Nagpur: New units and educational institutes in Mihan will get better connectivity to the city as Mahametro has decided to extend the Metro by 3km and construct two new stations. Another new station will come up at Cotton Market.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Mahametro managing director Brijesh Dixit said that at present the terminal station on south side was Khapri. “Beyond this lies the Mihan depot.2 new stations added as Metro goes beyond Khapri Now, the track will go alongside the depot up to almost the Outer Ring Road. We will construct Ecopark and Metro City stations there. Metro City will become the terminal station. The distance between Khapri and Ecopark stations is 2.2km while Metro City is 0.6km from Ecopark,” he added.
Commenting on new stations, Dixit said, “In the original project, there were 36 stations. Now, the number has increased to 40. One new station — Airport South — was approved earlier and is nearing completion. Cotton Market, Ecopark and Metro City were approved in a board meeting held recently.”
The MD informed that Nagpur Metro’s oscillation self trial results for at grade section had been accepted by Research Development and Standards Organization (RDSO), Lucknow. RDSO is a Ministry of Railways undertaking, which tests new railway projects.
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“RDSO will issue a certificate in a week. This will be sent to Railway Board. After the board approves it, we will invite commissioner of Metro rail safety (CMRS) for inspection.2 new stations added as Metro goes beyond Khapri All this is expected to take some time and the commercial operation of at grade section will begin in January next year,” Dixit further said.According to him, 95% of the track was found okay during the self trial. “We had to carry out corrective measures in just two to three places. All the parameters were within limits,”.
