Everything you need to know about Metro Rail’s journey to Indore City.
Metro rail has progressively become the backbone of transportation for mega-cities of the world, including that of India. The major Metropolis in the country includes the 13 cities, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Jaipur, Kochi, Hyderabad, Noida, Nagpur, and Chennai, which have been actively running metro Rail throughout the city. Apart from this, seven metropolitan cities have metro rail projects under construction with a target to complete in the next five years, Indore is one of them. The reason for Indore city to be declared into a Metropolitan and the Mhow-Pithampur-Indore region designated as part of the Indore Metropolitan region was to ease the construction of Metro rail.
Indore’s Metro project history has been full of turbulences with every possible roadblock witnessed by the project authorities. When the initial proposal for the Indore Metro was proposed in 2013 the idea could not gain flame due to the onset of elections and the Japanese company who was initially investing in the project backed off. Ultimately in 2016, after the Madhya Pradesh government got elected, the project was retrieved from the backlogs of the government files and gained momentum. A survey of Indore was conducted by a consultant company following the submission of the survey report. The project finally gained approval from the Madhya Pradesh government in 2017 and the central government in 2018. Finally, in 2019 New Development Bank granted the Indore Metro Project a loan of 3200 crores to begin construction. This prompted the formation of Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation a joint venture with fifty-fifty percent partnership of the Madhya Pradesh Government and the Government of India. The initial deadline for completing Phase 1 of the Metro project was set for December 2019 but delays caused the construction for Phase 1 to finally begin in September 2019, between ISBT to Mumtaz Bagh Colony that is 5.25 Km long and a part of Route 3 amongst the four routes initially planned for the city metro.
Some Interesting details about the Indore Metro you need to know are:
- Indore Metro to construct around the 1200 km region of Mhow-Pithampur-Indore a.k.a. Indore Metropolitan Region
- The Metro will be divided into four major corridors in the city that will be 94 Kilometers long.
- A total estimation of 1200 Million dollars is calculated as the expenditure for the Indore Metro Project.
- Each metro rail shall have up to 6 coaches and run at a speed of 80-90 km/hr.
- The routes are divided in the following manner:
- Route 1A: Aurbindo/Collectorate/ Indore Byepass
Total Stations: 18
- Route 1B: Aurbindo/Collectorate/Regional Park
Total Stations: 13
- Route 3 (Ring Line Route): Palasia/ Railway Station/ Rajwada/ Airport/ Bhawarsala/ MR10/Palasia
Total Stations: 29
It’s the longest route with 31.55 kilometers
- Route 4: MR9/Indore Railway Station/ Indore Bye-pass
Total Stations: 16
- Around 3 Lakh passengers are expected to use Indore Metro every day
With the completion of the Indore Metro, the heavy traffic situation and pollution levels of the city shall be less prominent. With the rapid growth in the city’s population and the rampant urbanization, Indore is predicted to have a population of more than 50 Lakh people in the coming years. This amount of people who would require daily commute cannot be dependent on personal transport or the IBus hence Indore Metro is expected to take away an immense load of regularly commuting passengers. With 2024 as the deadline for the completion of the first phase of the Indore Metro Project, the coming years would require patience and hard work to reach the end goal. As eager as the Indoris are for the Indore Metro to begin, the Indore Metro Project Authorities have to be dedicated and entirely invested in completing the project on time, keeping in mind the previous interruptions and delays.
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