KANPUR (Metro Rail News): The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) concluded the three-day statutory safety examination of the remaining section of Corridor-1 covering Kanpur Central to Naubasta. CMRS Mr Nilabhra Sengupta, along with a five-member team of experts and officials from the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corp. Ltd (UPMRC), conducted the thorough inspection of the section, which concluded on Sunday (June 28).
The CMRS team stepped onto the metro at the Naveen Market Metro Station, two stations before the Kanpur Central Metro Station, for a trial run, examining the complete stretch from Kanpur Central Metro Station to Naubasta Metro Station. The team inspected the following safety and technical systems specifications of the Metro:
- Signalling & Telecommunication Systems
- Civil Structures
- Track Stability
- Braking System
- Electrical Systems
- Traction Power Supply
- Rolling Stock
- Emergency Response Mechanisms
Earlier, the CMRS had already conducted a primary inspection of the Metro Corridor-1. After the inspection, Corridor 1 of the Kanpur Metro will be entirely operational from IIT Kanpur to Naubasta. The metro currently operates 14 stations, and with this addition, seven new stations will be added to the network. The stations to be included after this addition are: Jhakarkati Bus Terminal, Transport Nagar, Baradevi, Kidwai Nagar, Vasant Vihar, Baudh Nagar, and Naubasta.
The Corridor-2 (CSA Agriculture University-Barra 8) of the Kanpur Metro is presently under construction, and the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for a 3rd Line (Barra 8-Naubasta) has been approved by the state government. Recently, seven new corridors were also proposed for the Kanpur Metro network.
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This is good news for Kanpurites that Corridor 1 is complete and ready to run metro trains for the public from Kanpur Central to Naubasta. However, the Kanpur public demands that the metro line of corridor 1 should be extended from IIT K to Chaubepur as there are a huge number of institutions like Maharana Pratap College & Medical college, Rama Medical and engineering college, NLK institute, TTRC, MTTC, Krishna Group of Institutions, Sankara Eye Hospital, and factories like ALIMCO, Goldiee Masale, Lohia Group of Companies, RSPL, name a few, in addition to various small – small factories, in this stretch of around 15 kilometers. In almost all the institutions and factories, daily around 7 to 8 thousand people commute from Kanpur City to various institutions and companies. In addition to these, other people will also commute to the city and back if the metro line is extended to Chaubepur. If this stretch is also included in the corridor metro 1 route, it will be a very good profit-earning venture. I would, therefore, request you to please look into it and take appropriate action to extend this line from IITK to Chaubepur.