Metro Rlys to give priority in areas where land is available: Piyush Goyal
Piyush Goyal
The minister also suggested that emphasis should be given to enhance earnings through non-fare revenue by adopting new ideas and concept, she said.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday told the Metro Railway authorities here to give priority to those projects where land is available without encroachments, news agency PTi reported quoting Metro Railway spokesperson.
"He(Goyal) directed that Metro Railway should regularly coordinate with the state government regarding issues related to land encroachments," the spokesperson Indrani Banerjee told.
According to the spokesperson, the minister also suggested that emphasis should be given to enhancing earnings through non-fare revenue by adopting new ideas and concept.
Goyal reviewed the performance of the Kolkata Metro Railway, the country's oldest Metro railway, during the day and suggested that priority should be given to those projects where land is available without encroachment.
He was apprised of the progress made in executing various projects till date by its general manager A Vijayvargiya, she said.
Goyal told a press conference that the budget allocation for the Metro Railways has been increased.
Four state-of-the-art rakes have arrived from ICF, Perumbur and are waiting for final tests before being put into service. Their oscillation tests will be done this month by engineers from Research Designs and Standards Organisation, she said.
At present the Metro Railway has 14 AC rakes and 13 non-AC rakes operating in the 27 km-long line from Noapara in the north to Kavi Subhash station in the south, Banerjee said and claimed that it is maintaining a punctuality of about 99 per cent.