EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Nashik to get India's first MetroNeo System: Dr. Brijesh Dixit, MD, Maha Metro
Project Report (DPR) estimated at 2100.60 Cr, for Nasik City (33
Dr. Brijesh Dixit, MD, Maha Metro
Km, with 30 Stations). It will be ultra-modern and state-of-the-art. The experience of travel will be the same as Metro in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Nagpur and Pune. Both central as well as the state government will help in the construction of this facility. There will be debt funding from an overseas agency. From
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Rs 5,796 crore for Nagpur Metro Rail Project Phase II and Rs 2,092 crore for
Maharashtra government's side, the Nashik Municipal Corporation, CIDCO and MIDC will also help.
ashik MetroNeo on Feb 1, 2021, in a boost to the infrastructure development in Maharashtra. In a recent interaction with Dr Brijesh Dixit, managing director of Maharashtra Metro Rail
What is the difference between Metro Rail in big cities and MetroNeo?
Corporation Ltd (Maha Metro), Who are working "MetroNeo" a lighter metro system compare to Metro Rail in Nashik. Here are excerpts from the interview:
This is an innovative technology and it is being used in Nashik after already being widely accepted in various other countries and cities. It will be a tyre-based Metro network, which will not have
When Maha Metro will start work on MetroNeo and get completed?
tracks. It has rubber tyres which help the Metro move on flat surfaces. This will be an elevated rail service and has overhead electric traction so it will be the first time that this technology will
A formal announcement was made but sanctioning is still
be put to use in an integrated way.
pending. When the formal sanctioning is done, It will take the next four years to ready the Nashik MetroNeo. This is an innovative Mass Rapid Transit System providing low-cost, energy-efficient and eco-friendly mass transportation, for Tier 2/3 cities. Detailed
Compared to the metro cities, the traffic in tier-2 and tier-3 cities will be very less and for them, this technology will be extremely cost-effective and will provide mass transport system to the public.
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