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Metro: Government sets June 2020 deadline

The state government has given a deadline of June 2020 to the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited (GMRC) to complete the Metro rail network in Ahmedabad city.
Metro: Government sets June 2020 deadline
AHMEDABAD: The state government has given a deadline of June 2020 to the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited (GMRC) to complete the Metro rail network in Ahmedabad city. The GMCR has plans to roll out metro rail in the 6km stretch from Vastral to Apparel Park by end of February.
A senior officer said that recently during a meeting the government has asked the metro rail authorities to ensure that the entire project was completed by given deadline.
The officials said that they were ready to complete the entire project before June 2020.
The officials further said that the elevated corridor is likely to be completed by October this year. At present four tunnel-boring machines are working on the 6km underground stretch of metro between Apparel Park and Shahpur, and two tunnels for the up and down lines respectively are being built. Metro officials said that around 50% of the underground network had been completed. The managing director of GMRC, I P Gautam said, “The underground tunnel from Apparel Park to Kalupur has already reached Saraspur and about 60% of the work on this stretch is completed, while on the Kalupur to Shahpur stretch work has been completed on nearly 1.5 km. Work for the three stations at Kalupur, Gheekantha and Shahpur are going on in full swing.
Metro officials said that two tunnel-boring machines are moving parallel to each other. The second machine is just 400 meter behind the first machine.
A team of officials from the Research Designs and Standards Organisation under the ministry of railways has confirmed that they will be arriving in the state on February 18 and the metro’s first trial run on tracks will be carried out in the presence of the RDSO team. The RDSO officials will be camping in Ahmedabad before they certify that the train is fit for commercial use.
Metro officials said that the second metro train will arrive by February 7. The second train will be ready for its run by February 22 and hence there will be two trains moving on the 6km stretch which is ready for use.
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Himanshu Kaushik

Himanshu Kaushik is Senior Assistant Editor at The Times of India, Ahmedabad. He reports on Wildlife and state government. He takes special interest in reporting on wildlife, especially the lions of Gir. His likes listening to music.

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