The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has recommended that its model for a metro rail be incorporated in Pune as it had the edge over the public-private partnership (PPP) and buildoperate-transfer (BOT) models.
The DMRC submitted a final draft for the metro rail project to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday. Making a presentation, the corporation’s managing director E Sreedharan said, “The DMRC model will work in Pune. It is a success in Delhi. In this model, an independent company is formed and with participatory planning, the company is fully responsible for the infrastructure and its development.”
In the model, the state and central government contribute 40 per cent of the funds, various taxes bring in 12 per cent of the funds, commercial property development contribute another 6 per cent and loans and money borrowing from the market bring in 33 per cent of funds. The rest will come from security deposits for land cost by state govt.
Sreedharan said, “The BOT model with viability gap funding is tried out in many countries but BOT operators have failed to run the railway. In India it was tried in Mumbai and Hyderabad. In Mumbai it works well but in Hyderabad it has got stuck.” He added that the PPP model could succeed only on routes like the one to Delhi airport, where passengers are ready to pay a higher fare.
The total master network for Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad is 75 km and it can be completed by 2014, said Sreedharan. ‘Roadmap for metro rail to be discussed in detail’
Pune: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has recommended that its model for a metro rail be incorporated in Pune.
Delhi metro chief Sreedharan placed before the PMC a road map for implementation of the metro rail network in the city. The state government has to approve the plan this month itself, while the central government has to give its consent in August 2009. After appointment of a general consultant, a tendering system should be started by October this year after which actual work will start. If all goes according to plan, Pune will have its metro by May 30, 2014.
BJP corporator Anil Shirole suggested that a group of experts from Pune should be allowed to make a presentation, but municipal commissioner Mahesh Zagade and mayor Rajlaxmi Bhosale said that there would be a series of meeting now and the details could be discussed at subsequent meetings. “We all need to study the proposal in detail and then come to a conclusion. Elected representatives should go through the proposal and then it can be brought in for debate,” said Zagade. He added that the draft would be finalised only after all sides and all stakeholders discussed the issue.
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