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Now a monorail for Delhi?

NEW DELHI: With the first phase of the Mumbai monorail project scheduled to take off by the end of this month, the Malaysian global infrastructure provider through its outfit Scomi Engineering Bhd is now turning its attention to Delhi and other metro townships in India to provide a smooth alternative as part of their integrated multi-modal transport system strategy.

The Scomi Group has already made presentations to the Delhi Government for certain routes and has been encouraged by the response. The Delhi Government is also keen on introducing a monorail system to act as a feeder in congested areas at a lower cost. It is understood that it has finalised three corridors on monorail covering a length of around 47.8 km in the first phase.

“We have made presentations to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and other officials in Delhi and are keen on replicating our Mumbai experience here especially when the Maharashtra Government has approved another 100 km of monorail corridor in Mumbai in addition to the present 45 km track that is under way. We feel that monorail will provide the necessary integration with the present rail and road transportation system in the Capital within a shorter time and at a much lesser cost,” said Scomi International president Kanesan Vellupillai here.

The feasibility study for the corridors has been completed and the routes which have been shortlisted include Rohini Sector 21-Red Fort via Wazirpur-Shakti Nagar-Anand Parbat-Ajmeri Gate-Delhi Gate (28.5 km); Kalyanpuri-Pul Mithai via Scope Tower-Geeta Colony-Shanti Van-Red Fort-Old Delhi Railway Station (15.5 km) and Gulabi Bagh-Delhi University via Shakti Nagar-Kamla Nagar-Guru Tegh Bahadur Road (3.8 km).

However, Mr. Vellupillai said all these projects are likely to take shape and get priority only after the Commonwealth Games this year.

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