MahaMetro conducts drone survey of proposed route
TNN | Updated: Apr 8, 2018, 10:47 IST
PUNE: The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MahaMetro) conducted a drone-based survey of the proposed Swargate-Katraj route on Saturday to help prepare a detailed project report.
About six flights of the drone, which had a camera attached to it, were carried out on the 6km stretch. The entire exercise started in the morning and was over by the afternoon.
The camera has captured the details along the existing Satara Road stretch from about 50-metre height. It has captured details like the width of the existing road, establishments along it, trees and buildings, among others. The survey was carried out by an agency appointed by the MahaMetro.
Meanwhile, the MahaMetro has initiated steps to prepare the DPR of the proposed route.
Earlier in a letter submitted by PMC to MahaMetro, the civic body had said the Metro line till Katraj would be crucial to further upgrade public transport infrastructure in the city. The expenses for DPR for Katraj route would be around Rs 60 lakh to Rs 70 lakh, which will be borne by PMC.
MahaMetro has so far completed drone survey of about 40km proposed Metro rail stretches in Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and the adjacent areas. Other routes where drone surveys were conducted include Nashik-Phata-Moshi-Chakan and Pimpri Chinchwad-Nigdi routes.
Additional funds
The Union government has substantially hiked budgetary allocation for the Metro projects in Nagpur and Pune. While Rs 1,507 crore has been allocated for the Nagpur project, the Metro in Pune has received Rs 1,322 crore. This takes the total budgetary allocation for the two Metro projects to Rs 2,829 crore as compared to Rs1850 crore allocated during the FY 2017-18.
The state government has also allocated Rs 310 crore for Nagpur Metro and Rs 130 crore for Pune Metro. The fund allocated for the FY 2017-18 was Rs 260 crore and Rs 110 crore, respectively. Thus, funds allocated for the FY 2018-19 is higher by Rs 70 crore as compared to FY 2017-18.
Source : The Times of India
