Kashmir to have metro rail

[third eye]

It will be great if India connect Jammu and Srinagar with new high speed train plans. It will be better for the tourism than even Metro.

Already underway.

The railhead now is Udhampur & not Jammu.

Soon trains shall ply upto Srinagar which shall be a huge achievement.

 

[Bhairava]

Firstly, this is not an extravaganza but a necessity . You only have to travel once to Jammu once to realise this.The amount of fuel & time wasted / lost in traffic jams is colossal. Each state has a right to develop.

Sir I dont think Metro is a necessity for Kashmir. Just look at how empty the trains are running few posts above. It would not be commercially viable to operate Metro in Kashmir, atleast now.

 

[karan21]

Sir I dont think Metro is a necessity for Kashmir. Just look at how empty the trains are running few posts above. It would not be commercially viable to operate Metro in Kashmir, atleast now.

Mr. Bhairava we can't judge like this if this is economically viable or not. Let the consultants do the job. We will know when the final report is submitted for approval. Metro, monorail or Brtc lets see whats in box for Jammu and Kashmir.

 

[third eye]

Sir I dont think Metro is a necessity for Kashmir. Just look at how empty the trains are running few posts above. It would not be commercially viable to operate Metro in Kashmir, atleast now.

" Kashmir ' here in the article means J&K.

The trains are running to low occupancy because it runns only for a small distance.

 

[Bhairava]

Mr. Bhairava we can't judge like this if this is economically viable or not. Let the consultants do the job. We will know when the final report is submitted for approval. Metro, monorail or Brtc lets see whats in box for Jammu and Kashmir.

Dude all I'm giving is my opinion based on informed guesses. If we are all to go by what the consultants/analysts/ministers say there would be no need fr the forum.

" Kashmir ' here in the article means J&K.

The trains are running to low occupancy because it runns only for a small distance.

I know. First of all if Metro is going to be introduced its going to be introduced in Valley only first before Jammu (my guess based on the Valley domination on Kashmir politics) and second even if it was introduced in Jammu, still I think its not viable economically right now.

 

[karan21]

Dude all I'm giving is my opinion based on informed guesses. If we are all to go by what the consultants/analysts/ministers say there would be no need fr the forum.

Well I too believe that Metro might not be actually that successfull, but something has to be done there to improve the transport. Building highways and a good bus system should be the beginning.

 

[Bhairava]

Well I too believe that Metro might not be actually that successfull, but something has to be done there to improve the transport. Building highways and a good bus system should be the beginning.

Now we are talking. Existing roads need to be expanded and need to be made all-weather.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Now we are talking. Existing roads need to be expanded and need to be made all-weather.

JK CM approves Ring Roads for Srinagar, Jammu


Srinagar, September 25 (Scoop News) - JK Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Tuesday gave nod to the construction of Srinagar and Jammu Ring Roads to decongest traffic and provide alternate communication for commuters taking care up to the year 2042.

Approving the prestigious and most required duo projects involving an expenditure of abut Rs. 3000 crores at a meeting of high level officers of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Jammu and Kashmir State R&B Department here, the Chief Minister directed the NHAI executing agency for the projects to formulate the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) and put up the proposals to the R&B Department for finalization.

The proposed Ring Road project for Srinagar will start at Galander and meet the National at Narbal Junction in its Phase-I. The road will be 4-lane with 6-lane future projection. Under the Phase-II of the project, a two-way road will start at Narbal and meet the National Highway in Ganderbal.

The project is likely to cost Rs. 1195 crores in Phase-I and Rs. 448 crores in the Phase-II. The road length in the Phase-I will be 34.72 kilometers and in the Phase-II, 27.2 kilometers. There will be a Toll Plaza at Narbal Junction. In the proposed 4-lane road project from Galander to Narbal there will be 155 culverts, two road-over bridges, two flyovers, five major junctions, 17 minor junctions and one Toll Plaza. The two-lane road from Narbal to Ganderbal will have 135 culverts, 5 major junctions and 9 minor junctions.

The Chief Minister said that the projects should keep room for widening from 4-lanes to 6-lanes and from 2-lanes to 4-lanes to cater to futuristic needs.

The Jammu 4-lane Ring Road involving an expenditure of Rs. 1355 crores will have with one Toll Plaza in each of the homogenous sections. It will start near Vijaypur (Raipur) and meet the National Highway at Akhnoor where from it will go up to Nagrota Bye-Pass. The road project will be about 60 kilometers in length. It will have 4 major bridges in Package-I and 4 similar bridges in package-II while the number of minor bridges in Package-I will be 5 and 4 in Package-II. The number of culverts in Package-I will be 215 and in Package-II 102. There will be two flyovers in each package while as two overhead bridges will be constructed in the Package-II.

Under the Package-I the road length from Raipur to Akhnoor will be 43 kilometers and in Package-II it will be 16.9 kilometers.

The Chief Minister said that creation of better communication facility in the cities, towns and rural areas has been focused in the development policy by his government and all avenues are being explored to upgrade road communication facilities for better traffic management and commuting facilities to the people besides generating economic activities.

Omar Abdullah said that up to the mark ring roads for the duo cities of Srinagar and Jammu are need of the hour and to cater to the futuristic requirements of the two capitals growing on faster pace.

The Project Director NHAI in a PowerPoint presentation explained the salient features of the proposed road projects and highlighted the main features of the projects.




I like this better.

Maybe the metro when the city gets really busy, crowded, congested with cars, etc.

 

[third eye]

I know. First of all if Metro is going to be introduced its going to be introduced in Valley only first before Jammu (my guess based on the Valley domination on Kashmir politics) and second even if it was introduced in Jammu, still I think its not viable economically right now.

Such mega infra projects are not undertaken based on political sentiment.

As regards viability in Jammu -I think it shall be. In any case its about time we think ahead . Given the way Jammu has expanded it will help take a lot of traffic off the road.

 

[my2cents]

Another target for the terrorists...

You are echoing my thoughts. they will target and destroy but we will rebuild. so life goes on......

 

[Mirza Jatt]

You are echoing my thoughts. they will target and destroy but we will rebuild. so life goes on......

Its not that easy mate. Firstly I do not think that project will be realised soon....its a long way before we'll see metro in kashmir (although very much on cards)....there are hundreds of such projects lying on papers just lik ethis one for many other states.
Moreover I think the officials who have thought of the project might have also kept this point in mind before stating to lay the project of this kind in kashmir (jammu to be specific)..if indian Railways can operate Trains from kashmir valley then , they can surely operate Metro..the valley is moving towards peace with each passing day and by god's grace it will continue to do so.

 

[WAR-rior]

Yeah guess what the dream of Kashmiriat will never happen after the treatment of the Pandits....good luck. And those dreams of Independence can fuk off. If you want independence so badly go to Pakistan/China and ask for such? let;s see what they do and how they react? You can show me all the videos you want, but Kashmir is an integral part of India. Get used to it or you can leave.

And the best part is u dnt even see the videos.

Who da hell is asking for independence? Not me nor Omer abdullah.

U simply got busted here.

Yeah guess what the dream of Kashmiriat will never happen after the treatment of the Pandits....good luck. And those dreams of Independence can fuk off. If you want independence so badly go to Pakistan/China and ask for such? let;s see what they do and how they react? You can show me all the videos you want, but Kashmir is an integral part of India. Get used to it or you can leave.

And the best part is u dnt even see the videos.

Who da hell is asking for independence? Not me nor Omer abdullah.

U simply got busted here.