The trial run of Jaipur Metro, expected on January 2013, will be delayed by two months. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has pushed the deadline and is now planning to conduct trial runs in February or mid-March. According to the DMRC, with delay expected in civil construction, the margin of trial will shorten to four months which was six months earlier. Lalit Meghnani, project director, said: “The trial runs will start in February for Jaipur Metro. The margin of trial run was six months as per the comfort which is now reduced.” The DMRC was planning to complete all the civil work before December 2012 as the inspection team from the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) will conduct a number of oscillation trials. However, due to various setbacks, the civil construction might get slightly delayed. “There are provisions by which we can manage time ahead and start Jaipur Metro on scheduled time. We will approach the ministry of railways 3-4 months earlier and request them,” said Meghnani. Meanwhile, stating the project progress, Atul Gadgil, general manager (civil), DMRC, said contractors have also been awarded for rolling stock, signaling, 132 KV receiving sub stations, overhead equipment and tracks. “We will start giving the front to contractors by next month, so that possibly all the work is completed. The work will be allotted in phases to avoid delay.” He also claims that the launching operation (work for laying the bed of elevated Metro rail tracks), will be completed by December 2012, despite a one month delay.
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