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 has to retire on 31st January.

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

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

00:20Let's know in this special report.

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

00:33For the last 8 years, Uttarakhand Metro has been running in the 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 like the Metro, but is rubber-tyre based.

02:18The benchmark cost they gave was very low, almost half of that.

02:24So, it was decided that since the Ministry has introduced this new technology,

02:29why not make a DPR for this?

02:31So, taking all 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.

02:45But the Indian government has not yet accepted it.

02:49The 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,

03:00whose 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 in the centre.

03:10In this way, 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.

03:21Recently, the state government gave us this indication

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

03:29So, we can also do it with our 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 in return.

03:49The result is that we can give them a return of about 6.5% to 6.5%.

03:54We can pay 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 bank, LIC or HODCO.

04:11We have also spoken to HODCO.

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

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

04:21We will get the money and revenue from our operation.

04:25We will be able to repay the loan.

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

04:32This proposal has been passed by the board of Uttarakhand Metro.

04:37After that, the administration has gone for the examination.

04:41NEOGEN has also cleared it.

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

04:46A meeting has been held with the finance department.

04:49There were some of their observations.

04:51We have also sent a reply.

04:53We are in the process.

04:54We hope that they will agree for PIB soon.

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

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

05:07When the city is at full speed,

05:10then all the roads, crossings, everything gets 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,

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

05:27There are guidelines of IRC.

05:29Performance parameters are given in it.

05:32If it is 60%, then it is category A, B, C.

05:36What will be the average speed?

05:38There is a guideline in it.

05:40Even if it becomes 0.8,

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

05:47then you should start planning something.

05:50Alternative.

05:51Alternative means either you will make an alternative road

05:54or you will 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 until it gets worse, you can do something new.

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

06:18these cities were declared a metropolitan area in November 2017.

06:23After that, people of Uttarakhand started dreaming of a metro.

06:27But since then, for people who are fed up with traffic jams,

06:31the journey from the metro has remained just a dream.

06:35After 8 years of homework,

06:38the proposal of Neo Metro in Uttarakhand has been extended in the administration.

06:43If we talk about the condition of roads in Dehradun,

06:47according to the people of Union Road Congress,

06:49the condition of the roads was bad in 2019.

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

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

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

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