Lucknow metro
A day after his meeting with top brass of the metro cell, Principal advisor to Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation E Sreedharan, on Tuesday, met chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. It is learnt that he told the CM about various formalities before going ahead with the ambitious project. Some of the sites were inspected by him on [...] Continue Reading »
In a mail to Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation’s (LMRC) Sreedharan suggests that an Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) loan is not best suited for the project. He points out that FIDIC contract conditions don’t suit the Indian situations and may lead to international arbitrations hiking the cost of the project. He adds that AFD would [...] Continue Reading »
Lucknow – Finally, the report of the department of urban planning is out with complete change in the original plan. The report recommends a dense network of metro connectivity instead of a two corridor concept. Now most of the routes of metro are planned overhead to lower down the cost which many even reach the [...] Continue Reading »
Lucknow- The announcement of state budget highlighted the much promoted metro rail project in Lucknow. Although the budget did not specify the allocated amount but the Chief Minister assured speedy process of its implementation. The original estimated cost of this metro project was around Rs 16,000 crore. According to the sources the cost of Lucknow [...] Continue Reading »
