Complete work on Metro rail by March: Vijay Goel
LMRC set April 2019 deadline for completing work on the remaining 13.5 km stretch of the NorthSouth corridor; Union minister asks corpn to expedite work
LUCKNOW: With an eye on the Lok Sabha polls, Union minister of state for programme implementation Vijay Goel on Friday asked Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) to expedite work on the project and complete it by or before March 2018.
“I am fully satisfied with the pace of work. Lucknow Metro Rail is pride of the city,” said Goel who met LMRC and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) officials here to review Metro Rail and Lucknow outer Ring Road projects.
“The LMRC has set April 2019 deadline for completing work on the remaining 13.50 kilometre stretch of the North-South corridor. But I have asked them to complete it by March or before that, if possible,” the minister said. The minister said initially a train-set of four-coaches was being used on the priority section but this could be enhanced in the future by two additional coaches depending on the ridership.
On the upcoming 94-km Lucknow Outer Ring Road being developed at a cost of ₹2,573 crore, the MoS said there were some teething troubles related to land acquisition and shifting of utilities, specially high tension power-lines. Goel said work on the outer ring road would be completed in four phases and the entire project would be completed by March 2021. He said work on the four-laning of 127 km NH 56 would commence soon.