Chandigarh: The command of the Punjab and Haryana High Court who consumed Suo Motu knowing the specific problems of the city had revived the expectations of the solution to traffic jams with Metro vs Monorail debate again focus.
In 2019, the UT government has revived the Chandigarh Coordination Committee, Punjab and Haryana formed in 2016 to find solutions to trical urban transportation problems.
In the meeting, the option of the fast mass transportation system such as Metro, Monorail, and Skybus was discussed.
Administration in 2019 has rejected a detailed study conducted by the company of France Systra for city mobility plans under the City Smart project.
Citing the wrong methodology to carry out research aimed at suggesting ways to solve traffic congestion and offer the possibility of fashion for fast transportation systems, administration has suggested to close the research.
The government has decided to consult with the previous study conducted by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and to involve consultants to explore and help.
On the Metro project, the DMRC report recommends two corridors in Tricity which has a total length of 37.57 km – the east-west corridor for extended from the terminal in Mohali to the wheat market in Panchkula and North-East corridors from the Capitol complex in Sector 9 for Gurdwara Singh Shaheedan in Sohana.
It is proposed that in the Chandigarh sectoral grid, the Metro will remain underground to see the city’s heritage.
Metro was proposed in 2006 after the center riding a monorail plan.
After years of planning, during the Interior Minister’s Advisory Committee meeting in New Delhi in 2017, then Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh said Metro Unvienth for Chandigarh.
He asked UT officials to find alternative solutions.
Local MP Kirron Kiron has also shot down the project in 2014.
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