:57there were a lot of discussions about the Metro project, but the result was zero.

01:03Paperwork on the Metro, from DPR to surveys were done, but the matter could not be made.

01:10After which, the Light Rail Transit was added.

01:14Even on that, not much work could be done.

01:17Then there was the issue of Ropeway, which also did not succeed.

01:21Finally, the issue of running the Metro is being discussed.

01:25Since the city of Dehradun is congested and the roads are narrow,

01:29it will be difficult to build the Metro.

01:31So, we were told to examine how to build the Ropeway.

01:37So, we started the process of building the Ropeway in the city.

01:41We also prepared a DPR for that.

01:43In this, we made a DPR for the Ropeway on these corridors.

01:48But then the decision was that the DPR for the Ropeway is not good for the city.

01:53So, we focused on the Metro.

01:57And since the cost was increasing, in the middle of this, at the end of 2017, in 2018,

02:04the Indian government, the Ministry of Housing, the nodal ministry,

02:10issued a new technology specification, Metro Neo,

02:14which is similar to the Metro, but is based on rubber tyres.

02:18The cost, the benchmark cost they gave, was very less.

02:22It was almost half of that.

02:24So, it was decided that the new technology that the ministry has introduced,

02:29why not make a DPR for this?

02:31So, taking the remaining data, we made an in-house DPR

02:34for the Metro Neo on both the corridors of Dehradun.

02:38And in 2021, we sent this to the Indian government for sanction.

02:44But the Indian government has not yet accepted it.

02:48The reason for this is that Dehradun is a very small city in terms of population.

02:56And the Metro that has been built so far is in metropolitan cities,

02:59whose population is around 30 lakhs to 40 lakhs.

03:02The Metro has just started being built there.

03:05Since 2021, the proposal for the Dehradun Metro Neo has been pending in the centre.

03:10In such a situation, Uttarakhand is now in a position to bring the Metro at its expense.

03:15Listen to what the MDs of Uttarakhand Metro Rail Corporation, Jitendra Tyagi, say.

03:21Now, recently, the state government gave us this indication

03:25that we are not supporting it with our own money.

03:29So, we can also do it with our own money.

03:32So, we modified the same DPR a little and suggested two models.

03:38One is that the state government should give all the money.

03:42And after that, the money that will be saved from the operation,

03:46we will keep giving it to the government as a return,

03:49which is coming out that we can give them a return of about 6.5-6.5%.

03:55We can pay this much by taking out our operation cost.

03:59The second model is that the state government should give 40%

04:04and we will take a loan of 60% from a company,

04:08from a bank or from LIC or from HODCO.

04:11We have also spoken to HODCO.

04:14So, we have come to the conclusion that if the government gives 40%,

04:19then we will take a loan of 60%.

04:21We will take that loan from our operation, which will give us money and revenue.

04:25We will be able to repay the loan even after taking out the operation cost.

04:29So, we have also given these two models.

04:31This proposal has been passed by the board of Uttarakhand Metro.

04:37After being passed, it has been sent to the administration for examination.

04:41Neogen has also cleared it.

04:43Now, it is in finance for examination.

04:45A meeting has been held with the finance department.

04:49There were some of their observations.

04:51We have also sent a reply to it.

04:53We are still in the process.

04:55We hope that soon they will agree for PIB.

04:59After PIB, the cabinet will be formed.

05:03The problem of traffic jams in Dehradun is not hidden from anyone.

05:07When the city is at full speed,

05:10then all the roads, squares, and squares are jammed.

05:14The pressure of traffic increases in this small city.

05:18Keeping all these problems in mind

05:21and considering the needs of the future,

05:23we felt the need for Metro in Uttarakhand.

05:27There are guidelines of IRC.

05:29Performance parameters are given in it.

05:31If it is 60%, then what will be the average speed of category A, B, and C?

05:38There is a guideline in it.

05:40If BYC ratio is 0.8,

05:43that is, 80% of the capacity has reached,

05:47then you should start planning something.

05:51Either you will make an alternative road or widen the road.

05:55If you widen the road, the capacity will increase automatically.

05:57Or you will make an elevated road or an underground road.

06:01You should plan some alternative transport system.

06:06So that you can do something new until it gets worse.

06:12Considering the increasing pressure of traffic in Dehradun, Haridwar, and Rishikesh,

06:17these cities were declared a metropolitan area in November 2017.

06:22After that, people of Uttarakhand started dreaming of a metro.

06:26But since then, for people who are stuck in traffic jams,

06:31travelling by metro has remained a dream.

06:35After 8 years of homework,

06:37the proposal of Neo Metro in Uttarakhand has been extended.

06:42If we talk about the condition of roads in Dehradun,

06:46according to the Indian Road Congress,

06:49roads were in a bad condition in 2019.

06:52But after 5 years, the survey conducted again,

06:55the condition of traffic on these roads has worsened.

07:00With the help of Praveen Sonkar, I am Dhiraj Sajwan, ETB Bharat, Dehradun.

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