17.10.12

Delhi BRTS snippets



The Delhi government gave in-principle approval for hiring of consultants for seven BRT corridors falling under PWD. Several portions of these corridors are expected to be elevated.
In a meeting chaired by Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on the 14 new bus rapid transit corridors proposed in the capital, the seven corridors that fall under PWD were given a go-ahead after the agency presented its plan.
The groundwork already done for PWD’s East-West corridor project will be made part of the BRT corridors as parts of these corridors coincide, said officials.
The total length of the BRT corridors falling under PWD is 105 km. Another 124.4 km fall under DIMTS, which is also working on seven BRT corridors. The 18.8 km stretch from Karawal Nagar to Chilla Regulator had earlier received in-principle approval for the project after a detailed project report (DPR) was submitted by the consultants. The agency told officials at the meeting that they were still working on some changes required in the DPR and the final report will be submitted by the end of this month.
The study for the seven corridors under PWD will be divided into four packages, with a different consultant conducting the study for each package. The four different consultants have been finalized by PWD, and about Rs 14 crores is the financial estimate for hiring of consultants provided by PWD.
The first package will include three corridors — Narela to Azadpur (15km), Sarai Kale Khan to Jor Bagh (6km) and Kirbi Place to Tilak Nagar (4.3km). The second and third packages will consist of one corridor each — Mukundpur to Palam Mor (29km) and ISBT Kashmere Gate to Shahi Idgah, Mundka, Tikri Border (26.5km) respectively. The last package will consist of two corridors from National Stadium to Ghazipur (13.2km) and ISBT Anand Vihar to CP (11km).
PWD officials also said that BRT bus stands at the centre will not be feasible on the Kashmere Gate and Mukundpur BRT corridors and the BRTs along some of these coridors will have to be elevated at places.

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