CMRL speeds up 136-km long four metro rail corridors

The state government in Tamil Nadu has fast tracked the construction of four metro rail corridors in Coimbatore shortly after consulting company, Systra Group, entrusted to conduct the feasibility study submitted its report to the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) recently. The first corridor would start from Ukkadam and end at Kaniyur covering 26-km and second would cover 24-km from Ukkadam to Pilichi near Karamadai on Mettupalayam Road. The third corridor covering 42-km stretch starting from Thanneerpandal on Thadagam Road to Karanampettai on Trichy Road and the fourth corridor would command a length of 44-km from Karunya Nagar to Ganeshapuram. The corridors have been planned on the basis of vehicular and pedestrian traffic on the city's main roads including Trichy, Sathyamangalam, Avinashi and Mettupalayam roads, said, a senior CMRL official, elaborating that after the respective departments furnish the information to the consulting company, it would prepare a detailed project report (DPR) with possible routes of the metro rail and details, alignment, number and names of stations, elevated or underground corridors and other requirements to build the project. As per the feasibility study, the metro rail would be implemented with a total distance of 136km. Ensuring smooth and hassle free construction work, the consulting firm has approached the district administration and the city municipal corporation to furnish details about developmental works to be implemented in the city by the state highways department and NHAI, he said.