Light Rail Transit in Bangalore to get a nod
The State Government was confused between Monorail and Light Rail System in Bangalore. So the government appointed a consultant to help then decide on a feasible rail system for the two corridors.
The consultant Capital Symonds Ltd and Consulting Engineering, appointed to prepare a detailed project on the systems, would provide which option would be the best for commuters in Bangalore.
The consultants will provide DPR for both the LRS and monorail system and provide details on which will be a feasible option. Light Rail Transit (LRT) system has scored over the monorail. The government is looking for newer public transportation to decongest the city traffic.
Even the in-charge of this project Bangalore Airport Rail Link Limited chose the LRT system following the traffic and technology reported submitted by technical consultancy firm Capita Symonds. Bangalore Airport Rail Link Limited has already submitted a draft DPR on the Rs 6,400 crores in December 2012.
But people have to wait longer to commute on LRT as the state government over the past six years has been sitting on the detailed project report on Light Rail Transit. LRT can run along streets like trams and does not required huge tracts of land.
The detailed project report has proposed for two corridors. The first corridor will be from JP Nagar to Hebbal spanning a length of 31.3 kilometers. This corridor starts from Ganapathy Temple on Bannerghatta Road, runs along Outer Ring Road, crosses Kanakapura Road and enters Mysore Road via Kathriguppe. After crossing Mysore Road, it will enter Jnanabharathi Campus, cross Magadi Road and enter Peenya, pass through BEL Circle, Lottegollahalli and terminate at Hebbal.
The other corridor will be from Peripheral Ring Road to Toll Gate on Magadi Road. That will start from Toll Gate and will run along Magadi Road for a distance of 10 km till it touches Peripheral Ring Road.
The state Government has planned LRT to provide good connectivity in areas where metros are not available and also as feeder lines to Metro roads. BARL director said that the project can reach cabinet only after the high level governmental meeting clears the DPR.
According to BARL senior, the corridor falls along the Outer Ring Road so there wont be many problem for land acquisition and also space required for LRT corridor construction is less compared to Metro.
Light Rail Transit can run as a connector service to the metro. This kind of trains run at grade on medians of broad roads like IRR or ORR. It can also run on elevated tracks or go underground where necessary.
