Nagpur Metro DPR ready for submission to Centre: State Urban Development Department

Nagpur Metro DPR ready for submission to Centre: State Urban Development Department

Process to incorporate Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited starts – Metro Rail headquarter office to come up near Deekshabhoomi

Nagpur (NGP):  City’s ambitious metro rail project’s chief administrative office will come up near Deekshabhoomi. Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) has planned to construct the headquarters in sprawling 6,359.79 sq.mt land on the road connecting Central Bazaar road with South Ambazari Road.

But the headquarters will come up at the cost of tribal girls’ hostel. The proposed site was allotted to Integrated Tribal Development Project for construction of hostel for 500 tribal girls. NIT had passed resolution allotting the land in the meeting held on January 27.

Later, it realized the land was more suitable for the metro rail’s headquarters. NIT board of directors in the meeting held on May 28 cancelled the resolution of allotment of the land for the girls’ hostel. In the same meeting, it passed a resolution to earmark the land for construction of metro rail’s headquarters.

NIT superintending engineer SS Gujjalwar told the proposed site would be ideal for metro rail’s office. “Land of khasra no- 225 and city suvery no- 1261 falls in mouza Lendra and situated in front of Ambedkar College. NIT had allotted three-four plots for construction of hostels for tribal boys and girls. Work in couple of sites is going on,” he said.

Once constructed, the office will come under Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL), special purpose vehicle to be formed for operation and maintenance of the metro rail network here.

In another piece of good news for the metro rail project, state urban development department in consultation with NIT has completed the detailed project report (DPR). In this regard, the department organized a meeting on Friday. NIT chairman Pravin Darade and Gujjalwar attended it.

Gujjalwar said now the DPR would be submitted for approval of the Union cabinet. “The report is ready with necessary changes and additions,” he said.

The Centre had given in-principle approval to the project in February. It has to approve its share of 20% in the project which comes to Rs 1,736 crore. The state government had approved its share of 20% while NMC and NIT of 5% each. The remaining 50% has to be raised through loans. Once it gets the Union cabinet’s nod, NIT will float global tender inviting interested parties to execute the work.

Already, the project is running behind the expected schedule. Work was supposed to commence in 2013-14 but got delayed due to some reasons. Now, NIT is hopeful to perform bhoomipujan of the project before ensuing assembly elections and complete tendering process and kick-off the work by the end of the current fiscal.

Project’s Progress

Projected fare for 2018-19 prepared and approved.

Site identified for construction of chief administrative office.

NIT’s deputy director of town planning SD Kadu appointed in the project on additional basis.

Decision taken to appoint three executive engineers in the project from CIDCO or MMRDA.

One executive engineer (special project) will be selected from NMC or NIT.

Decision taken to appoint architect and also prepare detailed report for chief administrative building.

Process to incorporate Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited also started.

Source: RailNews