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UP CM to flag off trial run of Kanpur Metro today


Here is everything you need to know about the Kanpur Metro, a landmark project that aims to provide high-speed connectivity in the highly dense city in Uttar Pradesh

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Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath will flag off the trial run of Kanpur Metro on November 10, 2021. According to an official release, the inauguration event of the Kanpur Metro will be held at the Metro depot in Government Polytechnic.

“The construction work of Kanpur Metro Rail Project was started by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on November 15, 2019. The Project has been completed in less than two years. The trial run will begin on Wednesday on the 9-km-long primary section,” the release adds.

Adityanath will inspect the facilities available at the platform and will take a Metro trip to check the facilities, it further added. The services of the Kanpur Metro are likely to be opened for the public on December 31, 2021.  The nine-km stretch, on which the Kanpur Metro is likely to start running in December, is part of the Red Line, and it will connect some landmarks in Kanpur. It is also termed the priority corridor.

 

All about the Kanpur Metro

Kanpur, in Uttar Pradesh, is home to over 41 lakh people and this number is expected to reach 46.3 lakhs in 2021. To deal with the problem of rising number of registered vehicles in Kanpur and to provide efficient connectivity to its citizens, the authorities envisaged the construction of the Kanpur Metro. Even though building a mass transit transport network in one of the oldest industrial and densely populated cities is no ordinary feat, this dream is set to become a reality for the citizens of Kanpur.

In mid-July 2021, arrangements for the trial run of the Kanpur Metro gained momentum, with the construction work for the nine-km-long priority corridor of the Kanpur Metro reaching completion. The trial run for the launch of the first section between IIT-Kanpur and Moti Jheel, has been scheduled from July 31, 2021, while its commercial run is expected to start from December 2021.

The priority corridor of the Kanpur Metro project would link IIT-Kanpur with Moti Jheel, two of the most important landmarks of city. Here is a look at all the important details of the Kanpur Metro.

 

Kanpur Metro: The idea

The Uttar Pradesh government approved the Kanpur Metro project in 2016, while the centre gave a go-ahead to the project in 2019. The Kanpur Metro is jointly financed by the centre and the Uttar Pradesh government.

The detailed project report for phase-1 of the Kanpur Metro was approved by the Uttar Pradesh cabinet in March 2016. The project is being implemented by the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (UPMRCL). The Kanpur Metro is also the first metro rail network in India to use double T-girders for a metro rail corridor, cutting down cost and time spent.

See also: All about the Kanpur Development Authority (KDA)

 

Kanpur metro phases

The metro project in Kanpur will be constructed in two phases. Under Kanpur Metro phase-1, a network spanning 32.385 kms will be built with two lines – the Red Line and the Blue Line. These lines will connect major public nodes and city cluster areas of Kanpur, thus, cutting down vehicular traffic and pollution. The transport network will also push demand for residential and commercial spaces along these corridors.

 

Kanpur Metro Phase-1

Under phase-1, two corridors of the Kanpur Metro, the Red Line and the Blue Line will be built. The DPR for phase-1 pegs the total daily ridership in 2024 (when the proposed lines will be fully operational) at 9.4 lakhs, 10.8 lakhs in 2031 and 13.5 lakhs in 2041.

 

Kanpur Metro Red Line

To run between IIT Kanpur and Naubasta, the 23.785-km Red Line of the Kanpur Metro will have 22 stations. While 15.164 kms of this line would be elevated, the remaining 8.621 kms will be underground.

 

Kanpur Metro Stations on Red Line

Stations on the nine-km Kanpur Metro priority corridor

The Red Line, with 14 elevated and eight underground stations will pass through the heart of the city, covering several prominent nodes and educational institutions in Kanpur, which is counted among the most populous Indian cities and the largest one in Uttar Pradesh.

Kanpur Metro Red line completion deadline

While work on Kanpur Metro Red Line is scheduled to be completed by December 2024, construction of the priority corridor will be over by December 2021.

 

Kanpur Metro Blue Line

This 8.6-km elevated Blue Line corridor of the Kanpur Metro will run between Chandra Shekhar Azad University and Jaurali. The Blue Line will have a total of nine stations. The tender for this project is yet to be passed. The corridor, with elevated and underground stations, will provide connectivity to various densely-populated residential areas in Kanpur, including Kakadeo and Govind Nagar.

 

Kanpur Metro Stations on Blue Line

 

Kanpur Metro map

Source: UPMRCL

 

Estimated cost of Kanpur Metro

The estimated cost of the Kanpur Metro project is Rs 11,076.48 crores. The project is expected to be completed in five years. About 40 lakh people are expected to be benefitted by the new metro rail project.

 

Kanpur Metro work progress

2015

September: Kanpur Metro Rail Corporation is formed.

November: DPR for phase-1 is submitted to the state government by LMRC and RITES.

2016

March: Uttar Pradesh government approves phase-1 DPR.

October: Following the centre’s approval for the project, the former urban development minister, M Venkaiah Naidu, laid the foundation stone for the project along with the then Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav, at Brijendra Swaroop Park in Benajhabar.

2017

July: Civil work starts for phase-1.

September: Centre seeks changes in the DPR.

December: New DPR is prepared.

2018

March: Uttar Pradesh cabinet approves Kanpur Metro project.

June: Finance Ministry gives in-principle approval to the Kanpur Metro.

September: DPR sent to the central government.

2019

February: Uttar Pradesh allocates Rs 175 crores in its budget, to start preliminary work; Centre approves Kanpur Metro project.

March: PM Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone for the Kanpur Metro project.

July: LMRC invites tender for construction of elevated track and stations.

September: Afcons Infra awarded tender to construct nine stations along with tracks and elevated viaduct.

November: CM Yogi Adityanath inaugurates civil work for the Kanpur Metro.

2020

February: CM Yogi Adityanath allocates Rs 358 crores towards Kanpur Metro phase-1.

September: EIB to invest 650 million euros for the project.

2021

February: Uttar Pradesh budget 2021-22 allocates Rs 597 crores for Kanpur Metro rail project.

May: Initial work starts for the 8.621-km underground section of Kanpur Metro.

June: UPMRC completes the track laying work for a stretch of around one km, from IIT Kanpur to Kalyanpur Railway station for the priority corridor.

See also: All about bhu naksha in Uttar Pradesh

 

FAQs

Which is the nodal agency for the Kanpur Metro?

The Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) is the nodal agency for the project.

Is Kanpur Metro operational?

The Kanpur Metro rail is likely to be made operational by the end of 2021.

 

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