7 months ago
1
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated a conception of the Patna Metro connected , hours up of the announcement of the assembly elections successful the state.
A 3.45-km-long elevated corridor, covering 3 stations — Patliputra Bus Terminal, Zero Mile, and Bhoothnath — was opened arsenic portion of the ‘priority corridor’. Mr. Kumar besides laid the instauration stones for six underground metro stations, including Patna Junction, and a 9.35-km-long passageway connecting them, arsenic portion of corridor 1.
Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Singh, on with Ccolleagues and elder bureaucrats, took a thrust connected the metro aft the inauguration.
The Election Commission of India volition denote the docket for the assembly polls successful the authorities astatine 4 pm.
The metro work volition beryllium disposable from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day, with each bid operating astatine 20-minute intervals, an authoritative said. "The metro volition implicit 40 to 42 trips daily. Each manager has 138 seats, and 945 passengers tin question standing. Twelve seats per bid volition beryllium reserved for women and differently-abled passengers. Each manager volition besides connection mobile and laptop charging ports, among different facilities," helium said. The metro coaches person been specially decorated with Madhubani paintings, showcasing the State’s affluent taste heritage, helium added.
The fare from Patliputra Bus Terminal to Zero Mile is ₹15, and till Bhoothnath, it is ₹30, the authoritative said. The passageway and the six underground stations, for which the CM laid the instauration stones, will beryllium built astatine ₹2,565.80 crore.
"This underground conception is simply a captious portion of the metro task and volition guarantee creaseless operations done the city's busiest areas. The operation is targeted for completion wrong 42 months," the authoritative said. The full outgo of the Patna Metro task is ₹13,925.5 crore, jointly funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Centre, and the State Government.
Patna Metro volition person 2 corridors — Red Line (16.86 km) and Blue Line (14.56 km) — with a full of 24 stations. Full-scale operations successful the archetypal signifier are expected to statesman by 2027. The information of the Patna Metro is being handled by unit from the Bihar Special Armed Police (BSAP).
